Stalled railway projects in Belgium gradually resume
As of this week, the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel and its subsidiary TUC RAIL are gradually resuming a number of rail projects. Due to the corona crisis, all non-essential railway works in the country were...Read more
Antwerp wants to double rail freight share in 10 years
The share of rail transport in the port of Antwerp should doubled in the coming decade. This concerns the transport of containers coming in by ship to the hinterland. Port of Antwerp, Railport Antwerp and...Read more‘SNCB and Infrabel should not be reunited’
The two Belgian state-owned railway companies, SNCB and Infrabel, may be joined into a single company. The first being a passenger railway firm while the other an infrastructure manager, the proposed union has sparked fierce...Read more
Belgian national mobility pact: ‘adopt a true mobility policy’
In Belgium several NGO’s have launched the national mobility pact. They ask the next government to focus on rail transport as the backbone of tomorrow’s transport model and adopt a true mobility policy in favour...Read more
British Steel to renew railway network Belgium
British Steel has secured a four-year contract awarded by the Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel. It will renew and maintain the Belgian rail network starting from January 2019. The agreements means that the British manufacturer will supply...Read more
Infrabel is hiring 1,400 employees: technicians and women
The Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel wants to hire 1,400 new employees by 2020. It hopes to contract 500-600 new staff by the end of this year. The reason for the massive hiring campaign is the...Read more
2017 best year ever for RFC North Sea-Mediterranean
Rail freight traffic on Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Mediterranean (RFC North Sea – Med), one of Europe’s nine core network corridors, witnessed it biggest rise last year since the start in 2013. Traffic...Read more
Railport to manage rail transport in Port of Antwerp
Railport Antwerpen will start coordinating the rail activities at the Port of Antwerp in order to improve the relatively low share of rail transport, currently at 7 per cent. Railport is a joint initiative of...Read more
Antwerp wants to take over rail operations in port
The Port of Antwerp wants to take over the management of 1,000 kilometre of railway within and around its perimeters, a responsibility currently carried out by Infrabel. The Port of Antwerp is not satisfied with...Read more
Infrabel rail academy to open by 2020
Belgium’s rail infrastructure manager Infrabel is planning for its next generation of rail specialists with a new 20 million Euros training academy. A symbolic first ‘spade in the ground’ ceremony marked the start of construction of...Read moreTwo Infrabel employees killed in train accident
Two employees of Belgian railway infrastructure manager Infrabel were killed after a runaway train struck them in the Belgian town of Morlanwelz (near Charleroi). Two other employees were seriously injured in the incident on Monday...Read more
Major EC grant for rail freight study into Ghent-Zeeland ports merger
The European Commission (EC) has approved a 650,000 Euros grant for a potentially vital new Belgian-Dutch cross border rail freight link that is central to plans for a merger between the ports of Ghent and...Read more
Zeeland & Ghent ports plan rail link as merger comes a step closer
A merger between the Port of Ghent and Zeeland Seaports, which are seeking to establish a dedicated cross-border rail freight link, is a step closer following an exploratory study. Shareholders and staff will now have...Read more
Infrabel trains emergency workers on hazardous goods by rail
Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel and national freight operator Lineas are leading a multi-agency initiative to provide training to emergency services personnel on the transport of hazardous goods by rail. The practical module has been developed...Read more