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Belgium’s rail network manager Infrabel has asked SNCB/NMBS to cancel around 100 trains a day between mid-October and mid-November, reported L’Echo on Tuesday.
Belgian police have reinforced their presence around Brussels Midi station after a spate of crimes against passengers, from pickpocketing to violent muggings.
A bonus scheme in Brussels that encourages drivers to give up their car in return for free public transport attracted 860 new applicants last year.
Leave your car at home from 4-7 July and take a free metro.
From the beginning of August, 49 railway stations across the country will see the opening hours of their ticket counters reduced, rail operator SNCB has confirmed.
A driverless bus will carry passengers around Woluwe Park this summer - in the Stib's first experiment with self-driving transport.
The Brussels region is launching an awareness campaign focused on single-occupancy cars in traffic.
150 years ago, on 1 May 1869, the first Brussels tram line was inaugurated from Porte de Namur, down the new Avenue Louise to the Bois de la Cambre.
The SNCB has begun lobbying for a 10-year extension to its monopoly on domestic rail travel in Belgium, ahead of next month's federal elections.
