Infrabel completes 12-year upgrade project of Belgian port shunting yard

Port of Zeebrugge
The project will free up track capacity. 2023, Matthias Vanheerentals / ProMedia

Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel on Monday inaugurated the new shunting yard in the Port of Zeebrugge. The project, labelled the ‘biggest in the history of the port’ by the various stakeholders, took 12 years to complete at a cost of 133 million euros. More than 18 kilometres of new tracks were installed.

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