Fifteen years after the Buizingen tragedy, Belgium has completed ETCS installation across its main rail network, strengthening train speed control, preventing human error, and setting a deadline for ETCS-only train operations nationwide as a cornerstone of long-term transport safety reformy
A routine train journey from Antwerp to Hasselt turned violent when an 18-year-old passenger sprayed deodorant into a conductor’s eyes, prompting medical treatment, police involvement, and renewed concerns about the safety of Belgian railway personnel on duty
