Flemish government shifts rail budget from Zeebrugge to Limburg

At the last Flemish Council of Ministers in 2018, it was decided to finance the long-requested Hasselt-Maastricht fast-tram connection in Limburg – the so-called Spartacus project – with budget earmarked for expanding rail capacity in Zeebrugge. Flanders had committed on 5 December 2006 to pre-finance and implement the Pelikaan, Wielingen and Zwankendamme railway bundles, and to modernise and transform the Zeebrugge marshalling yard. The Pelikaan and Wielingen track bundles have been in operation since 2013, and the Zwankendamme track bundle (pictured) is now nearing completion.