NMBS/SNCB keeps trains running on time by skipping stops

NMBS/SNCB keeps trains running on time by skipping stops

The Belgian public railway company NMBS/SNCB reportedly orders trains to skip stops an average of five times a day to make up for delays. In six months, more than 900 stops were skipped. It was already known that NMBS/SNCB was applying this practice. For example, the ombudsperson service already mentioned it in its annual report published in March. However, the issue is now being taken up again by, among others, the newspaper De Standaard after …