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Perhaps rethink that daytrip to the Belgian coast this Saturday - a union representing SNCB train conductors has called a strike.
From the beginning of August, 49 railway stations across the country will see the opening hours of their ticket counters reduced, rail operator SNCB has confirmed.
A new study has confirmed what many commuters already knew: Belgian trains are among the least punctual in Europe.
Trains through Brussels were severely delayed on Tuesday - and some services will continue to be affected on Wednesday - after a lineside fire in an electricity box outside North Station.
The SNCB has begun lobbying for a 10-year extension to its monopoly on domestic rail travel in Belgium, ahead of next month's federal elections.
A train that has been billed as the world's longest mobile artwork will arrive in Brussels on 20 February, as part of a campaign to promote the environmental benefits of rail freight transport.
A British firm has won a €150 million contract to help renew Belgium's rail network.
Police in Liège have arrested 20 people suspected of belonging to an organised gang of copper thieves who are stealing cables from Belgian railway lines.
The SNCB has come up with a new way of informing passengers about possible delays - by plotting every train in Belgium on a live map.
