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Travel update

21 February (from 10 pm) - 2 March: strike in Belgium

Updated 20/02, 8h30 pm

Due to announced strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Friday 21 February (10 pm) to Sunday 2 March 2025 included.

An alternative train service will be put in place depending on the available staff. The detailed schedule for every day will be available on www.sncb.be the day before (details for Saturday 21 February will be available on Friday 21 February in the morning).

Please take alternative service into account if you are travelling on our cross-border local trains to/from Lille, Maubeuge, Luxembourg, Roosendaal, Maastricht or Aachen or if you need to take a local connection in Belgium before or after your international journey.

For most international trains (Eurostar, TGV INOUI, ICE, OUIGO etc...), no consequences have been announced so far except:

From 22 February to 2 March included, the Eurocity Direct (Bruxelles-Amsterdam) will only operate between Rotterdam and Lelystad, without serving Belgium.
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam): from February to 2 March included, 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction between Brussels and Rotterdam. Cancelled trains:
- 9220: Rotterdam CS 9:09 - Brussels-Midi 11:17
- 9243: Brussel-Midi 13:44 - Rotterdam CS 15:50
- 9248: Rotterdam CS 16:09 - Brussels-Midi 18:17
- 9255: Brussels-Midi 16:44 - Rotterdam CS 18:50
- 9256: Rotterdam CS 18:09 - Brussels-Midi 20:17
- 9268: Rotterdam CS 21:09 - Brussels-Midi 23:17
- 9271: Brussels-Midi 20:44 - Rotterdam CS 22:50

We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.

If you have a ticket for the EuroCity or Eurocity Direct train for travel between Belgium and the Netherlands from 22/02 to 02/03, please note that:

during the period of the strike, the validity of Saver tickets is not restricted to the train and time mentioned on the ticket.
your ticket is valid from Friday 21/02 to Monday 03/03, allowing you to anticipate or postpone your journey if necessary.
if you prefer not to travel, your ticket is fully refundable.

Similarly, if you have an ICE ticket for a journey between Belgium and Germany during this period, please note that if your ICE is cancelled, tickets are exceptionally valid on any SNCB or Deutsche Bahn train to your destination at a later moment. If you prefer not to travel because of the cancellation of your ICE or because of a predictable delay of more than 60 minutes on arrival, you can apply for a full refund.