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Flemish mobility minister Ben Weyts has criticised a proposal from his federal counterpart, Jacqueline Galant, to close down unprofitable rail routes and replace them with buses.
If the federal government’s plans for selectively turning off the electricity supply to certain areas this winter, a so-called brownout, are implemented, all train traffic in Belgium would come to
SNCB/NMBS will not scrap post-midnight trains out of Brussels as of December 14, as originally announced.
Staff at the NMBS maintenance yard in Forest in Brussels this morning began an unannounced strike when half of the night shift downed tools.
A new high-speed direct rail link between Brussels and Strasbourg will come into service in the spring of 2016, the French rail authority SNCF has announced.
The Channel Tunnel will be partially closed today as high-speed train company Eurostar works to repair a power failure that forced nearly 400 passengers to be evacuated.
Rail traffic was running as normal without any major disruptions to services, announced railway infrastructure manager Infrabel on Tuesday morning.
The socialist rail trade union ACOD has confirmed it will take strike action for 24 hours starting at 22.00 on Sunday, 29 June.
Following public protest, the national rail authority SNCB has reconsidered its new train timetable, which will come into force in December.
