Belgium to increase train services in Flemish Brabant
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- 25 Apr 2023
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On Friday April 21st, Belgium’s national railway company, SCNB/NMBS, announced that train service in Flemish Brabant will be expanded in the coming years, including on weekends and evenings on Fridays and Saturdays. Nearly half of the province’s stations will benefit from an improved offer.
Major weekend changes are planned for December 2024. A second IC train between Leuven, Brussels and Liège will run every hour and a second one between Leuven and Antwerp is also planned. A new IC link from Leuven to Charleroi-Central, with a stop in Fleurus was also announced
From December 2024 onwards, the S-train offer will also be expanded and lengthened on Friday and Saturday evenings. There will be a train between Brussels and Antwerp until 01:00. This means that it will be possible to reach Leuven, Diegem, Vilvoorde, Hal, Liedekerke and Linkebeek from Brussels, or Vilvoorde and Leuven from Antwerp, among others.
The number of S-connections will also be expanded between June and December 2025, both during the week and at weekends. The mobility plan still needs to be approved by the Council of Ministers and its implementation depends on the recruitment and delivery of equipment.
The company’s board of directors approved the 2023-2026 mobility plan at the end of March, with the aim of having a 7.4% increase in the number of kilometers traveled by 2026. This is equivalent to more than 2,000 more trains each week. The focus will be on additional services in the suburbs of major cities and better weekend connections. Read More..
