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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">NMBS/SNCB</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native name</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen</i><br /><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Société nationale des chemins de fer belges</i><br /><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Statutory_corporation" title="Statutory corporation">Statutory corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Transportation_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Transportation industry">Rail transportation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1926</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Belgium">Government of Belgium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">Avenue de la Porte de Hal/Hallepoortlaan 40, <div class="ib-company-locality locality">1060 <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span class="nowrap">€2,72 billion</span> (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-NMBS_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMBS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <span class="nowrap">€67.1 million</span> (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-NMBS_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMBS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">16 864 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-NMBS_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMBS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeNe_Rail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BeNe Rail (page does not exist)">BeNe Rail</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eurogare&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eurogare (page does not exist)">Eurogare</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Train_World_(BE)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Train World (BE) (page does not exist)">Train World (BE)</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=SNCB_YPTO&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SNCB YPTO (page does not exist)">SNCB YPTO</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://belgiantrain.be">belgiantrain<wbr />.be</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>National Railway Company of Belgium</b> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>NMBS</b>; <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Société nationale des chemins de fer belges</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>SNCB</b>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the national <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">railway</a> company of <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by <a href="/wiki/Henry_van_de_Velde" title="Henry van de Velde">Henry van de Velde</a> consists of the linguistically neutral letter <b>B</b> in a horizontal oval. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Railway_Company_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_State_Railways" title="Belgian State Railways">Belgian State Railways</a>. From 1942 to 1944, amid Nazi Germany's occupation of Belgium, the company was paid 51 million Belgian francs by the Nazi Germany to send 28 trains carrying 25,843 Jews and Roma people to Auschwitz where only 1,195 survived.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also sent 16,000 political prisoners to concentration camps.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, the company was split up into three parts: <a href="/wiki/Infrabel" title="Infrabel">Infrabel</a>, which manages the railway infrastructure, network operations, and network access, the public railway operator NMBS/SNCB itself to manage the freight (B-Cargo) and passenger services, and NMBS/SNCB-Holding, which owns both public companies and supervises the collaboration between them. Essentially, this was a move to facilitate future <a href="/wiki/Liberalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberalisation">liberalisation</a> of railway freight and passenger services in agreement with European regulations. Several freight operators have since received access permissions for the Belgian network.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In February 2011, <a href="/wiki/SNCB_Logistics" class="mw-redirect" title="SNCB Logistics">NMBS/SNCB Logistics</a> began operating as a separate business.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Faced with rising losses, in June 2012, the Belgian transport minister announced further reform: NMBS/SNCB Holding would be split up, so NMBS/SNCB (the train operator) would be separate from Infrabel (the infrastructure owner). Unions oppose the reform.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NMBS/SNCB-Holding was merged into NMBS/SNCB in 2014 in order to simplify the structure of the Belgian railways.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NMBS/SNCB holds a Royal Warrant from the Court of Belgium.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operations">Operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Railway_Company_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium_railroad_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Belgium_railroad_map.svg/300px-Belgium_railroad_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Belgium_railroad_map.svg/450px-Belgium_railroad_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Belgium_railroad_map.svg/600px-Belgium_railroad_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1014" data-file-height="829" /></a><figcaption>Route map</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2008 NMBS/SNCB carried 207 million passengers<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a total of 8,676 million <a href="/wiki/Passenger-kilometre" class="mw-redirect" title="Passenger-kilometre">passenger-kilometres</a> over a network of 3,536 kilometres (2,197 mi) (of which 2,950 km (1,833 mi) are <a href="/wiki/Railway_electrification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway electrification system">electrified</a>, mainly at <a href="/wiki/List_of_railway_electrification_systems#3_kV_DC" title="List of railway electrification systems"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7003300000000000000♠"></span>3,000 V DC</span></a> and 351 km (218 mi) at <a href="/wiki/25_kV_AC_railway_electrification" title="25 kV AC railway electrification"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7004250000000000000♠"></span>25 kV 50 Hz AC</span></a>). In 2023, that number rose to 244,6 million passengers carried.<sup id="cite_ref-NMBS_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMBS-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rail network has expanded to 3,733 km (2,320 mi) of which 3,286 km (2,042 mi) are electrified.<sup id="cite_ref-infrabel_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infrabel-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The network currently includes four high speed lines suitable for 300 km/h (190 mph) traffic: <a href="/wiki/HSL_1" title="HSL 1">HSL 1</a> runs from just south of <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> to the French border, where it continues to a triangular junction with <a href="/wiki/LGV_Nord" title="LGV Nord">LGV Nord</a> for <a href="/wiki/Paris_Nord_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Nord railway station">Paris Nord</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lille_Flandres_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Lille Flandres railway station">Lille Flandres</a> (and London beyond that), <a href="/wiki/HSL_2" title="HSL 2">HSL 2</a> runs from <a href="/wiki/Leuven_railway_station" title="Leuven railway station">Leuven</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ans_railway_station" title="Ans railway station">Ans</a> and onward to <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge-Guillemins_railway_station" title="Liège-Guillemins railway station">Liège-Guillemins</a>, <a href="/wiki/HSL_3" title="HSL 3">HSL 3</a> runs from Liège to the German border near <a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a> and <a href="/wiki/HSL_4" title="HSL 4">HSL 4</a> connects with <a href="/wiki/HSL-Zuid" title="HSL-Zuid">HSL-Zuid</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> to allow services to run from <a href="/wiki/Antwerpen-Centraal_railway_station" title="Antwerpen-Centraal railway station">Antwerpen-Centraal</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rotterdam_Centraal_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotterdam Centraal railway station">Rotterdam Centraal</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_enforcement_body">National enforcement body</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Railway_Company_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National enforcement body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes passengers are not satisfied with the answer of railway companies or passengers do not receive any answer in one month,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which case they can seek the assistance of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Public_Service_Mobility_and_Transport" title="Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport">Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport</a>.<sup 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG/150px-NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG/225px-NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG/300px-NMBS_MS08_08004%2C_Antwerpen_Centraal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in <a href="/wiki/Antwerpen-Centraal_railway_station" title="Antwerpen-Centraal railway station">Antwerp-Central station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M7_Trein.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NMBS/SNCB M7 double-decker train"><img alt="NMBS/SNCB M7 double-decker train" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/M7_Trein.jpg/150px-M7_Trein.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/M7_Trein.jpg/225px-M7_Trein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/M7_Trein.jpg/300px-M7_Trein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">NMBS/SNCB M7 double-decker train</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M6_Rail_Car_R01_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NMBS/SNCB M6 double-decker train"><img alt="NMBS/SNCB M6 double-decker train" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/M6_Rail_Car_R01_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-M6_Rail_Car_R01_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Luik_Guillemins_2016_2.jpg/225px-Luik_Guillemins_2016_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Luik_Guillemins_2016_2.jpg/300px-Luik_Guillemins_2016_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge-Guillemins_railway_station" title="Liège-Guillemins railway station">Liège-Guillemins station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Brussels-Central station's main hall"><img alt="Brussels-Central station's main hall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg/150px-Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg/225px-Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg/300px-Station_Brussel-Centraal_Loketten.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2178" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Brussels-Central_railway_station" title="Brussels-Central railway station">Brussels-Central station</a>'s main hall</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in Leuven station"><img alt="NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in Leuven station" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg/150px-Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg/225px-Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg/300px-Leuven_station_AM08_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="3216" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 <a href="/wiki/Siemens_Desiro" title="Siemens Desiro">Desiro train</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leuven_railway_station" title="Leuven railway station">Leuven station</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wezemaal station in 2020 before renovation, with old station sign"><img alt="Wezemaal station in 2020 before renovation, with old station sign" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg/150px-Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg/225px-Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg/300px-Station_Wezemaal_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3968" data-file-height="2976" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Wezemaal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wezemaal">Wezemaal</a> station in 2020 before renovation, with old station sign</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kiewit station pylon with B logo"><img alt="Kiewit station pylon with B logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg/90px-NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg/135px-NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg/180px-NMBS_totempaal_in_station_Kiewit_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kiewit_railway_station" title="Kiewit railway station">Kiewit station</a> pylon with B logo</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in Kiewit"><img alt="NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in Kiewit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg/90px-Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg/135px-Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg/180px-Station_Kiewit_met_trein_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">NMBS/SNCB MS08/AM08 Desiro train in Kiewit</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Begijnendijk station in 2020"><img alt="Begijnendijk station in 2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg/150px-Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg/225px-Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg/300px-Station_Begijnendijk_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3968" data-file-height="2976" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Begijnendijk station in 2020</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bouwel station with B logo with level crossing signs"><img alt="Bouwel station with B logo with level crossing signs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg/90px-Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg/135px-Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg/180px-Station_Bouwel_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Bouwel_railway_station" title="Bouwel railway station">Bouwel station</a> with B logo with level crossing signs</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NMBS_SNCB_logo_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="B logo in Brussels-North station"><img alt="B logo in Brussels-North station" 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<ul><li><i>Abkhazia</i><sup><small>1</small></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abkhazian_railway" title="Abkhazian railway">AŽD/AA</a></li> <li><i>Albania</i> <a href="/wiki/Hekurudha_Shqiptare" title="Hekurudha Shqiptare">HSH</a></li> <li><i>Armenia</i><sup><small>1</small></sup> <a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus_Railway" title="South Caucasus Railway">YuKŽD/HKY</a></li> <li><i>Austria</i> <a href="/wiki/%C3%96BB" class="mw-redirect" title="ÖBB">ÖBB</a></li> <li><i>Azerbaijan</i><sup><small>1</small></sup> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Railways" title="Azerbaijan Railways">ADY</a></li> <li><i>Belarus</i> <a href="/wiki/Belarusian_Railway" title="Belarusian Railway">BŽD/BČ</a></li> <li><i>Belgium</i> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">NMBS/SNCB</a></li> <li><i>Bosnia and Herzegovina</i> <a href="/wiki/Railways_of_the_Federation_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Railways of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina">ŽFBH</a><sup><small>2</small></sup> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Railways_of_Republika_Srpska" title="Railways of Republika Srpska">ŽRS</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><i>Bulgaria</i> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_State_Railways" title="Bulgarian State Railways">BDŽ</a></li> <li><i>Croatia</i> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Railways" title="Croatian Railways">HŽ</a></li> <li><i>Czech Republic</i> <a href="/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_dr%C3%A1hy" title="České dráhy">ČD</a></li> <li><i>Denmark</i> <a href="/wiki/DSB_(railway_company)" title="DSB (railway company)">DSB</a></li> <li><i>Estonia</i> <a href="/wiki/Eesti_Raudtee" title="Eesti Raudtee">EVR</a> / <a href="/wiki/Elron_(rail_transit)" title="Elron (rail transit)">Elron</a></li> <li><i>Finland</i> <a href="/wiki/VR_Group" title="VR Group">VR</a></li> <li><i>France</i> <a href="/wiki/SNCF" title="SNCF">SNCF</a></li> <li><i>Georgia</i><sup><small>1</small></sup> <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Railway" title="Georgian Railway">GR</a></li> <li><i>Germany</i> <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn" title="Deutsche Bahn">DB</a></li> <li><i>Greece</i> <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Railways_Organisation" title="Hellenic Railways Organisation">OSE</a> / <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Train" title="Hellenic Train">Hellenic Train</a></li> <li><i>Hungary</i> <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_State_Railways" title="Hungarian State Railways">MÁV</a></li> <li><i>Ireland</i> <a href="/wiki/Iarnr%C3%B3d_%C3%89ireann" title="Iarnród Éireann">IÉ</a></li> <li><i>Italy</i> <a href="/wiki/Ferrovie_dello_Stato_Italiane" title="Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane">FS</a></li> <li><i>Kazakhstan</i><sup><small>1</small></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_Temir_Joly" title="Kazakhstan Temir Joly">QTJ</a></li> <li><i>Kosovo</i> <a href="/wiki/Trainkos" title="Trainkos">Trainkos</a></li> <li><i>Latvia</i> <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Railways" title="Latvian Railways">LDz</a> / <a href="/wiki/Vivi_(rail_transit)" title="Vivi (rail transit)">Vivi</a></li> <li><i>Lithuania</i> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Railways" title="Lithuanian Railways">LTG</a> / <a href="/wiki/LTG_Link" title="LTG Link">LTG Link</a></li> <li><i>Luxembourg</i> <a href="/wiki/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Nationale_des_Chemins_de_Fer_Luxembourgeois" title="Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois">CFL</a></li> <li><i>Moldova</i> <a href="/wiki/Calea_Ferat%C4%83_din_Moldova" title="Calea Ferată din Moldova">CFM</a></li> <li><i>Montenegro</i> <a href="/wiki/%C5%BDeljezni%C4%8Dki_prevoz_Crne_Gore" title="Željeznički prevoz Crne Gore">ŽPCG</a></li> <li><i>Netherlands</i> <a href="/wiki/Nederlandse_Spoorwegen" title="Nederlandse Spoorwegen">NS</a></li> <li><i>North Macedonia</i> <a href="/wiki/Makedonski_%C5%BDeleznici" title="Makedonski Železnici">MŽ</a></li> <li><i>Norway</i> <a href="/wiki/Vy" title="Vy">Vy</a></li> <li><i>Poland</i> <a href="/wiki/Polish_State_Railways" title="Polish State Railways">PKP</a></li> <li><i>Portugal</i> <a href="/wiki/Comboios_de_Portugal" title="Comboios de Portugal">CP</a></li> <li><i>Romania</i> <a 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