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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

TGV-M, the new high speed train of SNCF Voyageurs, is now homologated to run in France! 🎉 eratv.era.europa.eu/Eratv/Home/V...

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

A bit late to the party, but on good Friday, I was in Bouzonville to take a train connection between France and Germany that only runs one day a year

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Something new is coming this summer! ☀️ From June until August, a new ICE will run from Köln to Oostende during the weekends, also making a stop in Gent and Brugge. On weekdays, the train is limited to Brussels. Some trains also stop in Leuven.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The new timetable year also marks an important milestone for the Infrabel 🇧🇪 network: the whole network is now equipped with the European safety system ETCS. Only exception is high speed line 1 towards France, which for a few more years will keep the French safety system TVM

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Happy new year to all who celebrate today! Yesterday marked the last day of service of class 21 & 27 locomotives and M4 carriages at SNCB 🇧🇪, so I did a little goodbye ride.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Like the previous years, the Christmas tree for the European parliament arrived by NightJet in Brussels today

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Tickets for the new timetable period are now available at DB. Also the new ICE Antwerpen-Köln with stops in Brussels Airport, Leuven and Liège is now available. It starts running from the 7th of September and I might have made the timetable for it 😉

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Tom @traindrivertom.trains.blue · 02/10/2025

I've taken the liberty of adding a photo of the tests (Monday - Tuesday night). You’ll see the train for the new HLE17 tests as well in the background, also in Leuven

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Something special in the sidings in Leuven 🇧🇪: a Siemens high speed train destined for Egypt 🇪🇬. It currently is in Belgium for test rides (under 25 kV I heard)

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Some pictures from the ICRm goodbye ride last weekend! After decades of service, they now retire and came one last time in Belgium.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Some extensive tests for ICE BR408 in double set usage seem to currently be ongoing in Belgium 🇧🇪, like tonight in Leuven.

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Sasza @muenzenberg.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Warten-auf'n-Bus-Quartett (1) ESP/POR

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Trenitalia announces joining Evolyn in their effort to start cross channel London-Paris services by 2029, with a 1bn investment. Knowing that they already have 30 train sets on order for e.a. 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇪 & a valid safety certificate for France, this seems huge news to me www.fsitaliane.it/content/fsit...

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Gruppo FS: piano per lanciare un nuovo collegamento Alta Velocità Londra - Parigi

Roma, 8 aprile 2025

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Hello from Paris! I'm going to Italy - with a little detour...

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

After a lovely weekend in Ptuj 🇸🇮, time to get home!

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

It pays to look outside when on a train. Arrival at Ptuj, Slovenia 🇸🇮, where I stayed for the weekend

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

What better place than the railway cathedral to start another adventure on the rails? I'm off to Ljubljana on another work trip to shape the 2026 timetable

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Due to construction works on line 12, European Sleeper Venice-Brussels was deviated today by yours truly via Visé, Liège and Hasselt. And as the train passes very close to where I live, I had to go take a look!

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This must be the most SNCF reason given for a delay. Massive disruptions today in Paris Nord, due to a 500 kg World War II bomb that was discovered. SNCF: "Disruption due to the presence of lost luggage"

Disruption information for OUIGO train 65 from Paris to Brussels. The reason given for the delay is the presence of lost luggage

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Always nice to wave off a train you've planned yourself. Today: the seasonal European Sleeper to Innsbruck and Venice (sort of)

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The OUIGO Train Classique service between Brussels and Paris will stop once a day in Saint-Quentin from the 14th of April, albeit not every day. I suspect it was not possible to secure a path to do that every day.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Because I don't think I will manage to visit another country tomorrow, this will have been my travel list for 2024! 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇱 The Netherlands 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇦🇹 Austria 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇹🇷 Turkey 🇰🇿 Kazachstan 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Checked out a building I cofinanced today

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The new OUIGO service Brussels-Paris seems to be quite popular: tomorrow all three trains are fully booked!

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The new OUIGO Train Classique between Brussels and Paris has launched. A train I'm particularly proud of, very happy to have planned it on the Belgian rails.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Flixtrain has a sale going on: from €4,44 for a single trip, booking fee and seat reservation included. Book until Thursday, for trips between 7/01 and 31/03. 6 hours of Aachen-Cologne for €4,44 anyone?

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Good morning, it's time to head to Brussels to check out our new timetable!

Interior of an SNCB M7 train to Blankenberge

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Happy new year to everyone who celebrates it today! 🎉🚆

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Bonjour, est-ce que ceci est le OUIGO Train Classique ?

Automotrice classique à Liège-Guillemins

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Another change in the new timetable is that the slow "EuroCity" service between Belgium and the Netherlands will be run with i11 carriages instead of ICRm. This weekend there are already some commercial test runs For now still hauled with the old Traxx locs until the new class 17 locomotives arrive

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Something seems to be not quite right, but difficult to pinpoint what exactly is the issue... 🧐

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The sales for the new OUIGO Train Classique connection Brussels-Paris via Mons have launched! It runs three times a day from 19/12, and prices start from €10 (and go up to €59). Tickets are available on the OUIGO site/app, SNCF Connect and SNCB International. www.b-europe.com/EN/Trains/OU...

Booking screen of the OUIGO app, showing the three departures from Brussels

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Participated last night in a crisis exercise in Brussels central station together with more than 200 other volunteers. Very interesting to see how emergency services and railway partners cooperate in case of major incidents

Outside of Brussels central station by night, with emergency services standing on the square

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Austria always gifts the Christmas tree to the European parliament, and just like the last few years, the tree arrived by NightJet in Brussels

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Paweł Ausir Dembowski @ausir.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Germany has fallen.

Please note that the Deutsche Bundesbank can no longer be reached by fax as of 31.01.2025.

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Bluesky is nice, but I'm missing my friends of SNCF Connect here 😢

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Maurits Wever 🚵‍♀️🚄 @mauritswever.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Voor festiviteiten rondom de laatste IC-Brussel ben ik op zoek naar gedetailleerde tekeningen van (oa): - Traxx met ICR - ICNG in Flow-kleurstelling - Traxx met I11-rijtuigen - reeks 11.8 met ICR - 25.5 met bijpassende rijtuigen - Benelux-Hondekop (Mat 57) (De bovenste twee zijn het belangrijkst).

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Arthur's treinenpagina

Tekeningen van treinen in Nederland of die er aan gerelateerd zijn

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Due to an engine failure this morning in Deventer, the European Sleeper from Prague arrived with more than 6 hours delay in Brussels around 15:45, pulled by a Certus Rail class 27 locomotive. Until Roosendaal, a TCS 1700 pulled the train

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

It's a public holiday today in Belgium 🇧🇪, so time for a quick trip north 🇳🇱. A bit later than planned, due to operational difficulties in bed this morning 😴

The IC train to Antwerp via Brussels airport is standing in the train station of Leuven

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David Eerdmans @davideerdmans.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Vandaag 35 jaar geleden viel de Berlijnse Muur. Op twitter heb ik het vaak gehad over het OV in Berlijn in de tijd van de Muur, wat ik echt fascinerend vind. Tijd om er hier ook maar eens een draadje over te maken. Over spookstations en een tranenpaleis.

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Sebastian Wilken @sebwilken.net · 07/11/2024

🚂 Ich habe ein Starter Pack zum Thema Zugreisen zusammengestellt: go.bsky.app/MHQAQaj Sicher nicht vollständig, aber es ist ein Anfang. Gerne teilen! #Bahn #Eisenbahn #Zugreisen #TeamZugbubble

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Elias Van Deun @eliasvandeun.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Commuting at 200 km/h - business as usual in Belgium

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