Brugge railway station
| Brugge | |
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 Today's reception building
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| Data | |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 10 |
| abbreviation | FR |
| IBNR | 8800029 |
| opening | 1844 (first building) |
| Website URL | NMBS / SNCB - Brugge / Bruges |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Jos Van Kriekinge, Maurice Van Kriekinge (today's building) |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Bruges |
| province | West Flanders Province |
| region | Flanders |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 11 '50 " N , 3 ° 13' 2" E |
| Railway lines | |
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50A, 51, 58 , 66 |
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| List of train stations in Belgium | |
The station Brugge ( dutch station Brugge ) is the main station of Bruges and one of the main stations of Belgium . It is located on the routes Brussels - Ostend (route 50A), Bruges- Kortrijk (route 66) and Bruges- Blankenberge (route 51); further stretches lead north to Zeebrugge (route 51A) and north-east to Knokke-Heist (route 51B). Between 1863 and 1959 there was also another connection (route 58) to Eeklo .
history
On August 12, 1838, the Ghent- Bruges line was opened in the presence of King Leopold I and Queen Louise . On August 28 of the same year the route Bruges-Ostend followed, the route of which in Bruges followed today's roads König Albert I-Laan and Hoefijzerlaan . In the first few years, a former police station (Corps de Garde) functioned as a provisional train station; it was not until 1844 that the first train station building, designed by architect Auguste Payen in a classicist style, was opened.
With the opening of the lines to Kortrijk in the years 1846–1847 and Eeklo and Blankenberge in 1863 the building became too small and in 1886 it was replaced by the second station. This was built according to a design by the Antwerp architect Jozef Schadde in the neo-Gothic style and had a glazed iron construction as a platform roof.
The western part of Bruges (Boeveriestraat and Smedenstraat) was separated from the rest of the city by the location of the station and the tracks. In addition to a (very often closed) level crossing, there were only a few pedestrian tunnels; the traffic in the direction of Sint-Michiels , Sint-Andries , Torhout and Gistel was very heavy. For this reason, it was decided in 1899 to raise the tracks in the city area on a newly constructed dam and to build a new train station on the southern edge of the old city center.
Construction began in 1910, but was interrupted for a long time by the First World War. The line could only be expanded from 1935 onwards, and in 1936 the train service started operating, followed by the new station in 1939. Designed by architects Jos Van Kriekinge and Maurice Van Kriekinge, the building was officially opened on April 1, 1939 and is still in operation today. The second station was demolished in 1947–1948 and the station area was converted back to an open space. The southern track system was converted into König-Albert-I-Park, the northern track bed forms today's Hoefijzerlaan .
traffic
Status: Timetable period December 10, 2017 to December 8, 2018
See also
- National Society of Belgian Railways (NMBS / SNCB)
