2023-08-18 11:08:00
It first “urges” for a very short-term initiative, bringing together stakeholders to ensure immediate improvement on the ground.
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“A single body should be designated to ensure coordination between the various partners involved and integration with the SNCB action plan,” the company said in a statement to the Belga agency.
SNCB would then like to start discussions about the installation of a police station which would be planned near Brussels-Midi and in particular to examine whether this station can be housed in the station itself. This could indeed be part of the answer to the current challenges, she added.
According to the SNCB, the situation in and around the station is now “dramatic” in terms of nuisance and incivility, even though more than 50,000 people take the train there every day, which makes it the most popular in Belgium. It is also the international hub for rail traffic in our country and the main gateway for international travelers visiting Belgium. It is also SNCB’s main place of work: 4,000 of its employees work in the immediate vicinity of the station.
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