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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: 25/01, 2pm
Due to announced strike, fewer trains will be operating on the Belgian rail network from Sunday 25 January (10 pm - CET) to Friday 30 January 2026 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).
Information about international trains:
Eurostar:
Most Eurostar trains will operate normally. Check Eurostar's adapted timetables.
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam)
Monday 26/01, Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01 : 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. The following trains are cancelled:
Lundi 26/01, Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01: 8 trains out of 16 circulent will operate from Belgium to the Netherlands (most of them will terminate in Rotterdam, however). 9 trains out of 16 will operate from the Netherlands to Belgium (most of them departing from Rotterdam). The following trains are cancelled:
Besides, Eurocity Direct 9512 (departing from Amsterdam Zuid 06:03) will terminate in Antwerpen-Centraal instead of Brussels.
Validity of tickets for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct:
ICE (Brussels-Cologne-Francfort)
TGV INOUI
All TGV INOUI trains to and from Brussels are operating, except for:
Sunday 25/01
Monday 26/01
Tuesday 27/01 and Wednesday 28/01
OUIGO Brussels-Paris
Nightjet
Please check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to engineering works near the French border, InterCity trains connecting Belgium and Lille Flandres will be replaced by substitution buses from Saturday 21 February to Sunday 1 March between Tournai and Lille Flandres and between Mouscron/Moeskroen and Lille Flandres.