Gent-Dampoort railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in East Flanders, Belgium}}

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| name = Gent-Dampoort

| type = Railway Station

| symbol = rail

| symbol_location = be

| style = Belgium Railway

| image = Station Gent-Dampoort 1.jpg

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| image_caption = Gent-Dampoort railway station

| address = Oktrooiplein, Ghent

| country = Belgium

| coordinates = {{Coord|51|3|20|N|3|44|27|E|type:railwaystation_region:BE|display=inline,title}}

| line = 58 and 59

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| platform = Centre platform

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| tracks = 2 + 1 for passing trains

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1861|06|15|df=y}}

| closed =

| rebuilt = {{Start date and age|1973|df=y}}

| electrified = 1970

| accessible =

| code = GDAM

| owned = NMBS/SNCB

| operator = NMBS/SNCB

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| passengers = 1611376

| pass_year = 2009

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| map_type = Belgium#Europe

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| stroke-colour = #C60C30

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| marker = rail-underground

| marker-colour = #009D58

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Gent-Dampoort railway station ({{langx|nl|Station Gent-Dampoort}}; {{langx|fr|Gare de Gand-Dampoort}}){{efn|name=fn1|Officially Gent-Dampoort ({{langx|nl|Gent-Dampoort}}; {{langx|fr|Gand-Dampoort}})}} is the second largest railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. It is situated in the Dampoort neighbourhood, after which it is named.{{Cite web |title=GENT-DAMPOORT |url=http://www.belgianrail.be/en/stations-and-train/search-a-station/11/GENT-DAMPOORT.aspx |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.belgianrail.be}}

The station opened on 15 June 1861 on railway lines 58 and 59. The current building was built in 1973 by the architects Dirk Servaes and Johan Beyne. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).