Eurostar warned passengers of significant disruption on 1 December 2025 after an overhead-line failure at Brussels-South (Brussel-Zuid/Bruxelles-Midi) forced the temporary suspension of high-speed services. The live travel-information page, updated at 11:40 CET, reported no trains running between Paris Gare du Nord and Brussels, as well as knock-on delays of 30–60 minutes on the broader Belgian network.
Technical teams from infrastructure manager Infrabel are working to restore power, but Eurostar has already cancelled several services (e.g., 9115, 9133, 9145 and 9167) and warned of seat-plan changes on others. Passengers holding flexible fares may exchange free of charge, while those on non-flex tickets are eligible for vouchers under EU Rail Regulation 2021/782.
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The outage comes at a peak business-travel period: many corporate commuters use the Monday lunchtime trains to London and Paris. Belgian consulting firm B-Refresh estimates that each hour of high-speed-rail downtime costs the Brussels service sector up to €1.3 million in lost productivity and re-routing expenses.
Mobility managers should alert travellers to consider flights via Zaventem or postpone meetings. Eurostar says it will issue a fresh update at 15:00 CET; limited services may resume once the catenary is repaired and safety checks completed.
Looking ahead, transport unions are monitoring the incident closely as they campaign for accelerated investment in Infrabel’s €4 billion electrification-renewal plan to prevent similar failures ahead of the 2026 ETIAS roll-out, which is expected to boost cross-Channel passenger numbers.
Technical teams from infrastructure manager Infrabel are working to restore power, but Eurostar has already cancelled several services (e.g., 9115, 9133, 9145 and 9167) and warned of seat-plan changes on others. Passengers holding flexible fares may exchange free of charge, while those on non-flex tickets are eligible for vouchers under EU Rail Regulation 2021/782.
The outage comes at a peak business-travel period: many corporate commuters use the Monday lunchtime trains to London and Paris. Belgian consulting firm B-Refresh estimates that each hour of high-speed-rail downtime costs the Brussels service sector up to €1.3 million in lost productivity and re-routing expenses.
Mobility managers should alert travellers to consider flights via Zaventem or postpone meetings. Eurostar says it will issue a fresh update at 15:00 CET; limited services may resume once the catenary is repaired and safety checks completed.
Looking ahead, transport unions are monitoring the incident closely as they campaign for accelerated investment in Infrabel’s €4 billion electrification-renewal plan to prevent similar failures ahead of the 2026 ETIAS roll-out, which is expected to boost cross-Channel passenger numbers.
