Classic route
Intercity De Panne–Ghent
De Panne → Ghent · Belgium
Intercity in pictures
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- Distance
- 85 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 14 min
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- SNCB
- Train
- SNCB Intercity
- Countries
- Belgium
- In service since
- 1870
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- 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
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