Overview
BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT ARE NOW CLOSED
The 2016 International Visit for Young Members will travel to Brussels, Belgium, to provide you with a fantastic chance to see how a different country is implementing a large-scale rail project.
The tour will include a comprehensive and exclusive look at the new North-South tunnelling project, set to be one of the largest infrastructure projects in Belgium in the next decade.
With a diverse range of site visits and an excellent networking opportunity, the tour will give you the chance to look at capacity-driven upgrades from a different point of view, developing new and existing skills and knowledge to take back to the UK and your own work.
The Details:
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB) and National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB) will host site visits and presentations over two days as they lead a major capital investment programme for increased usage on rail, metro, tram and buses.
This will include:
- Automation of metro lines 1 and 5 with a communications-based train control (CBTC) signalling system.
- Conversion of the pre-metro system on the North-South Line, involving a 4.5km northern extension, new tunnelled section, the modification of existing assets and new rolling stock.
- How capacity increases will be dealt with through further upgrades to existing infrastructure and new lines.
Total cost: £165.00*
What’s included:
• Return Eurostar ticket
• Dinner on Day 1
• One nights’ hotel accommodation (bed and breakfast) at Best Western County House of Brussels
• The Cantillon Brewery Tour
*Ticket price may vary if booked after 18 February 2016.