Exactly one hundred years ago today, the SNCB took over the entire Belgian railway network from the Belgian State. The few private companies that had survived were also destined to disappear by the time of the Second World War at the latest (Malines-Terneuzen, the Compagnie du Nord belge (Rothschild), and the Société de Chimay). Public service The railway landscape remained relatively stable until the 1990s and—from an international perspective—was quite similar across most E

Liberalization: where have we come? For freight trains, market forces have meanwhile become the almost absolute rule; the same applies to international passenger trains. For national passenger trains, market forces are still rather exceptional or, in some countries like Belgium, entirely non-existent. The Belgian train network forms an integrated system, with scheduled trains connecting with one another as best as possible, usually from six in the morning until twenty-three i

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Earlier this month, De Morgen published an opinion piece on a night train trip to Vienna. As an ngo working to get more and better night...

A family of four making a return journey from Brussels to Vienna can save up to 139 euros on their night train ticket, or 15% of the...

The 26th May a new nighttrain arrives and leaves #Hub4Brussels. Back On Track Belgium will receive the train properly with these events:...

Yesterday, the exact date was announced that European Sleeper's long-awaited night train will run to and from Brussels. 25 and 26 May...