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Gatekeeper’s House 18

Gatekeeper’s House 18

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Gatekeeper’s House 18

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Location: Alphen-Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands

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2. Gatekeeper’s House 18 – Winding Forest Gravel Path loop from Baarle-Nassau

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3. Het Zand Recreation Lake – Recreational lake with sandy beach loop from Chaam

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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴

April 22, 2023

The Belgian railway company Chemin de Fer du Nord built 27 of these houses along the railway line. A railway worker lived in these "route houses", his wife stayed at home to guard the railway crossing.

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PinionRadlerJan

September 24, 2023

Beautiful reconstructed house.

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Marcel Jans

March 24, 2023

Former guard's house along the Bels Lijntje. Now a memorial.

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Mark

March 25, 2023

On September 25, 2018, the KM monument, the train and the boutenbloem at route house 18 of the Bels Lijntje were transferred to the municipality of Alphen-Chaam.

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Helmert

September 26, 2024

Tilburg - Turnhout railway line, popularly known as the Bels Line, was a railway line between Tilburg and Turnhout. North of Baarle-Nassau Grens station, this formed the Dutch part of Railway Line 29. Since 1990, a cycle path has been constructed on the Bels Line route.

Stations
The railway line between Tilburg and Turnhout had seven stations:

Tilburg (km 31)
Riel (km 25)
Alphen (km 18)
Baarle-Nassau (km 13)
Baarle-Nassau Grens (km 9)
Weelde (km 8)
Turnhout (km 0)
There was also a branch to Goirle for freight trains.

History
Until 1865, the entire area between Turnhout and Baarle-Nassau was characterised by vast heathlands. In that year, construction of the railway line between Turnhout and Tilburg was started and the Weelde-Merksplas station (south of the Steenweg op Zondereigen) was built. The railway line was built and operated by the "Grand Central Belge (GCB)", which is why the railway line was popularly called the "Bels lijntje" in the (North Brabant) vernacular.

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Location: Alphen-Chaam, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Gatekeeper’s House 18

1. Gravel Path Towards the Border – Winding Forest Gravel Path loop from Tilburg Universiteit

2. Gatekeeper’s House 18 – Winding Forest Gravel Path loop from Baarle-Nassau

3. Het Zand Recreation Lake – Recreational lake with sandy beach loop from Chaam

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