National Railway Company of Belgium

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National Railway Company of Belgium
NMBS/SNCB
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Company type
Statutory corporation
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HeadquartersAvenue de la Porte de Hal/Hallepoortlaan 40,
1060 Brussels
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Belgium
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SubsidiariesBeNe Rail
Eurogare (defunct)
Train World
SNCB YPTO
Websitebelgiantrain.be

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The National Railway Company of Belgium (Template:Langx, NMBS;[a] Template:Langx, SNCB;[b] Template:Langx)[c] is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.

History

NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways. From 1942 to 1944, amid Nazi Germany's occupation of Belgium, the company was paid 51 million Belgian francs by the Nazi Germany to send 28 trains carrying 25,843 Jews and Roma people to Auschwitz where only 1,195 survived. The company also sent 16,000 political prisoners to concentration camps.[2]

In 2005, the company was split up into three parts: Infrabel, which manages the railway infrastructure, network operations, and network access, the public railway operator NMBS/SNCB itself to manage the freight (B-Cargo) and passenger services, and NMBS/SNCB-Holding, which owns both public companies and supervises the collaboration between them. Essentially, this was a move to facilitate future liberalisation of railway freight and passenger services in agreement with European regulations. Several freight operators have since received access permissions for the Belgian network.[citation needed] In February 2011, NMBS/SNCB Logistics began operating as a separate business.[3]

Faced with rising losses, in June 2012, the Belgian transport minister announced further reform: NMBS/SNCB Holding would be split up, so NMBS/SNCB (the train operator) would be separate from Infrabel (the infrastructure owner). Unions oppose the reform.[4]

NMBS/SNCB-Holding was merged into NMBS/SNCB in 2014 in order to simplify the structure of the Belgian railways.[5]

NMBS/SNCB holds a Royal Warrant from the Court of Belgium.[citation needed]

Operations

Route map

In 2008, NMBS/SNCB carried 207 million passengers[6] a total of 8,676 million passenger-kilometres over a network of 3,536 kilometres (2,197 mi) (of which Template:Cvt are electrified, mainly at Template:3,000 V DC and Template:Cvt at 25 kV 50 Hz AC). In 2024, that number rose to 245 million passengers carried.[7] The rail network has expanded to Template:Cvt of which Template:Cvt are electrified.[8]

The network currently includes four high speed lines suitable for 300 km/h (190 mph) traffic: HSL 1 runs from just south of Brussels to the French border, where it continues to a triangular junction with LGV Nord for Paris Nord and Lille Flandres (and London beyond that), HSL 2 runs from Leuven to Ans and onward to Liège-Guillemins, HSL 3 runs from Liège to the German border near Aachen and HSL 4 connects with HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands to allow services to run from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal.[citation needed]

National enforcement body

If passengers are not satisfied with the answer of railway companies or do not receive any answer in one month,[9] they can seek the assistance of the Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport.[10] Ombudsrail, the ombudsman service for rail passengers, acts as an mediator if you are unable to resolve an issue with the rail operator.[11]

See also

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Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jaarverslag 2023" (in Nederlands). NMBS. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Siegal, Nina (15 December 2023). "Belgian Railway Earned Millions for Holocaust Trains, Report Finds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Railway Gazette: SNCB Logistics gains independence". Railway Gazette International. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reforms proposed to cut SNCB losses – Railway Gazette". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History of the Belgian railways". Infrabel. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."245 miljoen reizigers kozen in 2024 voor de trein". 15 January 2025.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Geëlektrificeerd deel van het netwerk" (in Nederlands). Infrabel. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."L_2007315EN.01001401.xml". eur-lex.europa.eu. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."National Enforcement Bodies in Europe for rail passengers" (PDF). European Commission. 28 July 2023.
  11. ^ https://www.ombudsrail.be/en

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