National Railway Company of Belgium
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NMBS/SNCB | |
Native name | Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen French: Société nationale des chemins de fer belges German: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen |
Company type | Statutory corporation |
Industry | Rail transportation |
Founded | 1926 |
Founder | Government of Belgium |
Headquarters | Avenue de la Porte de Hal/Hallepoortlaan 40, 1060 Brussels , |
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Number of employees | 30 000 (2023) |
Subsidiaries | BeNe Rail Eurogare Train World (BE) SNCB YPTO |
Website | belgiantrain |
The National Railway Company of Belgium ) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company uses the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.
NMBS/SNCB is a government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways.
In 2005, the company was split up into three parts: Infrabel, 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. This was to facilitate future liberalisation of railway freight and passenger services in agreement with European regulations. Several freight operators can now use the Belgian network. In February 2011, NMBS/SNCB Logistics began operating as a separate business.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Railway Gazette: SNCB Logistics gains independence". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2011-02-13.