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Capitals in the province West-Vlaanderen

In the province of West-Vlaanderen the following lines were active.
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Capitel 29: Veurne - Ieper

Trackwidth: 1000 mm

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A steam tram in front of the railway station in Veurne (foto: Wikimedia)


Operators:

  • RELSEFrom begin until 1905
  • OBFrom 1905 until 1910
  • ODIFrom 1910 until 1919
  • NMVBFrom 1919 until end

Below a print of the timetable of the year 1931.


 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..Veurne - Alveringem1889.07.151914.10.16 - 1918.12.19-1952.10.041953.01.30
..Alveringem - Oostvleteren1889.07.151914.10.16 - 1919.03.22-1952.10.041953.01.30
..Oostvleteren - Elverdinge1889.07.151914.10.16 - 1919.04.24-1952.10.041953.01.30
..Elverdinge - Ieper1889.07.151914.10.16 - 1919.04.24-1952.10.041953.01.30


Autorails on this line

1934 - 1949 : AR60 (Veurne - Ieper)
1934 - 1950 : AR80 (Veurne - Ieper)
1934 - 1951 : AR59 (Veurne - Ieper)
194x - 1947 : AR101 (Poperinge - Veurne - Ieper)
1951 - 1954 : AR218 (Veurne - Ieper)
1951 - 1956 : ART59 (Vlaanderen group (Veurne - Ieper))
1952 - 1953 : AR222 (Veurne)
1954 - 1955 : AR253 (Veurne - Ieper)