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Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 September 2025 included.
Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and use NS trains (Dutch Railways) to their final destination with their current ticket.
In the opposite direction, passengers from Amsterdam and Schiphol-Airport can use other trains to Rotterdam or Breda, where they can board on the Intercity train to Brussels.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.
As a consequence of engineering works, the following trains will not be operating between Brussels and Cologne:
Tuesday 23/09/25 and Wednesday 24/09/25:
Wednesday 24/09/25 and Thursday 25/09/25:
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.
Due to planned engineering works on the German rail network, the latest ICE train of the day in both directions between Brussels and Cologne will be cancelled on several days from June to October 2025.
This concerns:
These trains will not operate between Brussels and Cologne on the following days:
Due to planned infrastructure works, the EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will be diverted around Antwerp and will not service Anwerpen-Centraal on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 October 2025.
Please consult the adapted timetables before departure.
Every year in mid-December, European rail companies simultaneously amend their train services, with adapted timetables taking effect more or less throughout Europe.
Reservations on Deutsche Bahn trains (including ICE services) for journeys to, from and within Germany from 14 December 2025 onwards will be possible from Wednesday 15 October.
Please note that Eurostar services connecting Paris, Brussels, Cologne and Dortmund after 14 December are already available for reservation.