Due to a national strike, the train offering will be limited from Tuesday 8 November (10 PM) to Wednesday 9 November. Depending on the availability of the staff, an alternative transport plan will be drawn up and communicated to the travellers 24 hours in advance.
To find out whether your train is running, we recommend that you regularly check the journey planner on the official page of the NMBS or via the NMBS app, from the day before your train journey. For all information about international train traffic, it is best to visit the website of NMBS International.
The “law on the continuity of services for passenger transport by rail in the event of a strike” imposes that key personnel must notify whether or not they are participating at least 72 hours before the start of the strike. The alternative transport plan (the minimum service) is drawn up on the basis of the number of non-striking employees.
For technical and logistical reasons, this transport plan is worked out for 48 hours and then loaded into the NMBS travel planner. For these reasons, the alternative transport plan will only be communicated to travelers 24 hours in advance.
For the time being, we expect a normal service for most international connections including Thalys, Eurostar, TGV INOUI and the IC Brussels-Amsterdam trains. The latter also has a stop in Mechelen.
Incidentally, on November 5, 7 and 9 there is also a national strike on the British railways. This might affect travelers using Eurostar trains.