Belgian railway line 75

The Belgian railway line 75 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Ghent with Kortrijk and the French border near Mouscron. It was opened between 1839 and 1842. Beyond Mouscron the line continues onto Gare Lille Flandres in the French city of Lille.

Belgian railway line 75
NMBS/SNCB train approaching Gare de Lille Flandres.
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleBelgium
Termini
Service
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened1839–1842
Technical
Line length57 km (35 mi) (Belgian part)
Number of tracksdouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map
km
Line from Brussels
 Lines from Denderleeuw and Antwerp
0.0
 Gent-Sint-Pieters
 Line to Bruges
 Canal Ghent–Bruges
6.8
 De Pinte
 to Oudenaarde
15.1
 Deinze
27.3
 Waregem
36.1
 Harelbeke
 from Oudenaarde
41.4
 Kortrijk
 to Bruges and Poperinge
53.8
 Mouscron
 to Tournai
57.0
14.6
 border Belgium/France
12.4
 Tourcoing
9.8
 Roubaix
8.5
 Croix-L'Allumette
7.3
 Croix-Wasquehal
 Line to Calais Ville
0.0
 Lille-Flandres
 Line to Amiens and Béthune
 Line to Tournai
 LGV Nord to Paris, Brussels and London
 to Charleville-Mézières

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 75 are:

References


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