Regulatory Body for
Railway Transport
and for Brussels Airport
Operations

On November 5th, 2021, the Regulatory Body issued decision D-2021-05-C following Thalys' complaint against Infrabel concerning the revision of the hyperpeak coefficient applicable in the North-South junction for the HST segment (time tables 2021 and 2022). The...

The Regulatory Body is organizing a public consultation until September, 15th 2021 on the reasonable time limit within which requests from railway undertakings for access to and supply of services in service facilities must be answered. A draft decision is submitted...

On July 6, 2021, the Regulatory Body published his opinion A-2021-03-S with regard to the proposal of an excess rate. This opinion on a new tariff structure for rail bundles (train formation and shunting yards) was requested by Infrabel.  Because tariffs and the...

On April 21, 2021, the Regulatory Body received a notification from “European Sleeper Coöperatie“ of a new rail passenger service for the Ostend-Prague/Warsaw and Warsaw/Prague-Ostend routes. This notification relates to access to the Belgian railway network and was...

The Regulatory Body has received a notification of a planned rail service “Brussels-South - Innsbruck” (D-2021-03-S) from the candidate Ostende-Vienne-Orient-Experience. On the basis of the information provided and after analysis, the Regulatory Body has decided that...

The Regulatory Service has received a notification of a planned rail service “Brussels-South - Milan” (D-2021-02-S) from the candidate Ostende-Vienne-Orient-Experience. On the basis of the information provided and after analysis, the Regulatory Body has decided that...

The Regulatory body monitors and studies the yearly evolutions and market developments at Brussels Airport. In 2020, the specific impact of COVID-19 – and the measures taken –  on the activities of the different players was examined. The expected consequences of the...

Due to the COVID-19 situation, all employees of the Regulatory Body are working from home until further notice. They remain available by telephone and email. Please send all communication that would be done by post (e.g. registered mail in case of a complaint...

On 31 March 2021, the Regulatory Body issued its decision D-2021-01-C following an audit on « Reference document - Access to passenger stations » from the NMBS. The Regulatory Body has decided that, as it stands, the « Reference Access Document - Access to Passenger...