Het Groot Belgisch Treinen Forum

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If anyone is planning a Global Interrail in the next months, interrail.eu are offering 1st class for the price of 2nd on Global interrails bought during February and used before 15 May.

Absoluut. Op deze diensten rijden MS96-stellen en die hebben een heel goede eerste klas, met bovengemiddeld veel zitplaatsen (1/3e van de trein). I know the MS96 has first class but that does not mean there is a first class fare in France. www.ter.sncf.com only offers second class fares for Lille <...

Sorry for posting in English. Is there first class between Moeskroen and Lille? If not, can you sit in first class after Moeskron with a second class NMBS ticket to Lille? I think the NMBS IC services run as TER services in France, most TER services do not have first class even if the train has firs...

Sorry for posting in English. I believe ordering from interrail.eu also needs someone to sign for the interrail when it's delivered. I had one delivered to the office once when there was a web-only promotion going on but I prefer not to do that. If you order it from DB, do you have to sign for it? I...

Een sluis is nog iets anders op gebied van constructie. Een sluis staat er nabij Roosendaal. Er is een zone van een x aantal meter waar geen bovenleiding is. In alle andere gevallen is er altijd bovenleiding aanwezig op te delen in 3 stukken, men spreekt van een zone met spanningsomschakeling. Een ...

The lights were on battery only for some distance north of the station. The UK term for this would be "neutral section" - I don't know how that translates to Dutch. Spannings- of stroomloos? I would expect there was a distance of 2-3 train lengths with no voltage in the overhead wire. That should s...

The 11 minute connection at Aulnoye-Aymeries was held for me and one other passenger. 19229 (472) leaving 30 late by the time it had shunted out of a siding into the same platform as the IC used. The SNCF guard had called and asked it be held but I had expected it would be held anyway. Thanks for y...

Sorry for posting in English. Yesterday I did Paris to Brussels via Aulnoye and Mons/Bergen for curiosity. Due to some kind of incident at either Creil or St. Denis or both, IC2329 (22321+Corails) was late leaving Paris and diverted via the freight line from Ormoy-Villers - near Longueil. It was ini...

Sorry for posting in English. I was back in the UK a few weeks ago and read an article in a railway magazine that Network Rail (the equivalent of Infrabel) would be paying for ERTMS (including ETCS?) to be fitted to a small number of steam locomotives and a historic diesel locomotive. It was suggest...

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I see that Thalys and Eurostar to/from Brussels are delayed by 2-3 hours due to what www.thalys.net calls an "Individual involved in an accident on the SNCF network".
Are they not able to use the classic route via Tournai like E* did before the high speed line opened?

Vanaf volgende zomer wordt het OV in Luxemburg helemaal gratis, of toch zeker in de 2e klasse. http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20181206_04013748 Ik hoop dat ze bij deze dan ook ineens een einde maken aan die dure grensoverschrijdende tarieven naar/van Luxemburg. Gratis zal dat niet worden, maar er m...

Sorry for posting in English. Line 94 is closed between Aat and Halle this weekend with people told to change at Jurbeke or take the bus to/from Halle. P8500 is shown as running non-stop from Aat (1835) to 's Gravenbrakel (1900). Can anyone confirm if this train is supposed to use line 96/2 or if it...

Is dit een 1-aprilgrap (photoshop ?) of wel degelijk echt ? Alle geluk dat men wel een niet-gerenoveerd stel genomen heeft, kwestie dat de gerenoveerde hier niet voor misbruikt worden.. Here's a second picture of the same set at St. Pancras. https://twitter.com/shipleynoise/status/10514261227962736...

Sorry for posting in English. From twitter, an E300 / 373 at St. Pancras in Izy livery.

Sorry for posting in English. People may be interested that the UK international railtour operator, PTG, are advertising an ex-NMBS type 12 as working one of their tours on 18th May 2019. From http://www.ptg.co.uk/rail-tour-holiday-hungary (my emphasis) Day 5 Saturday 18 May (B) This morning we make...