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14 April (from 10 pm) and 15 April: strike in Belgium

Due to a strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Monday 14 April (10 pm) to Tuesday 15 April 2025 included.

An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. Take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after your international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains shortly across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge). More details on this alternative train service will be available 48h in advance on www.belgiantrain.be.

For the time being, we still don't know the possible impact of this strike on international trains (EuroCity, Eurocity Direct, TGV INOUI, Eurostar, OUIGO, ICE etc.). We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.

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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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