“Shell discovery causes temporary disruption to rail traffic in La Louvière”

2023-05-25 13:59:00

Train traffic was severely disrupted in the La Louvière region at the start of the followingnoon, following a shell was discovered there on a construction site in rue Edouard Anseele. “The demining services having arrived on the spot, the circulation of the trains was however quickly restored.”, indicated Infrabel, the manager of the railway infrastructure, Thursday.

Rail traffic temporarily disrupted in La Louvière following the discovery of a shell Train traffic was severely disrupted in the La Louvière region at the start of the followingnoon, following a shell was discovered there on a construction site in rue Edouard Anseele. A security perimeter 150 meters wide had been established around the area following the alert was given, around 12:30 p.m.

Shortly following the discovery of the shell, it was able to be deactivated by the SEDEE, Service for the Removal and Destruction of Explosive Devices of the army.

The firefighters of La Louvière were also mobilized as well as the local police who established the security perimeter.

No traffic was possible between La Louvière-Sud and La Louvière-Centre, with consequences for three other connections between Turnhout and Binche, Charleroi and Luttre and La Louvière and Braine-le-Comte. “Traffic now resumes normally”, assured the spokesman of Infrabel, Frédéric Sacré, warning however that residual delays remain possible at the approach of the rush hour.

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