Train journey Brussels-Luxembourg will be 2 instead of 3 hours
If you still take the train between Brussels and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in 2024, you should spend about 2 hours instead of almost 3 hours. That is one of the intentions of the federal investment plan, State Secretary for Relance Thomas Dermine (PS) informed Friday teen.
A train ride between Brussels and Luxembourg, the capital of the Grand Duchy of the same name, now takes ten at least almost three hours. For the many commuters between the two cities, enjoy their day. That trajectory should be abrupt to about two hours in three years. The rail network between Brussels and Luxembourg is being renovated as part of the ‘EuroCap-Rail’ project, which aims to connect the three ‘European capitals’ – Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in France.
On the Belgian side, 112 million euros is provided for this. This will ensure that trains can travel at 160 instead of 130 kilometers per hour, among other things by not considering avoiding them on the route now. In addition, the rock walls along the route will be better protected and the Ciney station will be renovated.
Renovations
The federal government wants to realize at least 2.6 billion euros in public investments by 2024. Rail will profit, with nearly 100 million euros invested in more accessible stations between 2022 and 20 and 125 million euros for the modernization of the rail network. On top of that, another 260 million euros will be pumped into doubling rail freight transport by 2030.
The government against government buildings, which must be neutral by 2040. 150 million euros will be set aside for the Buildings Agency. Another 10 million euros will go to the renovation of the Brussels stock exchange building.
The restoration of historical heritage is another priority. The government, for example, allocated 170 million euros for the renovation of the Brussels Law Courts, the roofs of the buildings in the Brussels Cinquantenaire Park and for the buildings of the Court of Audit and the Royal Palace.
State Secretary Dermine’s record of public investment for the first time in 40 years is a “historic turning point”. According to the PS, there are also a lot of payback effects, for example through the creation of actual jobs in construction. The state also hopes that renovations to government buildings will encourage citizens and businesses to do the same.