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Update 24/11, 9:20am
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 has been drawn up based on available train staff. All details on this alternative train service are available 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 are operating. However, they are being diverted from their normal itinerary between Brussels and Amsterdam, which results in longer journey times and adapted schedules. Check Eurostar's adapted timetables.
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) :
Monday 24/11 : 11 trains out of 16 are operating in each direction. However, they are being diverted via Roosendaal (not calling at Breda), which results 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 (not calling at Breda), 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 (not calling at Breda), 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 are operating in each direction. However, they are being diverted via Roosendaal, which results 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:
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.
Starting 27 June 2025, European Sleeper will include stops at Berlin Zoo and Berlin Ost, but no longer in Berlin Hauptbahnhof on its route to Prague.
On the return journey from Prague to Belgium, European Sleeper will keep stopping at Berlin Ost and Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
From Saturday 15 November to Tuesday 9 December 2025, engineering works will be carried out in the rail tunnel south of Brussels Airport-Zaventem rail station. During these works, the number of trains to and from the airport will be significantly reduced.
Due to planned engineering works on the dutch rail network, the EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) trains will be diverted via Roosendaal on Saturday 29 November and Sunday 30 November.
Consequently, their route will be restricted as follow:
From Breda or Rotterdam, you can use onward trains operated by NS (Dutch railways) to your final destination in the Netherlands.
Due to planned engineering works between Brussels and Halle, the OUIGO service between Brussels and Paris will be diverted via Nivelles and Erquelinnes on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 December 2025, resulting in longer journey times and no intermediate stop in Mons that weekend.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.