Gent-Dampoort railway station

Gent-Dampoort
Railway Station
Gent-Dampoort railway station
General information
Location	Oktrooiplein, Ghent Belgium
Coordinates	51°3′20″N 3°44′27″E
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line(s)	58 and 59
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2 + 1 for passing trains
Other information
Station code	GDAM
History
Opened	15 June 1861; 163 years ago (1861-06-15)
Rebuilt	1973; 52 years ago (1973)
Electrified	1970
Passengers
2009	1611376
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Gent-Dampoort railway station (Dutch: Station Gent-Dampoort; French: Gare de Gand-Dampoort)^[a] is the second largest railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. It is situated in the Dampoort neighbourhood, after which it is named.^[1]

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).

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-02) Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen
• Intercity services (IC-04) Lille/Poperinge - Kortrijk - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp
• Intercity services (IC-28) Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp (weekdays)
• Local services (L-05) Eeklo - Ghent - Oudenaarde - Ronse
• Local services (L-05) Eeklo - Ghent - Oudenaarde - Kortrijk (weekdays)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Gent-Sint-Pieters towards Oostende		IC 02		Lokeren towards Antwerpen-Centraal
Gent-Sint-Pieters towards Lille-Flandres or Poperinge		IC 04		Beervelde towards Antwerpen-Centraal
Gent-Sint-Pieters towards De Panne		IC 28
Wondelgem towards Eeklo		L 05 weekdays, except holidays		Gentbrugge towards Ronse or Kortrijk
		L 05 weekends		Gentbrugge towards Ronse

See also

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Gent-Dampoort (Dutch: Gent-Dampoort; French: Gand-Dampoort)

Citations

1. "GENT-DAMPOORT". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

External links

• Belgian Railways website for Gent-Dampoort