SNCB / NMBS train delays, Wednesday 28 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

92% of stops were reached less than 5 minutes late, and half of them within 1 minute of the timetable.

Trains
4,059
5 min late or more
8% of stops
15 min late or more
1% of stops
Median delay
1 min
Cancelled trains
39

Recorded from 00:00 to 23:59. The figures use the last delay announced at each of the 48,225 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 1 placeholder value 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 3,960 of the 3,960 trains the timetable planned for this day.

Most delayed trains

LineLeft its first stopWhere it was latestDelay
IC Anvers-Central -- La Panne08:49La Panne99 min
IC Gand-Saint-Pierre -- La Panne06:53De Pinte95 min
S51 Renaix -- Eeklo06:09Gavere-Asper92 min
P Schaerbeek -- Poperinge05:47Gand-Saint-Pierre86 min
IC Eupen -- Ostende06:17Gand-Saint-Pierre85 min

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https://data.train-archive.eu/daily/provider=be-sncb/service=TripUpdate/date=2026-10-28.parquet?token=YOUR_TOKEN

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A few rows of the file

15 different trains, each at one stop. The CSV has more columns, listed below.

Stop stop_nameLine routeArrival predicted_arrivalDelay (min) arrival_delay_minStatus trip_status
ArlonL Luxembourg (LU) -- Arlon00:301scheduled
Liège-GuilleminsL Liège-Guillemins -- Huy06:565scheduled
La Louvière-SudIC Turnhout -- Binche09:5937scheduled
Anvers-BerchemL Anvers-Central -- Hasselt10:0116scheduled
DenderleeuwS3 Termonde -- Denderleeuw11:360scheduled
La PanneIC Anvers-Central -- La Panne13:2315scheduled
Flémalle-HauteS42 Liers -- Flémalle-Haute12:540scheduled
DenderleeuwS3 Termonde -- Denderleeuw15:360scheduled
HasseltIC Anvers-Central -- Hasselt16:339scheduled
Charleroi-CentralS64 Charleroi-Central -- Couvin17:090scheduled
Roosendaal (NL)S32 Roosendaal (NL) -- Puurs18:380scheduled
GenkIC Genk -- Gand-Saint-Pierre20:530scheduled
LiersL Liers -- Marloie21:162scheduled
MalinesS7 Hal -- Malines22:240scheduled
Charleroi-CentralBUS Luttre -- Charleroi-Central01:560scheduled

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.