Classic route
Intercity Brussels–Ostend
Brussels → Ostend · Belgium
One of Belgium’s original 1838 trunk lines, running dead-flat across Flanders through Ghent and Bruges to the North Sea ferry port of Ostend.
- Distance
- 123 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 12 min
- Average speed
- 103 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord +8
- 0 kmBruxelles-Central - Brussel-Centraal +8
- 2 kmBruxelles-Midi - Brussel-Zuid +10
- 54 kmGent-Sint-Pieters +4
- 94 kmBrugge +2
- 116 kmOostende +3
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 76951: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 529
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Intercity?
The Intercity runs 123 km from Brussels to Ostend.
How long does the Intercity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 12 min for the 123 km. That is an average of 103 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Intercity?
SNCB, with M6, HLE 27.
How old is the Intercity?
The line has been in service since 1838. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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