Belgian railway line 75

The Belgian railway line 75 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Ghent with Kortrijk and the French border near Mouscron. It was opened between 1839 and 1842. Beyond Mouscron the line continues onto Gare Lille Flandres in the French city of Lille.

Belgian railway line 75
NMBS/SNCB train approaching Gare de Lille Flandres.
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station French border near Mouscron
Service
Services	Belgian railway line 75 km Line from Brussels Lines from Denderleeuw and Antwerp 0.0 Gent-Sint-Pieters Line to Bruges Canal Ghent–Bruges 6.8 De Pinte to Oudenaarde 15.1 Deinze 27.3 Waregem 36.1 Harelbeke from Oudenaarde 41.4 Kortrijk to Bruges and Poperinge 53.8 Mouscron to Tournai 57.0 14.6 border Belgium/France 12.4 Tourcoing 9.8 Roubaix 8.5 Croix-L'Allumette 7.3 Croix-Wasquehal Line to Calais Ville 0.0 Lille-Flandres Line to Amiens and Béthune Line to Tournai LGV Nord to Paris, Brussels and London to Charleville-Mézières
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1839–1842
Technical
Line length	57 km (35 mi) (Belgian part)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map km Line from Brussels Lines from Denderleeuw and Antwerp 0.0 Gent-Sint-Pieters Line to Bruges Canal Ghent–Bruges 6.8 De Pinte to Oudenaarde 15.1 Deinze 27.3 Waregem 36.1 Harelbeke from Oudenaarde 41.4 Kortrijk to Bruges and Poperinge 53.8 Mouscron to Tournai 57.0 14.6 border Belgium/France 12.4 Tourcoing 9.8 Roubaix 8.5 Croix-L'Allumette 7.3 Croix-Wasquehal Line to Calais Ville 0.0 Lille-Flandres Line to Amiens and Béthune Line to Tournai LGV Nord to Paris, Brussels and London to Charleville-Mézières

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 75 are:

• Gent-Sint-Pieters: to Antwerp, Brussels, Bruges, Oudenaarde and Eeklo
• Deinze: to De Panne
• Kortrijk: to Bruges, Oudenaarde and Ypres
• Mouscron: to Tournai