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Update 24/3, 7h30 am
Due to announced strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 23 March (10 pm) to Sunday 30 March 2025 included.
An alternative train service will be put in place depending on the available staff. The detailed schedule for every day will be available 48h ahead on www.belgiantrain.be.
Please take alternative service into account if you are travelling on our cross-border local trains to/from Lille, Maubeuge, Luxembourg, Roosendaal, Maastricht or Aachen or if you need to take a local connection in Belgium before or after your international journey.
No consequences have been announced for international trains (Eurostar, TGV INOUI, ICE, OUIGO etc...) so far, except for:
Monday 24 March to Wednesday 26 March
Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam): half of the trains operating. Notice, however, that they will terminate in Rotterdam until Thursday 27 March due to planned engineering works in the Netherlands. Cancelled trains from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 March:
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam): 10 out of 16 trains operating in each direction. Cancelled trains from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 March:
ightjet: the train from Vienna and Berlin of Tuesday 25/3 will terminate in Cologne. The train to Vienna and Berlin of Wednesday 26/3 will depart from Cologne. Between Cologne and Brussels/Liège, passengers can use ICE trains.
We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to planned engineering works between Halle and Braine-le-Comte, the OUIGO service between Brussels and Paris will be diverted via Nivelles and Erquelinnes on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2025, resulting in longer journey times and no intermediate stop in Mons that weekend.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.