SNCB / NMBS train delays, Tuesday 20 October 2026
Delays recorded on this day, in Belgium local time. Below: how it went, then the whole day as one file to download.
How late the trains were
90% of stops were reached less than 5 minutes late, and half of them within 1 minute of the timetable.
- Trains
- 3,946
- 5 min late or more
- 10% of stops
- 15 min late or more
- 2% of stops
- Median delay
- 1 min
- Cancelled trains
- 17
Recorded from 00:00 to 23:59. The figures use the last delay announced at each of the 48,930 stops that had one, as the operator sent it. Cancelled trains (marked cancelled, or with every stop skipped), skipped stops and values over an hour early or twelve hours late are left out, as are 12 placeholder values the feed sent instead of a time (a train “here, now” hours late, or one time repeated at every stop). 100% of the stops of the trains that ran (skipped stops aside) had a delay.
The archive saw 3,847 of the 3,847 trains the timetable planned for this day.
Not counted in the trains planned: 7 more trains the timetable lists on lines the live feed has not carried in the week before (NMBS/SNCB).
Most delayed trains
| Line | Left its first stop | Where it was latest | Delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| S1 Nivelles -- Anvers-Central | 11:39 | Malines-Nekkerspoel | 72 min |
| S51 Renaix -- Eeklo | 17:10 | Eine | 68 min |
| S51 Renaix -- Eeklo | 17:17 | Gand-Saint-Pierre | 68 min |
| IC Tongres -- Quiévrain | 10:11 | Aarschot | 66 min |
| IC Hasselt -- Blankenberge | 19:15 | Tirlemont | 65 min |
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https://data.train-archive.eu/daily/provider=be-sncb/service=TripUpdate/date=2026-10-20.parquet?token=YOUR_TOKEN
A few rows of the file
15 different trains, each at one stop. The CSV has more columns, listed below.
Stop stop_name | Line route | Arrival predicted_arrival | Delay (min) arrival_delay_min | Status trip_status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlon | L Luxembourg (LU) -- Arlon | 00:30 | 1 | scheduled |
| Louvain | L Anvers-Central -- Louvain | 07:07 | 5 | scheduled |
| Namur | L Namur -- Ciney | 07:32 | 0 | scheduled |
| Termonde | S10 Termonde -- Alost | 09:54 | 3 | scheduled |
| Welkenraedt | IC Welkenraedt -- Courtrai | 12:13 | 2 | scheduled |
| Zottegem | S8 Louvain-la-Neuve -- Zottegem | 12:33 | 1 | scheduled |
| Malines | S7 Hal -- Malines | 13:26 | 2 | scheduled |
| Libramont | L Luxembourg (LU) -- Libramont | 14:36 | 1 | scheduled |
| Courtrai | IC Schaerbeek -- Courtrai | 16:17 | 2 | scheduled |
| Luxembourg (LU) | L Luxembourg (LU) -- Athus | 16:40 | 0 | scheduled |
| Grammont | L Mouscron -- Grammont | 19:25 | 2 | scheduled |
| Malines | L Malines -- Grammont | 19:52 | 0 | scheduled |
| Anvers-Central | S33 Anvers-Central -- Mol | 20:35 | 1 | scheduled |
| Charleroi-Central | S64 Charleroi-Central -- Couvin | 22:08 | 1 | scheduled |
| Liège-Guillemins | BUS Louvain -- Liège-Guillemins | 02:45 | 0 | scheduled |
What the columns mean
service_date- The day the train was scheduled to run.
route- The line, as the operator names it (for example IC 3 or S2).
trip_id- The operator’s code for this train run. The same train on another day has another code.
trip_start_time- When the train was scheduled to leave its first station.
stop_sequence, stop_id, stop_name- Which stop along the route: its position, code and name.
arrival_delay_min, departure_delay_min- How late the train was at that stop, in minutes. Negative means early. Empty when the operator gave a time but no delay.
predicted_arrival, predicted_departure- The time the operator last announced for that stop, in local time.
observed_at- When that last announcement was seen. After the train has passed, it is what happened.
trip_status- scheduled, cancelled or added (a train that was not in the timetable).
stop_status- skipped when the train did not stop there; empty otherwise.
route_id- The route’s code in the timetable, to join with it.