Langemark was once on railway line 63, initially (1873) intended to connect Ostend with Armentières. However, the line was never built over its full length: the line ended in Ypres, while the Waasten-Armentières section was also constructed some distance further.

Langemark station (with station master's house) dates from 1920.

In 1955 the last passenger train passed through Langemark. The railway remained in use until 1988 for goods transport to and from the military domain of Houthulst.

The building then served as a fire station until 2006.

After the fire brigade moved, the building seemed threatened for a while and a plan was briefly put on the table to demolish the building to build social housing.

In 2014, the local art circle was able to move into the building to work on a project surrounding the commemoration of the gas attacks on Langemark-Poelkapelle in 1915, the first in World War I.

Sources:

Wikipedia

Website of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle

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