Belgian coastal towns from Knokke-Heist to De Panne.
Website
https://www.dekusttram.be/en/ De Kusttram
Service
System
De Lijn, formerly National Company of Light Railways
Depot(s)
Adinkerke, De Panne, Nieuwpoortsesteenweg, Ostend, Knokke-Heist
Rolling stock
48 CAF Urbos "Zeelijner"
History
Opened
1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Technical
Line length
67 km (42 mi)
Track gauge
1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification
Overhead line, 600 V DC
Route map
Legend
Knokke station
Duinbergen Watertoren
Duinbergen
Heist Heldenplein
Heist Dijk
Zeebrugge Zeesluis
Pierre Vandamme lock
Zeebrugge Kerk
Visart lock
Zeebrugge Vaart
Zeebrugge Strandwijk
Duinse Polders loop
Blankenberge Duinse Polders
Blankenberge Sealife-Floreal
Blankenberge Pier
Blankenberge station
Blankenberge Markt
Harendijke wye
Wenduine Harendijke
Wenduine Manitoba
Wenduine Centrum
Wenduine Molen
Wenduine Konijnenpad
Zwarte Kiezel loop
De Haan Zwarte Kiezel
De Haan Waterkasteellaan
De Haan aan Zee
De Haan Preventorium
De Haan Vosseslag
Bredene Renbaan
Bredene Campings
Bredene aan Zee
Oostende Duin en Zee
Oostende Weg naar Vismijn
lock to Vlotdok
Oostende station
Oostende Marie-Joséplein
Oostende Koninginnelaan
Sportstraat wye
to Nieuwpoortse Steenweg depot
Oostende Renbaan
Oostende Northlaan
Mariakerke Bad
Oostende Ravelingen
Oostende Raversijde
Raversijde Domein Raversijde
Middelkerke De Greefplein
Middelkerke Casino
Middelkerke Verhaeghelaan
Middelkerke Krokodiel
Westende Belle Vue
Westende Bad
Westende Sint-Laureins
Lombardsijde Zeelaan
Lombardsijde Schoolstraat
Nieuwpoort Stad
Nieuwpoort Cardijnlaan
Nieuwpoort Ysermonde
Nieuwpoort Bad
Nieuwpoort Zonnebloem
Zonnebloem wye
Oostduinkerke Groenendijk Bad
Oostduinkerke Duinpark
Oostduinkerke Bad
Oostduinkerke Schipgat
Koksijde Lejeunelaan
Koksijde Bad
Koksijde Ster der Zee
Koksijde Sint-Idesbald
De Panne Golfstraat
De Panne Centrum
De Panne Esplanade
DP wye (terminus)
to De Panne depot (museum)
De Panne Kerk
De Panne Moeder Lambic
De Panne Plopsaland
Adinkerke loop
Adinkerke depot
De Panne station
The Coast Tram (Dutch: Kusttram) is a light rail public transport service connecting the cities and towns along the Belgian (West Flanders) coast between De Panne, near the French border, and Knokke-Heist, near the Dutch border. At 67 kilometres (42 mi) in length, it is currently (as of April 2024) the world's longest metre gauge tram line in service,[1] and the second-longest light rail service in the world after the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system,[2] as well as one of the few interurban tramways in the world to remain in operation. The line is fully electrified at 600 V DC.
^"Facts & Figures". Yarra Trams. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^Morino, Douglas (2023-06-23). "L.A. Opens Its New Light-Rail Link". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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