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The removal of all P Brussels trains would have considerable repercussions, deplores the SNCB which considers to have been taken by surprise.
Infrabel asked SNCB to remove every day, from mid-October to mid-November, a hundred trains that cross Brussels, reports L'Echo Tuesday. SNCB feared repercussions for 68,000 commuters in autumn.
► Infrabel threatens several small Walloon lines if its endowment does not increase
The infrastructure manager proposes not to run all trains running at peak times ("P-trains") to and from Brussels. Infrabel is to modernize the equipment south of Brussels-Midi station this autumn. This "essential" work according to Infrabel will require the complete closure of the North-Midi junction during the long weekends of 1st and 11th November. But, to the astonishment of SNCB, major disturbances are also expected from October 14 to November 8. Infrabel must indeed lock no less than 30% of switches before the Brussels-Midi station, which will significantly reduce traffic on the busiest railway axis in the country.
The removal of all P Brussels trains would have considerable repercussions, deplores the SNCB which considers to have been taken by surprise. The trains concerned carry an average of 68,000 pbadengers a day and have 91,000 seats. The measure would affect 1 in 4 commuters who come to Brussels during the morning rush hours.
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