The Federal Agency for Transport Regulation has issued a decision in a dispute brought by European Sleeper against the infrastructure manager Infrabel concerning the allocation of requested railway capacity. The public version of the decision can be found here (in Dutch only).
The Federal Agency for Transport Regulation is seeking a new employee as part of a Talent Exchange program for the position of Legal Expert. Information about the job offer and the application process can be found on werkenvoor.be. Legal Counsel (m/f/x) | Werkenvoor.be Applications will be accepted until August 21, 2026.
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Rail transport
In 2023, the Federal Agency for Transport Regulation launched an audit into the accounting separation for the year 2022 of the SNCB, as set out in Articles 4 and 9 of the Rail Code. As part of the audit, the following aspects were examined for the first time: During this audit, the Agency did not […]
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Rail transport
On 10th of July 2026, the Federal Agency for Transport Regulation received a full notification from “Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.” regarding the new passenger rail service for the “Amersfoort–Paris” route and vice versa, with scheduled stops including Breda, Antwerp, Brussels Airport Zaventem, Brussels-Midi and Mons, as well as for the ‘The Hague–Paris ’ route and […]
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The federal Agency for Transportregulation has published its annual report 2025. It can be consulted here and on the Linked-In page of the Agency
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Rail transport
On January 13, 2026, ART issued an opinion on the draft transport agreement submitted by NMBS and Infrabel, which will be in force for the next five years. This opinion suggested two areas for improvement, namely 1) not concluding the transport agreement before the expiry of ART’s advisory period and 2) extending Article 7.4 of […]
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Rail transport
The infrastructure manager requested advice from ART regarding a new procedure for observing temporary capacity restrictions in the timetable. On the 3rd of December, ART submitted this advice to the infrastructure manager. The advice can be consulted here (original document in Dutch; English version is machine translated).
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Rail transport
ART is currently developing a new market monitoring platform. Our aim is to share our data and knowledge with all stakeholders in an accessible, visual and interactive way.Our interactive dashboards will soon be online.Below is a preview of one of the future dashboards on “International rail connections from Belgium”: The range of international train connections […]
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Rail transport
ART is currently developing a new market monitoring platform. Our aim is to share our data and knowledge with all stakeholders in an accessible, visual and interactive way.Our interactive dashboards will soon be online.Below is a preview of one of the future dashboards on “Freight Transport by rail”: The tonnage of goods transported by rail […]
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Rail transport
National passenger transport is relatively stable in terms of train kilometres.
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Airport
European destinations to or from Brussels Airport dot not play a significant role in freight transport
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Airport
Brussels Airport, an exception for cargo: 15 years of positive development.