Intercity De Panne–Ghent

West Flanders end to end: out of the dunes at De Panne past Veurne and Diksmuide, then Tielt and Deinze to Ghent, on the line that finally reached the coast in 1870.

Stations

1. 0 kmDe Panne
2. 4 kmKoksijde
3. 5 kmVeurne
4. 20 kmDiksmuide
5. 33 kmKortemark
6. 39 kmLichtervelde +1
7. 56 kmTielt
8. 62 kmAarsele
9. 70 kmDeinze
10. 79 kmDe Pinte
11. 85 kmGent-Sint-Pieters +2

The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the IC 7995 on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. 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 21231673: 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 7995

Questions and answers

How long is the Intercity?

The Intercity runs 85 km from De Panne to Ghent.

How long does the Intercity take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 14 min for the 85 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Intercity?

SNCB.

How old is the Intercity?

The line has been in service since 1870. 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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