Infrabel officially opened the Infrabel Academy. All training for the railway industry is brought together under one roof in the Brussels Capital Region, in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. By paying attention…
Ironically, more downpours delay the repair of some railways in Belgium, which are already damaged by flooding. Because the important freight corridor from the North Sea to the…
Railways in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands suffered large damages after the flooding. In Germany, a total of 600 kilometres of track are affected, and 80 stations damaged.…
Heavy rainfall has severely impacted rail traffic in western Europe, in the south of Belgium, west of Germany and south of the Netherlands. Railway lines are flooded, and…
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel placed safety cameras at the railway crossing in Oudegem last week. These are red light cameras that detect car drivers who ignore the red…
Belgium’s rail infrastructure manager Infrabel is renewing the western ring track around Brussels in twelve days. Railheads along a 20 kilometre route will be replaced as well as…
The Belgian government has started talks about new contracts with NMBS and Infrabel. In order to get the rail infrastructure to a higher level, a performance contract is…
The Port of Antwerp, Infrabel and Railport announced their joint plans to grow the port’s share of goods transported by rail. The following decade, until 2030, constitutes the…
At the second day of RailTech Europe 2021, the winners of the 15 nominated companies for the innovation awards were announced: Infrabel, 3M Poland, Network Rail, DB Vertrieb,…
During RailTech Europe, various presentations are focused on public transport. From international train travel, high-speed lines and ticketing, to research into passenger behaviour in corona time. But with…
Infrabel has entered the final phase of the electrification of railway line 19 between Mol and Hamont in Belgium. The railway infrastructure manager expects that the 33-kilometer-long railway…
The Belgian government has announced to financially support the rail freight industry. Until 30 June, a reduced tariff applies for freight trains, and cancellation and reservation costs are…
After various tests, Infrabel has installed the first “green” sleepers made of concrete based on sulfur. They are the first infrastructure manager in Europe to start using these…
All EU infrastructure managers are obliged to have a data collection system for the energy consumption of trains by January 2022. Energy management expert Bart van der Spiegel…
Belgian infrastructure manager Infrabel has equipped 1.915 kilometres of track with train control system ETCS up until January 2021. This makes up 30 percent of the 6.399 kilometres…