ProRail and Infrabel to improve rail infrastructure at the North Sea Port
ProRail and Infrabel, the Dutch and Belgian rail infrastructure managers will further collaborate with North Sea Port to increase rail freight between the two countries and start a follow-up study this year. The cooperation aims at...Read more
Infrabel works on regulation to permit diesel-electric locs in Belgium
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel has new regulation in the making that will allow diesel-hybrid locomotives on the network. The company had received request from operators for permissions, sister publication Flows reports, which set things in...Read more
Sharp increase in cable theft in Belgium
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel last year registered 466 cases of cable theft, a threefold increase over 2021 and a new record. As a result, Infrabel and the federal railway police (SPC) will jointly step up...Read more
Belgium to encourage night trains by covering energy and access charges in ‘European first’
To encourage railway operators to run night trains to and from Belgium, the federal government wants to cover the costs of using the rail infrastructure and energy charges. A proposal for this that was submitted...Read more
Belgian government’s rail investment leaves infra manager unimpressed
The Belgian government has earmarked 250 million euros for investment in rail in the current budget. Rail freight in particular stands to benefit, with 181 million euros to be channeled in that direction.Read more
Belgian rail lines risk closure if government doesn’t commit money, says Infrabel
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel might decide to close some of its railway lines if the Belgian government does not accept the company’s demands for ensuring the future of rail freight. The federal government recently launched...Read more
Belgium approves plan to double rail freight transport by 2030
The action plan in Belgium to double the volume of rail freight transport by 2030 has been approved by the government. On Friday 30 September, the Council of Ministers approved the plan that was proposed...Read more
What happens in Ghent’s part of North Sea Port to increase rail capacity?
The port of Ghent, part of the broader North Sea Port complex in Belgium, experiences a boom in rail investments. The Belgian government and Infrabel, the country’s infrastructure manager, are on a mission to renew...Read more
The lessons Infrabel learned from the flood: ‘We had never expected the rail embankments to become so unstable’
“The flooding of last year was the worst disaster we ever experienced on the Belgian railways”, said civil engineer at Infrabel Bart Kamoen at the RailTech webinar on Climate Change Adaptation. How did Infrabel deal...Read more
Belgian network 90 percent electrified with new link to the Netherlands
A new electrified rail freight line between Genk in Belgium and Bilzen in the south of the Netherlands was opened yesterday, 28 March. The new line came with an investment of 20 million euros, part...Read more
40 percent of Belgian track now equipped with ETCS
In the province of Antwerp, 65 kilometres of track were equipped with the European safety system ETCS within two days. With this step, 40 percent of the Belgian railway is now equipped with ETCS. Infrabel’s...Read more
Last year’s Innovation Award winners: where are they now?
The submissions for the RailTech Innovation Awards 2022 are open again. But how is it going with last year’s winners? RailTech revisited three of them to ask what developments there are with their railway innovations.Read moreBelgium earmarks 357 million euros for rail investments
The Belgian government last week announced it would free up an additional 357 million euros for investment in the country’s railway network through 2024, tapping both its own funds as well as those made available...Read more