NMBS/SNCB

From 1926 (founding date of the SNCB) until 2005 Belgian railways formed a single unit. In 2005, activities were divided into three autonomous companies. SNCB-Holding took over responsibility for staff, computer technology, the 37 major stations and coordination between the three companies. Infrabel managed the infrastructure and was in charge of track maintenance, the modernisation of the network, signals and traffic management. SNCB, the transporter or operator, organised and commercialised the offer of trains (both national and international) and was in charge of the maintenance and modernisation of the rolling stock.