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Due to announced strike, fewer trains will be operating on the Belgian rail network from Sunday 25 January (10 pm - CET) to Friday 30 January 2026 included.
An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. All details on this alternative train service will be available 24h in advance on www.belgiantrain.be.
Please take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after an international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains just across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge).
For the time being, we still don't know the possible impact of this strike on international trains (EuroCity, Eurocity Direct, TGV INOUI, Eurostar, OUIGO, ICE etc.). Please check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to engineering works in the North-East of Brussels, the EuroCity trains connecting Brussels with Rotterdam will not be servicing Brussels Airport-Zaventem on Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2026. Passengers travelling between Brussels Airport and the Netherlands can use other trains and change trains in Antwerp or Mechelen.
Due to engineering works in the North-East of Brussels, the EuroCity trains connecting Brussels with Rotterdam will exceptionally not be calling at the stations Bruxelles-Central/Brussel-Centraal, Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord and Brussels Airport-Zaventem from Tuesday 10 to Thurdsay 12 February 2026 included.
Passengers travelling between Brussels Airport and the Netherlands can use other trains and change trains in Antwerp or Mechelen. In Brussels, passengers can embark or alight at Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid.
Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will exceptionally terminate at Amsterdam Central station instead of Amsterdam Zuid, and will therefore not continue to Almere and Lelystad on Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2026 included.
In the opposite direction, the Eurocity Direct to Brussels will depart from Amsterdam Central as well.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.