NMBS/SNCB
Sign in to saveAlso known as Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, SNCB, NMBS, National Railway Company of Belgium, Societe nationale des chemins de fer belges, Belgian National Railways, B-Rail
state-owned railway company of Belgium (since 1926)
Key facts
- Trade name
- NMBS/SNCB
- Native name
- Dutch : Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen , French : Société nationale des chemins de fer belges , German : Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
- Company type
- Statutory corporation
- Industry
- Rail transportation
- Founder
- Government of Belgium
- Headquarters
- Avenue de la Porte de Hal/Hallepoortlaan 40, 1060 Brussels , Belgium
- Revenue
- €2.72 billion (2023)
- Net income
- €67.1 million (2023)
- Number of employees
- 16 864 (2023)
- Subsidiaries
- BeNe Rail, Eurogare (defunct) , Train World, SNCB YPTO
- Website
- belgiantrain .be
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The National Railway Company of Belgium (Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, NMBS; French: Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, SNCB; German: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NMBS/SNCB” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.