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Announced strike on the Belgian railways from 29 November until 1st December

Latest update: Monday 28 November, 10h25 am

Due to announced strike on the Belgian rail network, the train availability will be limited from Monday 28th November (10 pm) to Thursday 1st December 2022 included.

There are two consecutive strike actions:

  • A first joint strike initiative by the unions of SNCB and Infrabel staff, with an alternative train service depending on the presence of staff from Monday 28/11 from 10pm to Tuesday 29/11 inclusive, with one train in four running (no trains in the provinces of Namur, Luxembourg and part of Walloon Brabant, notably Ottignies). More details on this alternative service are available on www.sncb.be.
  • A second strike movement led by a train drivers' union with an alternative service for Wednesday 30/11 and Thursday 1/12. More details on the alternative service on Wednesday 30/11 and Thursday 1/12 will be available respectively on Monday 28/11 and Tuesday 29/11 on www.sncb.be.

For the time being, we expect a normal service for most international connections (including Thalys, Eurostar and the IC Brussels-Amsterdam trains), except for the following trains:

ICE Brussels-Cologne-Frankfurt

  • Monday 28/11 : ICE trains 10 and 12 (from Frankfurt to Brussels) are cancelled
  • Tuesday 29/11 : ICE trains 11 and 13 (from Brussels to Frankfurt) are cancelled

    Tickets for these cancelled trains can be either refunded or used on any other ICE train on the same route from Saturday 26/11 to Tuesday 6/12 included (without guaranteed seat)

TGV INOUI to/from Bruxelles-Midi

  • Tuesday 29/11 : all TGV trains (9802, 9810, 9809, 9870, 9812, 9852, 9884, 9886, 9826, 9854, 9830, 9862, 9836, 9833, 9838, 9820, 9894, 9846, 9872, 9864, 9868, 9882) will have Lille Europe as a departure and terminus station instead of Bruxelles-Midi. Tickets for these trains are fully refundable or exchangeable free of charge for another travel date.

IC Trains and regional trains to The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Northern France and Aachen

Tickets with travel dates 29/11 - 30/11 - 01/12 can be used flexibly from 28/11 to 2/12. In addition, all tickets can be refunded free of charge until 2/12. This applies to all trains to: Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Aulnoye, Maubeuge, Lille as well as to the Intercity Netherlands trains from Brussels to Amsterdam.

Nightjet

  • Wednesday 1/12 : the Nighetjet will be limited to Cologne and will not be travelling to Brussels.

However, please take this possible alternative service into account if you are travelling on our local cross-border trains to/from Lille, Luxembourg, Roosendaal, Maastricht or Aachen or if you need to connect in Belgium before or after your international journey.

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InterCity Netherlands terminating in Rotterdam on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 DecemberInterCity Netherlands terminates in Rotterdam on 3 and 4 December

Due to planned engineering works on the Dutch railway network, InterCity services connecting Brussels with Amsterdam will terminate at Rotterdam Central on Saturday 3 December and Sunday 4 December 2022 included. 

Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and make use of other NS (Dutch railway) operated trains. This applies in the opposite direction as well, for travelling from the Netherlands to Belgium.

Adapted timetables will be available in the international rail planners later on. Please check the schedules for your journey a few days before travel.

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InterCity Netherlands terminating in Rotterdam on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 DecemberInterCity Netherlands terminates in Rotterdam on 17 and 18 December

Due to planned engineering works on the Dutch railway network, InterCity services connecting Brussels with Amsterdam will terminate at Rotterdam Central on Saturday 17 December and Sunday 18 December 2022 included. 

Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and make use of other NS (Dutch railway) operated trains. This applies in the opposite direction as well, for travelling from the Netherlands to Belgium.

Adapted timetables will be available in the international rail planners later on. Please check the schedules for your journey a few days before travel.

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