Lichtervelde / Roeselare – Last weekend, images circulated on social media of a crowded train at Lichtervelde station. The NMBS asks for understanding for the exceptional situation. The crowds were the result of a blocked train. – “The regular IC train was blocked on Friday morning after a motorist hit a barrier between Lichtervelde and … Read more
In Hasselt, about 600 meters from the level crossing in Veldstraat, a collision occurred between four freight wagons and a passenger train around 5.20 pm on Saturday afternoon. This has been heard from the railway infrastructure manager Infrabel. – For some unknown reason, the freight wagons had come loose on an Infrabel site and ended … Read more
Now that all students have started again and we are working in the office more often, it is not always possible to keep a distance and a half on the trains. Many travelers complain about crowded wagons on social media. “We do everything possible, but we cannot keep an infinite number of carriages attached to … Read more
The free rail pass will be postponed again until October 5th. This is reported by the cabinet of mobility minister François Bellot (MR). NMBS has requested the postponement for ‘obvious reasons of sanitary safety’. – The decision came after, among other things, a call for postponement by, among others, the coastal mayors, the governor of … Read more
Carl Decaluwé (59), governor of West Flanders, chief of the coast, is back from his Portuguese holiday. The fun was there anyway. The first weekend of his absence there were far too many people here by the sea and there was the Great Beach Riot. The second weekend no cat came to the coast, and … Read more