Railway Station | |||||
Gent-Dampoort railway station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Oktrooiplein, Ghent Belgium | ||||
Coordinates | 51°3′20″N 3°44′27″E / 51.05556°N 3.74083°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 | ||||
Rebuilt | 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).
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