Public Transport strike 09/09/26 in NL

Impact on Belgium

• Eurostar will not run between Brussels and Amsterdam.
• The Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will not run.
• The EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam) will only run between Brussels and Noorderkempen.
• Trains on the S43 service between Liège and Maastricht will only run between Liège and Visé.
• Trains on the S32 service between Puurs, Antwerp and Roosendaal will only run between Puurs and Essen.

Special arrangements for tickets for travel on 9 September between Belgium and the Netherlands:

• Eurostar tickets can be refunded free of charge or exchanged for another date.
• Tickets for the EuroCity, Eurocity Direct and for our regional trains to, from or via Roosendaal or Maastricht can be refunded free of charge, or can be used on another train from Tuesday 8 September to Thursday 10 September. This means you can anticipate or postpone your journey by one day without changing your ticket. Please note, however: EuroCity tickets can only be used on another EuroCity train, whilst tickets for the Eurocity Direct can only be used on another Eurocity Direct train.

Thanks for the heads-up. I won’t be there until next May, but now I know that it’s not just Italy and France where they do this. Does it happen often? We plan to take trains from Bern to Bruges. Any idea whether strikes are common in Switzerland and Germany?

Train strikes are very rare in Switzerland. The last national strike there was in 1918. Due to rigorous quality control and track maintenance, large-scale track work takes place regularly. This sometimes results in detours or replacement bus service, but this is always announced well in advance.

The same cannot be said of Germany, however ;-)

In the Netherlands this is not very common. It happens, but more often regionally and many years go by without a strike in public transport.