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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 107: Diksmuide - Poperinge - Ieper

Trackwidth: 1000 mm

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The tram halt in the vilage of Westvleteren


Operators:

  • ODIFrom begin 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
..Diksmuide - Merkem1906.09.251914.10.16 - 1919.06.26-1953.06.271953.07.20
..Merkem - Oostvleteren1906.09.251914.10.16 - 1919.06.26-1953.06.271953.07.20
..Oostvleteren - Poperinge1906.09.251914.10.16 - 1919.03.22-1949.09.071953.07.17
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..Merkem - Elverdinge1906.09.251914.10.16 - 1922.03.08-1941.01.201941.01.20
..(1)Elverdinge - Ieper
(1) see cap.29


Autorails on this line

1934 - 1938 : AR111 (Diksmuide - Ieper - Poperinge)
1935 - 1937 : AR115 (Diksmuide - Ieper)
1935 - 1938 : AR137 (Diksmuide - Ieper - Poperinge)
1936 - 1948 : AR248 (Diksmuide - Ieper - Poperinge)
1936 - 1949 : AR249 (Diksmuide - Ieper - Poperinge)
1938 - 1947 : AR224 (Diksmuide - Ieper - Poperinge)
194x - 194x : AR57 (Diksmuide depot)
1953 - 1953 : AR234 (Diksmuide - Poperinge)
1953 - 1953 : AR235 (Diksmuide - Poperinge)
1953 - 1955 : AR254 (Diksmuide - Poperinge)