Traffic disruptions, engineering works and service alterationsTraffic disruptions and service alterations

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23 March (from 10 pm) - 30 March: strike in Belgium

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:

  • 9523: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 06:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 08:56
  • 9527: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 07:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 09:56
  • 9531: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 08:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 10:56
  • 9551: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 15:56
  • 9555: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 14:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 16:56
  • 9559: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 15:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 17:56
  • 9563: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 18:56
  • 9567: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 17:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 19:56
  • 9528: Amsterdam Zuid 10:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 12.11
  • 9532: Amsterdam Zuid 11:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13.11
  • 9536: Amsterdam Zuid 12:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 14.11
  • 9540: Amsterdam Zuid 13:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 15.11
  • 9544: Amsterdam Zuid 14:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16.11
  • 9564: Amsterdam Zuid 19:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 21.11
  • 9568: Amsterdam Zuid 20:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 22.11
  • 9572: Amsterdam Zuid 21:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 23.11

EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam): 10 out of 16 trains operating in each direction. Cancelled trains from Monday 24 to Wednesday 26 March:

  • 9227: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 09:44 - Rotterdam CS 11:50
  • 9235: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 11:44 - Rotterdam CS 13:50
  • 9243: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13:44 - Rotterdam CS 15:50
  • 9255: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:44 - Rotterdam CS 18:50
  • 9263: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 18:44 - Rotterdam CS 20:50
  • 9271: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 20:44 - Rotterdam CS 22:50
  • 9216: Rotterdam CS 08:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 10:17
  • 9220: Rotterdam CS 09:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 11:17
  • 9240: Rotterdam CS 14:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:17
  • 9248: Rotterdam CS 16:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 18:17
  • 9256: Rotterdam CS 18:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 20:17
  • 9268: Rotterdam CS 21:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 23:17

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.

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17 - 27 March: Eurocity Direct will terminate in Rotterdam

Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central from Monday 17 March to Thursday 27 March 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.


29 - 30 March: changed schedule for OUIGO Brussels-Paris - no intermediate stop in Mons

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.


Paris-Milan high speed trains back on track from 31 March

From Monday 31 March 2025, high-speed trains will directly connect France and Italy again:

  • TGV INOUI (Paris Gare de Lyon - Milano Porta Garibaldi) : 3 trains a day in each direction, for travel from 31/03/25;
  • Frecciarossa (Paris Gare de Lyon - Milano Centrale) : 2 trains a day in each direction, for travel from 01/04/25.

These routes had been interrupted in August 2023 after a landslide in the French Alps between St-Jean de Maurienne and Modane. After major repair works, they will be back in service in spring 2025.


12 - 13 April: changed itinerary in Belgium for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct trains to the Netherlands

Due to planned engineering works on the Belgian rail network, rail traffic between Brussels and Antwerp will be adapted on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April 2025, with consequences for the EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam).

  • The Eurocity Direct will only operate between Antwerp-Central (instead of Brussels) and Amsterdam Zuid. Between Brussels and Antwerp, passengers can use domestic trains of SNCB-NMBS (whose schedule will be adapted as well).
  • The EuroCity will only operate between Brussel-Noord/Bruxelles-Nord (instead of Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid) and Rotterdam Central, and will be diverted between Brussels and Antwerp. As a consequence, they will not serve Brussels Airport-Zaventem and Mechelen.

17 - 21 April: reduced itinerary in the Netherlands for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct trains

Due to planned engineering works on the dutch rail network, the EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) services will be restricted as follows from Thursday 17 April to Monday 21 April:

Thursday 17 April from 6 pm

  • Eurocity Direct: in both directions, the latest 4 evening trains will be cancelled.
  • EuroCity: the latest 3 evening trains from Brussels to Rotterdam will terminate in Breda.

Friday 18 to Sunday 20 April included

  • Eurocity Direct will only operate between Brussels and Rotterdam (instead of Amsterdam Zuid).
  • EuroCity will only operate between Brussels and Breda (instead of Rotterdam).

Monday 21 April until 12am

  • Eurocity Direct: will not operate in the morning.
  • EuroCity: in the morning, will only operate between Brussels and Breda (instead of Rotterdam) in both direction.

26 April: Eurocity Direct will terminate in Rotterdam (King's Day)

Due to King's Day festivities in Amsterdam, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Brussels and Rotterdam on Saturday 26 April.

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.


European Sleeper: modified stops in Berlin from 27 June 2025

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.

 

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