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Elke Sleurs, state secretary for combatting tax fraud, has ordered tax authorities to look into the returns of drivers linked to the controversial “ride-sharing” service Uber.
Of all Europeans, Belgians spend the most amount of time travelling to and from work, according to a European study commissioned by Samsung Electronics, Metro reports.
Public transport in Brussels was still feeling the effects of yesterday’s strike, as most trains arrived and left stations 10 to 20 minutes late this morning.
At Brussels Airport, about 500 vacancies remain unfilled, especially those requiring low-skilled technicians. The company calls for improved bus services to and from the airport.
In 2013, Midi (South Station) in Brussels was Belgium’s busiest railway station, with the highest number of passengers per day.
Two Eurostar trains came to a standstill outside Lille for more than eight hours in the night from Thursday to Friday. Broken overhead cables were the cause of the power outage.
Brussels public transport operator (bus, tram and metro) STIB will not raise its prices in 2015, reports Knack.be.
Pensioners will have to pay €50 a year for a public transport season ticket with De Lijn from September next year, the company has announced.
Flemish mobility minister Ben Weyts has criticised a proposal from his federal counterpart, Jacqueline Galant, to close down unprofitable rail routes and replace them with buses.
