The train service between Brussels and Amsterdam which is nowadays known as ‘the Benelux‘ in Belgium, will be (re)named EuroCity Direct and EuroCity, the Dutch train enthusiasts website Treinreiziger.nl reports.
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BERCHEM | Second phase of Brialmont Park completed
The second phase of the construction of Brialmont Park in the Antwerp district of Berchem is complete, the opening party took place on Sunday 15 September 2024. The two parts of the large park, Wolvenberg and Brilschans, were given new places to stay on the water, new park paths, comfortable connections for cyclists, new play…
ANTWERP | Upgrade for Koning Albertpark triangle
Flemish tram and bus company De Lijn, the City of Antwerp, the Roads and Traffic Agency or Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer (AWV) and Water-link signed a cooperation agreement for the upgrading of the environment of the King Albert Park (Koning Albertpark). This ambitious project includes a series of planned interventions and an integral design plan…
Which flags get to fly at Antwerp City Hall?
Today is the National Holiday of Belgium. On 21 July 1831, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha took the constitutional oath to become King of the Belgians. But I want to look at something else.
ZOMER VAN ANTWERPEN 2024 | Programme and highlights for 30 years of ‘Summer of Antwerp’ festival
Zomer van Antwerpen (ZVA), or Summer of Antwerp, now exists thirty years. In these three decades, I have only rarely attended activities or performances because they often clashed with my work schedule, travel plans or were sold out. Still, ZVA has been a fixture of Antwerp summers and is very popular. This year the festival…
Benelux train Brussels – Amsterdam to become Brussels – Amsterdam – Lelystad in 2025 (with reservations?)
On 8 February 2024, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen, NS, presented its 2025 timetable. We already new there would be two Benelux / Amsterdammer / Brusselaar / Intercity Brussel train services per hour. But there’s more news. The Benelux train will swap Amsterdam Central Station for Amsterdam South (Amsterdam Zuid) due to engineering works and the service…
Benelux train Brussels to Amsterdam with fewer stops, in 2 hours, from Monday 15 April 2024
The ICNG or InterCity Nieuwe Generatie (InterCity New Generation) will be used on the so-called Benelux train service between Brussels in Belgium and Amsterdam in the Netherlands from Monday 15 April 2024. This service will be a new and fast one with very few stops. It will connect Brussels-South/Midi and Amsterdam Central Station in exactly…
A visit of the Flemish Tram and Bus Museum – Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum (VlaTAM) in Antwerp
On 25 May 1873 the first horse-drawn tram ran in Antwerp from Meirbrug to St. Willibrord Church in Berchem, which back then was outside of Antwerp. On Sunday 28 May 2023, 150 years later, the Flemish Tram and Bus Museum or Vlaams Tram- en Autobusmuseum (VlaTAM) and heritage umbrella organisation META hold a Tramfest centered…
ANTWERP | Start of construction of second phase of Berchem’s Park Brialmont
The construction of the second phase of the Antwerp district of Berchem‘s Park Brialmont – the remaining subzones of Wolvenberg and the Brilschanspark – has started. There will be places to stay on the water, new park paths, comfortable connections for cyclists, and zones for local events. If everything goes according to plan, the works…
New direct Benelux train links Amsterdam to Brussels in two hours from December 2024
From 2025, the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and NMBS / SNCB are doubling the number of so-called Benelux trains between the Netherlands and Brussels in Belgium from 16 to 32 per day. A new, fast connection will be added to the 2025 timetable. With that connection, travelers are about 45 minutes shorter on the road than…
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