Ieper railway station

Ieper
Railway Station
Ieper railway station
General information
Location	Ypres Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′52″N2°52′36″E / 50.84778°N 2.87667°E / 50.84778; 2.87667
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line(s)	69
Platforms	3
Tracks	3
History
Opened	1 January 1854;171 years ago (1854-01-01)
Electrified	3Kv DC overhead
Location Ieper Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Ieper Ieper (Europe) Show map of Europe

Ieper railway station (Dutch : Station Ieper; French : Gare d'Ypres) ^[a] is a railway station in Ypres (Dutch : Ieper) in West Flanders, Belgium. The station was opened in 1854, during the reign of King Leopold I. It is located on railway line 69 from Kortrijk to Poperinge. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). ^[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-04) Poperinge - Kortrijk - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Poperinge Terminus		IC 04		Komen towards Antwerpen-Centraal

In Flanders Fields

The station is near the Menin Gate and other places associated with the First World War, with British and Commonwealth war graves located alongside the line from the Kortrijk direction, known as Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.

Gallery

• 
  Frontal view
• 
  View of the platforms and tracks

See also

• Belgium portal

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

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Ieper (Dutch: Ieper; French: Ypres)

Citations

1. "IEPER". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 3 August 2024.