Eeklo railway station

Eeklo
Eeklo railway station
General information
Location	Kon. Astridplein, Eeklo
Coordinates	51°10′53″N3°34′27″E / 51.18139°N 3.57417°E / 51.18139; 3.57417
System	Railway Station
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line	58
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Other information
Station code	FKLO
History
Opened	25 June 1861
Closed	1991 (goods)
Electrified	No
Passengers
2009	237068
Location

Eeklo is a railway station in Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 25 June 1861 on the Line 58. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB.

The current building was built in the 80's by architect Jacques Devincke. The railway station is in the city centre.

The station used to not be the terminus with the line continuing via Maldegem to Bruges . The Eeklo - Maldegem section of this line still operates as a museum railway by the Stoomcentrum Maldegem . For practical reasons, this association has constructed a platform on the other side of Oostveldstraat, where their museum trains stop. The connection between that line and the SNCB network is currently only used sporadically. The station has 3 platform tracks and one (decommissioned) dead end track.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

S51	Eeklo - Ghent - Ronse	Monday to Saturday: 1×/h. Sundays and public holidays: 1×/2h.
S51	Eeklo - Ghent-Sint-Pieters	During peak hours, 1 ride to Geraardsbergen

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Terminus		L 05 weekdays, except holidays		Waarschoot towards Ronse or Kortrijk
		L 05 weekends		Waarschoot towards Ronse

View of the platforms of Eeklo railway station