Mechelen Railway Bypass almost completed, last piece for Belgian high-speed network
source: Infrabel
Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel will carry out the finalising works on the Mechelen Railway Bypass in the upcoming weeks. On December 14th, operator NMBS will take the associated platforms 11 and 12 into service. The extra tracks and platforms should increase the capacity around Mechelen and it is an important infrastructure upgrade for the completion of the high-speed rail network in Belgium.
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Unfortunately, you fell for Infrabel’s fairy tales.
This bypass is far from completed. Still missing is the flyover north of Mechelen to connect the new and the old railways lines (25 and 25N). Without this flyover, line capacity hardly increases.
Only Mechelen has 2 extra platforms, which gives some (much needed) flexibility for the engineering works in the station.