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Belgium’s rail network manager Infrabel has asked SNCB/NMBS to cancel around 100 trains a day between mid-October and mid-November, reported L’Echo on Tuesday.
Perhaps rethink that daytrip to the Belgian coast this Saturday - a union representing SNCB train conductors has called a strike.
From the beginning of August, 49 railway stations across the country will see the opening hours of their ticket counters reduced, rail operator SNCB has confirmed.
The SNCB is putting on extra trains to the Belgian coast, as temperatures reaching up to 30°C are forecast this weekend.
A new study has confirmed what many commuters already knew: Belgian trains are among the least punctual in Europe.
Trains through Brussels were severely delayed on Tuesday - and some services will continue to be affected on Wednesday - after a lineside fire in an electricity box outside North Station.
The SNCB has begun lobbying for a 10-year extension to its monopoly on domestic rail travel in Belgium, ahead of next month's federal elections.
A resolution to investigate the role of SNCB in the deportation of thousands of Jews during the Second World War has been unanimously passed by Belgium's federal parliament.
The increase in frequencies, new stations and a strong publicity campaign three years ago seem to have done the trick: 44% more people are using the S suburban network of trains than in 2015.
