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

References

Footnotes

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

Citations

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

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