Intercity Poperinge–Antwerp

From Poperinge’s hop fields through Ypres, then along the French border by Wervik and Menen to Kortrijk, Ghent and Antwerp; the last link, the rail tunnel under the Scheldt, opened in 1970.

Stations

1. 0 kmPoperinge
2. 10 kmIeper
3. 23 kmComines - Komen
4. 26 kmWervik
5. 32 kmMenen
6. 37 kmWevelgem
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 40 kmBissegem
   2. 43 kmKortrijk +2
   3. 57 kmWaregem
   4. 85 kmGent-Sint-Pieters +3
8. 92 kmGent-Dampoort +1
9. 112 kmLokeren +1
10. 125 kmSint-Niklaas +1
11. 148 kmAntwerpen-Berchem +5
12. 150 kmAntwerpen-Centraal +7

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 7370114: 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 728

Questions and answers

How long is the Intercity?

The Intercity runs 149 km from Poperinge to Antwerp.

How long does the Intercity take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 16 min for the 149 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Intercity?

SNCB, with IC-04.

How old is the Intercity?

The line has been in service since 1970. 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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