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Kusttram

De Panne → Knokke · Belgium

The world’s longest tram line: 67 km of metre-gauge track hugging the entire Belgian coast from De Panne to Knokke, calling at 68 stops.

Distance
67 km
Fastest time
2 h 20 min
Average speed
29 km/h
Top speed
70 km/h

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Kusttram, De Panne to Knokke
Photo · Snoopy 31 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Stations

  1. 0 kmDe Panne Esplanade
  2. 1 kmDe Panne Canadezenplein
  3. 2 kmKoksijde Sint-Idesbald
  4. 3 kmKoksijde Ster der Zee
  5. 4 kmKoksijde Bad
  6. 5 kmKoksijde Lejeunelaan
  7. Show 51 more stations
    1. 6 kmOostduinkerke Schipgat
    2. 7 kmOostduinkerke Bad
    3. 8 kmOostduinkerke Duinpark
    4. 9 kmOostduinkerke Groenendijk
    5. 10 kmNieuwpoort Sint-Bernardusplein
    6. 11 kmNieuwpoort Bad
    7. 12 kmNieuwpoort Victorlaan
    8. 13 kmNieuwpoort Cardijnlaan
    9. 14 kmNieuwpoort Stad
    10. 16 kmLombardsijde Schoolstraat
    11. 16 kmLombardsijde Zeelaan
    12. 18 kmWestende Sint-Laureins
    13. 19 kmWestende Bad
    14. 20 kmWestende Bellevue
    15. 21 kmMiddelkerke Krokodiel
    16. 22 kmMiddelkerke Verhaeghelaan
    17. 23 kmMiddelkerke Casino
    18. 23 kmMiddelkerke De Greefplein
    19. 25 kmRaversijde Provinciedomein
    20. 26 kmRaversijde Middenlaan
    21. 28 kmMariakerke Duinenkerkje
    22. 28 kmMariakerke Bad
    23. 29 kmOostende Northlaan
    24. 30 kmOostende Renbaan
    25. 30 kmOostende Koninginnelaan
    26. 31 kmOostende Marie-Joséplein
    27. 32 kmOostende +3
    28. 34 kmOostende Vismijn
    29. 35 kmOostende Oosteroever
    30. 37 kmBredene Duinenplein
    31. 38 kmBredene Campings
    32. 39 kmBredene Renbaan
    33. 41 kmDe Haan Vosseslag
    34. 42 kmDe Haan Zeepreventorium
    35. 43 kmDe Haan Aan Zee
    36. 44 kmDe Haan Waterkasteellaan
    37. 45 kmDe Haan Zwarte Kiezel
    38. 46 kmWenduine Konijnenpad
    39. 47 kmWenduine Molen
    40. 48 kmWenduine Centrum
    41. 48 kmWenduine Manitoba
    42. 50 kmWenduine Harendijke
    43. 51 kmBlankenberge Maritieme Zone
    44. 51 kmBlankenberge Markt
    45. 52 kmBlankenberge
    46. 53 kmBlankenberge Pier
    47. 54 kmBlankenberge Duinse Polders
    48. 56 kmZeebrugge Strandwijk
    49. 57 kmZeebrugge Stationswijk
    50. 58 kmZeebrugge Kerk
    51. 59 kmZeebrugge Zeesluis
  8. 60 kmHeist Dijk
  9. 61 kmHeist Heldenplein
  10. 62 kmHeist Willemspark
  11. 62 kmDuinbergen Kerk
  12. 64 kmKnokke

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 3348003: 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
  • The operator publishes this line's timetable: De Lijn, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
  • Wikipedia has an article for this line

Questions and answers

How long is the Kusttram?

The Kusttram runs 67 km from De Panne to Knokke.

How long does the Kusttram take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 20 min for the 67 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 70 km/h.

Who runs the Kusttram?

De Lijn, with Coast tram.

How old is the Kusttram?

The line has been in service since 1885. 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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