Theme image. — © Marc Herremans De Lijn can order up to a hundred electric buses for ‘high-quality public transport’ (HOV) from Irizar E-Mobility. The Spanish manufacturer won the tender for a framework agreement. According to De Lijn, the Spanish bus builder submitted the best of three quotes. The deal is reminiscent of the agreement … Read more
Theme image — © Fred Debrock At the De Lijn depot in Gentbrugge, a spontaneous action broke out among staff on Saturday morning, after several cases of aggression on Friday. This was reported by union secretary Bart Reyns of ACV Public Services. He expects that there will be virtually no trams and buses in the … Read more
© BELGIUM Flemish Minister of Mobility Lydia Peeters (Open VLD) has again instructed De Lijn to provide reinforcement runs from April 15 in places where there are capacity problems with school runs. De Lijn will have a number of reinforcement runs carried out by private coach companies. The minister is releasing 350,000 euros for this … Read more
“Don’t make it an emo story,” say Danny Depypere (64) and Annemarie Depraetere. “It is a functional story, supported by figures and data.” Three months after the start, they stop counting and are eager to share the results. They have not had a car since 2020. They had a good relationship with De Lijn, but … Read more
A remarkable video is circulating on Tiktok in which a De Lijn driver refuses to let a woman get off the bus at the front. She then calls to her: “Take off your headscarf, we are in Belgium.” The transport company will “take appropriate action” against the female driver. The incident took place on Tuesday … Read more
De Lijn has already implemented 30 adjustments since the introduction of the basic accessibility plan. This concerns changes to a stop, the use of a different vehicle type or shifting the hours of a journey to better align with school hours, for example. In total, more than a hundred adjustments will follow. The transport company … Read more
