Topic: Brussels

Major improvements for Brussels’ public transport infrastructure planned for 2023

The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB) will carry out major improvements to its public transport infrastructure this year. The works come on the back of a 23-percent increase in the number of journeys last year...Read more

23-01-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

Eurostar high speed train Amsterdam Central station

Eurostar might cancel stop in Brussels for Dutch travellers

Travellers on the Eurostar from Amsterdam and Rotterdam may not be able to get off at the station Brussels-Midi in the future. This has emerged from the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management requesting...Read more

11-03-2022|Comment|author: Hendriëlle de Groot

NS wants to shorten Amsterdam-Brussels intercity by 40 minutes

According to Dutch Railways (NS), journey times between Amsterdam and Brussels can be reduced with 40 minutes by skipping many stations, mainly in Belgium, and by deploying the Intercity New Generation (ICNG) train by 2025....Read more

16-02-2022|2 comments|author: Hendriëlle de Groot

Thalys to be renamed Eurostar in the future

High-speed train operators Eurostar and Thalys are resuming plans to merge. The merged company will be based in Belgium and the Thalys brand will eventually disappear.Read more

05-10-2021|Comment|author: Frédéric de Kemmeter

25th anniversary of Thalys: how did it start?

Happy birthday to Thalys! This Wednesday, 2 June, marks the 25th anniversary of the launch of the TGV Thalys. On 2 June 1996, the TGV replaced all conventional trains between Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, and...Read more

02-06-2021|Comment|author: Frédéric de Kemmeter

Infrabel renews Brussels’ western ring track

Belgium’s rail infrastructure manager Infrabel is renewing the western ring track around Brussels in twelve days. Railheads along a 20 kilometre route will be replaced as well as two of the Belgian capital’s railway bridges....Read more

20-05-2021|Comment|author: Esther Geerts