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InterCity Brussels - Amsterdam disappears
From 15 December 2024, the InterCity Brussels - Amsterdam will cease to run. Eurocity Direct and EuroCity will from then on operate the service between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Update 23/11, 2pm
Due to a national strike, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 23 November (10 pm - CET) to Wednesday 26 November 2025 included.
An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. All details on this alternative train service will be available 24h in advance on www.belgiantrain.be.
Please take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after an international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains just across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge).
Concerning international trains we can provide the following informaton so far:
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) :
Monday 24/11 : 11 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. However, they will be diverted via Roosendaal, which will result in longer journey times and adapted schedules.
The following trains are cancelled:
Tuesday 25/11 : 9 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. However, they will be diverted via Roosendaal, which will result in longer journey times and adapted schedules.
The following trains are cancelled:
Wednesday 25/11 : 9 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. However, they will be diverted via Roosendaal, which will result in longer journey times and adapted schedules.
The following trains are cancelled:
If you have a ticket for the EuroCity valid on 24, 25 or 26 November, please note that:
Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam)
Monday 24/11 , Tuesday 25/11 and Wednesday 26/11: 6 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. However, they will be diverted via Roosendaal, which will result in longer journey times and adapted schedules.
The following trains are cancelled:
If you have a ticket for the Eurocity Direct valid on 24, 25 or 26 November, please note that:
ICE
All ICE trains connecting Brussels, Cologne and Frankfurt will operate. However, they will diverted from their usual itinerary and will depart 20 minutes earlier from Brussels and Liège.
TGV INOUI
Alle TGV INOUI trains from and to Brussels will operate normally except:
Saturday 22/11
Sunday 23/11
Monday 24/11
Tuesday 25/11 and Wednesday 26/11
Thursday 27/11
OUIGO Brussels-Paris
All scheduled OUIGO trains will operate normally. Some trains had been cancelled earlier dur to engineering works.
Please check this page regularly for further updates.