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Update: 28/01, 5pm
Due to announced strike, fewer trains are operating on the Belgian rail network from Sunday 25 January (10 pm - CET) to Friday 30 January 2026 included.
An alternative train service has been drawn up based on available train staff. Day after day, the details of this alternative train service are available 24h in advance 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).
About international trains:
Eurostar:
Eurostar trains operate normally. Check Eurostar's timetables.
ICE (Brussels-Cologne-Francfort)
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam)
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 January, 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. The following trains are cancelled:
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 January, 8 trains out of 16 circulent will operate from Belgium to the Netherlands (most of them will terminate in Rotterdam, however). 9 trains out of 16 will operate from the Netherlands to Belgium (most of them departing from Rotterdam). The following trains are cancelled:
Besides, Eurocity Direct 9512 (departing from Amsterdam Zuid 06:03) will terminate in Antwerpen-Centraal instead of Brussels.
Validity of tickets for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct:
TGV INOUI
All TGV INOUI trains to and from Brussels are operating, except for:
Monday 26/01
Tuesday 27/01, Wednesday 28/01 an Thursday 29/01.
Friday 30/01
OUIGO Brussels-Paris
Nightjet
Please check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to engineering works in the North-East of Brussels, the EuroCity trains connecting Brussels with Rotterdam will not be servicing Brussels Airport-Zaventem on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2026. Passengers travelling between Brussels Airport and the Netherlands can use other trains and change trains in Antwerp or Mechelen.
Due to engineering works in the North-East of Brussels, the EuroCity trains connecting Brussels with Rotterdam will exceptionally not be calling at the stations Bruxelles-Central/Brussel-Centraal, Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord and Brussels Airport-Zaventem from Saturday 7 to Friday 13 February 2026 included.
Passengers travelling between Brussels Airport and the Netherlands can use other trains and change trains in Antwerp or Mechelen. In Brussels, passengers can embark or alight at Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid.
Due to engineering works near the French border, InterCity trains connecting Belgium and Lille Flandres will be replaced by substitution buses from Saturday 21 February to Sunday 1 March between Tournai and Lille Flandres and between Mouscron/Moeskroen and Lille Flandres.
Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will exceptionally terminate at Amsterdam Central station instead of Amsterdam Zuid, and will therefore not continue to Almere and Lelystad on Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2026 included.
In the opposite direction, the Eurocity Direct to Brussels will depart from Amsterdam Central as well.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.