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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 75: Ieper - Waasten - Nieuwkerke - Steenwerck

Trackwidth: 1000 mm

Operators:

  • RELSEFrom begin 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
..Ieper - Voormezele1897.12.221914 - 1919.09.17-1949.04.251951.12.29
..Voormezele - Kemmel1897.12.221914 - 1920.09.15-1949.04.251951.12.29
..Kemmel - Nieuwkerke1897.12.22? -1920.12.25-1949.04.251951.12.29
..Nieuwkerke - Seule border1909.05.01? - 1922.12.07-1949.04.251951.12.29
..Seule border - Steenwerck (FR)1909.05.01? - 1923.01.14-1932.05.201932.05.20
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..Kemmel - Mesen1897.12.22? - 1920.01.01-1936.05.181938.12.05
..Mesen - Waasten1897.12.22? - 1922.02.01-1936.05.181938.12.05