Brussels suburban train

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S-Trein
 S-Bahn Brussels
Train S (French)
S-Trein (ndl.)
12-05-2016 - NMBS 945 - S5 3583 - Beersel.jpg
Country Belgium
Lines 12
Route length 350 km
Stations 142
Passengers 25,000,000 (expected)
Residents in the catchment area 1,138,876 ( Brussels-Capital Region )
vehicles Siemens Desiro ML
operator National Society of Belgian Railways

Train

Network map of the Brussels S-Bahn

The Brussels S-Bahn is a S-Bahn network of the National Company of Belgian Railways (SNCB / NMBS) in the Belgian capital, Brussels . The originally planned bilingual names Réseau Express Régional (RER) ( fr. ) Or Gewestelijk ExpresNet (GEN) ( NDL. ) Were by a single German model S replaced. The NMBS / SNCB operates suburban trains in four other cities: Antwerp , Charleroi , Ghent  and Liège .

reasons

In the Brussels area there are 365,000 commuters every day , for whom there was previously insufficient public transport with suburban trains, comparable to German regional trains, outside the closer city center . Since many of these potential customers now drive their own car , regular traffic jams and parking problems as well as air pollution are the result.

history

The idea for creating the project comes from the 1990s. A first project was published in 1995. The commissioning of the first lines was planned for 2002.

The institutional inconvenience that prevails in Belgium has meant that the project has been postponed and delayed, as permits have been obtained from both the three regions of the country and the four transport companies, SNCB / NMBS , TEC , STIB / MIVB and De Lijn needed.

The first construction work finally began in 2005; Commissioning was planned for 2012. On December 13, 2015, the network was put into operation as the French train S and the Dutch S-Trein with twelve lines, even if some infrastructure measures are delayed until 2025.

planning

The S-Bahn will not only provide access to the Brussels-Capital region on largely its own track and with a tight schedule , but will also extend to the neighboring provinces of Wallonia and Flemish Brabant in the regions of Wallonia and Flanders . In addition, the international airport Brussels-Zaventem is to be better connected. A transfer station with a direct connection to the Brussels subway is being built in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht . The necessary interlinking with the Brussels metro is still in its infancy, a common route network plan has already been published, but a common transport network is not yet a reality.

Originally, up to 2012, nine railway lines with supplementary bus lines were planned, which should run every 15 or 30 minutes during rush hour. Furthermore, a simplified and uniform are tariff system , the expansion of the park-and-ride planned -Angebotes and already 305 electric multiple units of the type Siemens Desiro ML ordered.

These nine railway lines will radiate around the city center on different routes. To do this, five so-called "key routes" must be expanded to include four tracks:

as well as the project known as the " Diabolo Project "

  • Brussels - Mechelen (with additional connection to Brussels Airport)

CityRail advance network

The Belgian railways had introduced a provisional S-Bahn network, which was carried out with modernized trains of the NMBS / SNCB series AM 62-79 . This network was called CityRail . The network existed under this name until the timetable change in 2013, after which these lines became normal L trains again. There were a total of six CityRail lines.

The following lines passed:

  • CR 1: Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussel - Etterbeek - Eigenbrakel
  • CR 2: Dendermonde - Brussels - Halle - Geraardsbergen
  • CR 3: Brussels - Etterbeek - Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
  • CR 4: Zottegem - Denderleeuw - Brussels
  • CR 5: Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussels
  • CR 6: Leuven - Zaventem - Brussels - 's-Gravenbrakel

Funding problems

At the beginning of February 2016, Transport Minister Jacqueline Galant had to admit that there were major financing problems with the completion of the S-Bahn. The expansion of the railway lines 124 (Brussels – Nivelles) and 161 (Brussels – Ottignies) to double-track was no longer a priority for them. Expansion plans in Antwerp and Ghent have also been postponed in favor of Brussels. This caused anger in the affected regions. Days later, Galant said that everything was not meant that way and that they had been misunderstood. This statement shook her position within the government.

Current line network

The official first "symbolic groundbreaking" took place on August 23, 2006. Some expansion measures were already started in 2004 and are also part of this ambitious project. In the course of the expansion of the international high-speed rail link (HGV) from France via Brussels to Germany and the Netherlands - also in light of the development of Brussels into the capital of the European Union - the first improvements have already been achieved.

On March 23, 2015, the Managing Director of Belgian Railways Jo Cornu and Federal Minister for Mobility and Transport Jacqueline Galant presented the concept of the Brussels S-Bahn. The start date is December 13, 2015 and all S-Bahn lines are to be put into operation by 2025.

The Schuman-Josaphat-Tunnel went into operation on April 4, 2016 , so the S5 and S9 lines are now running on the intended route.

line Line route Number of stations Tact
Mon-Fri Sat, Sun
S1 Nivelles - Brussels - Mechelen -  Antwerpen-Centraal
Line S1 is also part of the Antwerp S-Bahn 		31 30 ′ Sat: 30 ′
Sun: 60 ′ Antwerpen Centraal - Brussels-South and 60 ′ Brussels-North - Nivelles
S2 Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Zaventem - Leuven 22nd 30 ′ 60 ′
S3 Zottegem - Brussels - Dendermonde 23 60 ′
additional trips in morning and evening rush hour traffic between Brussels-North and Zottegem 		no operation
S4 Aalst - Brussels-Schuman - Brussels-Luxembourg - Vilvoorde 21st 60 ′ no operation
S5 ( Geraardsbergen -) Edingen - Halle - Brussels-Luxembourg - Brussels-Schuman - Mechelen 25th 60 ′ Halle - Mechelen
60 ′ Geraardsbergen - Mechelen ( only Edingen - Mechelen during off- peak traffic ) 		60 ′ hall - Mechelen
S6 Aalst - Denderleeuw - Geraardsbergen - Brussels - Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek 21st 60 ′
additional trips in the morning and evening rush hour traffic between Denderleeuw and Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek 		60 ′, only Denderleeuw - Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek
S7 Hall - Brussels-Merode - Vilvoorde - Mechelen 19th 60 ′ no operation
S8 Brussels-South - North -South connection - Brussels-Schuman - Brussels-Luxembourg - Ottignies - Louvain-la-Neuve 16 30 ′
Only every second journey from Brussels goes to Louvain-la-Neuve,
plus two journeys an hour between Ottignies and Louvain-la-Neuve 		60 ′ Brussels-South - Ottignies
30 ′ Ottignies - Louvain-la-Neuve
S81 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Brussels-Schuman - Brussels-Luxembourg - Ottignies 10 three trips a day no operation
S9 Leuven - Zaventem - Brussels-Schuman - Braine-l'Alleud 19th 60 ′ no operation
S10 Dendermonde - Jette - Brussels-West - North-South connection - Jette -  Aalst 28 60 ′ 60 ′
S20 Ottignies - lions 13 30 ′ 60 ′

vehicles

The main load of the S-Bahn traffic is handled by the Siemens Desiro multiple units of the AM / MS 08 series . In some cases, the older AM / MS 80 and AM / MS 86-89 series are also used, and individual trains are also pulled by locomotives during rush hour.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Siemens press release v. May 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ Galant beperkt ook voorstadsnet rond Brussel. In: De Standaard. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Galant maakt bocht na Waalse kritiek. In: De Standaard. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Laatste waarschuwing voor Galant. In: De Standaard. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Officiële website van NMBS - Home. In: nmbs.be. Retrieved April 13, 2016 .