Traffic disruptions, engineering works and service alterationsTraffic disruptions and service alterations

Update Saturday 11 January, 4h30 pm

Due to announced strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 12 January (10 pm) to Monday 13 January 2025 included.

An alternative train service has been put in place depending on the available staff. More details about this alternative service is available on www.sncb.be.

Status of international trains: 

• Eurostar, TGV INOUI, ICE and OUIGO Brussels-Paris: all trains will be running as scheduled.
• Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam): in each direction, 14 trains out of 16 will be running.
• EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) : 10 trains out of 16 will be running from Brussels to Rotterdam / 9 trains out of 16 will be running back from Rotterdam to Brussels.
• Nightjet : the train from Vienna and Berlin of Sunday 12/01 will terminate in Cologne. The train to Vienna and Berlijn of Monday 13/01 will depart from Cologne. Between Cologne and Brussels/Liège, passengers can use ICE trains.
• Regional cross-border trains: 30% of trains running on the Liège-Maastricht and Arlon-Luxembourg services, 25% running on the Charleroi-Maubeuge service. No trains on the Kortrijk-Lille, Tournai-Lille, Antwerp-Roosendaal, Liège-Aachen and Liège-Luxembourg services. More details on www.sncb.be.

If you have a ticket for travel on 13 January between Belgium and the Netherlands on the EuroCity or Eurocity Direct (or on regional trains to/from Maastricht or Roosendaal), please note that:

• if your train is cancelled, even Saver tickets are exceptionally valid on any other EuroCity or Eurocity Direct train of the day.
• your ticket is valid from Sunday 12/01 to Tuesday 14/01, allowing you to anticipate or postpone your journey if necessary. This is also valid for Saver tickets for Sunday 12 January that are only valid on a train after 5 pm.
• if you prefer not to travel, your ticket for 13/01 is fully refundable.

Due to planned engineering works between Quévy and the French border, the OUIGO service between Brussels and Paris will be diverted via Jeumont and Maubeuge on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January 2025, resulting in longer journey times and no intermediate stop in Mons that weekend.

Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.

Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central from Saturday 10 January to Monday 13 January 2025 included.

Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and use NS trains (Dutch Railways) to their final destination with their current ticket.

In the opposite direction, passengers from Amsterdam and Schiphol-Airport can use other trains to Rotterdam or Breda, where they can board on the Intercity train to Brussels.

Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.

Due to planned infrastructure works, the EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will be diverted around Antwerp and will not service Anwerpen-Centraal on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January 2025. 

• The Eurocity Direct will have no intermediate stops between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central.
• The EuroCity trains will call at Antwerpen-Berchem, where you have local connections to/from Antwerpen-Centraal.

Please consult the adapted timetables before departure.

Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central from Friday 24 January to Sunday 26 January 2025 included.

Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and use NS trains (Dutch Railways) to their final destination with their current ticket.

In the opposite direction, passengers from Amsterdam and Schiphol-Airport can use other trains to Rotterdam or Breda, where they can board on the Intercity train to Brussels.

Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.

Due to planned engineering works between Mons and Quévy, the OUIGO service between Brussels and Paris will be diverted via Jeumont and Maubeuge on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March 2025, resulting in longer journey times and no intermediate stop in Mons that weekend.

Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.

Due to planned engineering works between Halle and Braine-le-Comte, the OUIGO service between Brussels and Paris will be diverted via Nivelles and Erquelinnes on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March 2025, resulting in longer journey times and no intermediate stop in Mons that weekend.

Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.

Starting 27 June 2025, European Sleeper will include stops at Berlin Zoo and Berlin Ost, but no longer in Berlin Hauptbahnhof on its route from Belgium to Prague.

For the return journey from Prague to Belgium, European Sleeper will keep stopping at Berlin Ost and Berlin Hauptbahnhof.