July 2001 Trip to BE

Trip to Belgium - July 2001

This trip had several purposes: (i) generally checking on the routing of trains at complex stations such as Antwerpen-Berchem; (ii) travelling over a couple of lines never or not recently visited; (iii) a weekend away for my mother.

Operating Company Abbreviations:

CSE - Connex South Eastern (train operator in south-east England)
CT - Central Trains (train operator in central England)
LUL - London Underground Limited (transport operator in London)
SNCB - Société National des Chemins de Fer Belges (Belgian National Railways)
SNCF - Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (French National Railways)
VT - Virgin Trains (West Coast Main Line train operator in England)

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Arrive

Depart

Train

Traction details & notes

Saturday 21st July 2001

Tame Bridge Parkway		07:59		CT DMU 150 103
Birmingham New Street	08:20	08:45		VT 87 016P
London Euston	10:37			arr 9 late
Euston		10:58		LUL EMU Northern Line
Waterloo	11:11
London Waterloo International		12:27	9132	SNCB Eurostar 3101+3102 via normal route
Bruxelles Midi	16:10	16:16	IR4216	SNCB EMU 336
Bruxelles Central	16:19
Bruxelles Central		17:04	IR3614	SNCB EMU 401 + 346
Bruxelles Nord	17:09	17:36	IC1516	SNCB EMU 567 + 549 + 537 + 533
Leuven	18:01	18:33	IC540	SNCB EL 1345 dep 6 late
Bruxelles Central	19:03			arr 6 late
New passenger track today: none.
Overnight at Hotel la Madeleine (5 minutes walk from Bruxelles Central, near Grand Place) (two nights)

Sunday 22nd July 2001

Bruxelles Central		08:40	IC2108	SNCB EMU 522 + 503
Ottignies	09:13	09:21	L6458	SNCB EMU 925 + 946
Louvain-la-Neuve-Université	09:27	09:33	L6480	SNCB EMU 946 + 925
Leuven	10:28			(platform D, not via diveunder)
Leuven		10:40	IR2610	SNCB EMU 379 + 421
* Mechelen (reverse)	11:01	11:07		SNCB EMU 421
Antwerpen-Berchem	11:23	12:07	IR3432	SNCB EMU 330
Antwerpen-Centraal	12:10	14:38	IC1836	SNCB EL 1306
Brugge	15:55	17:59	IC517	SNCB EL 1345P dep 8 late
Bruxelles Central	18:55			arr 10 late
Bruxelles Midi		21:52	IC520	SNCB EL 1344P
Bruxelles Central	21:55
New passenger track today: none.
Overnight at Hotel la Madeleine.

Monday 23rd July 2001

Bruxelles Central		08:26	IR3907	SNCB EMU 822 + 836
Etterbeek	08:45	08:51	L3579	SNCB EMU 902
Halle	09:12	09:18	IR3729	SNCB EMU 430 + 362 + 337 + 435
Mons	09:53	10:02	IR3809	SNCB EMU 259
Saint Ghislain	10:13	10:47	IR3831	SNCB EMU 237
Charleroi Sud	11:38	12:07	IC2012	SNCB EMU 458 + 479 dep 8 late
Bruxelles Midi	12:50		'1'	arr 5 late
Bruxelles Midi		14:56	9141	SNCF Eurostar 3220 + 3219
London Waterloo International	16:39
Waterloo East		17:06		CSE EMU 465 237 + ? + ? Waterloo LUL security alert
Charing Cross	17:10	17:20		LUL EMU Northern Line
Leicester Square	17:21	17:22		LUL EMU Piccadilly Line
Kings Cross	17:23
London Euston		19:15		VT EL 90012 via Line D then fast line
Birmingham New Street	20:54	21:23		CT 150 102
Tame Bridge Parkway	21:51
New passenger track today: Etterbeek - Halle

Tickets used: Tame Bridge - London: Virgin Saver; London - Bruxelles: Eurostar 14-day Leisure ticket; within Belgium: 3-day Euro Domino (for convenience and flexibility).

This page last updated on 08 January 2022 at 07:28.