From Thursday 28 March 2025, ÖBB Nightjet will stop its sleeper train service between Brussels in Belgium and Berlin in Germany. Mark Smith, The Man in Seat 61, posted the news.
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Flanders wants to revive Iron Rhine between the Port of Antwerp and Ruhr Region
Flemish Minister of Mobility and Public Works Annick De Ridder (N-VA), formerly Alderman for the Port in Antwerp, aims to revive the rail connection between the Port of Antwerp and Germany’s Ruhr region. Once a new German government is in place, she plans to restart discussions with the Netherlands and Germany to move the long-standing…
BELGIUM | Fête du Rail at Rétrotrain, Saint-Ghislain
August 2024. Two weekends in a row, we experienced some Belgian railway heritage. On the 11th, we went to Baasrode-Noord for the Dendermonde – Puurs Steam Railway or Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs over line 52. On the 17th, we travelled all the way to Saint-Ghislain for a special ride over freight railway line 100, organised by Le…
BELGIUM | Dendermonde – Puurs Steam Railway
August 2024. Two weekends in a row, we experienced some Belgian railway heritage. On the 11th, we went to Baasrode-Noord for the Dendermonde – Puurs Steam Railway or Stoomtrein Dendermonde-Puurs over line 52. On the 17th, we travelled all the way to Saint-Ghislain for a special ride over freight railway line 100, organised by Le…
Farewell to Mortsel-Deurnesteenweg
From Sunday 15 December 2024, there will be no more Mortsel-Deurnesteenweg Railway Station. The physical station, with rails and platforms, remains, but will henceforth be known as part of Mortsel Railway Station.
ANTWERP | Final phase preliminary design of Spoorpark approved
The Council of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Antwerp approved the second and final phase of the preliminary design of the Spoorpark in the Zurenborg neighbourhood of Antwerp and Borgerhout.
Tri-Country Train between Maastricht, Liège and Aachen delayed until spring 2024
The so-called Tri-Country Train that was to connect Maastricht in the Netherlands with both Liège in Belgium and Aachen in Germany from December 2023 is being delayed. The first trains will only start running in the first half of 2024, outgoing State Secretary for Transport and Water Management Vivianne Heijnen (CDA) reports to the Dutch…
NMBS / SNCB 2030 AM30 three-car units to feature battery option for cross-border routes
“The National Company of the Belgian Railways (NMBS /SNCB) wishes to conclude a framework agreement for the development, production and delivery of EMUs (Electric Multiple Unit) and BEMUs (Battery Electric Multiple Unit).” This is the main message of the public tender launched by Belgium’s national passenger trains’ operator NMBS / SNCB at the end of…
Plans for a steam train heritage service between Brussels and Mechelen shelved
“If all goes well, Train World will operate steam train between Brussels and Mechelen (Malines), reports Gazet van Antwerpen. The service could start in 2020″, we wrote in 2019. Quod non. Minister for Mobility George Gilkinet (Ecolo) declared in Parliament it’s not happening because it’s too complicated.
NS’ ICNG train set makes passenger debut as Benelux deployment delayed
On Wednesday 19 April 2023, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) introduced its ICNG, nicknamed ‘Wasp‘, into commercial passenger service in the Netherlands. The rolling stock will further be deployment over the next months. Introduction on the Brussels – Amsterdam Benelux service is delayed.
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