Royal Train - Belgium

Belgium

Belgium has no Royal train any more. There are still historic Royal coaches preserved, they are rarely shown to the public. From the Royal coaches that served for H.M. King Leopold II and H.M. King Albert I are the three most important Royal coaches preserved. From the Royal coaches that served for H.M. King Leopold III and H.M. King Baudouin are preserved: the drawing-room coach (with private rest compartment for the King), the Dining-coach (with big and private dining compartment and kitchen) and the sleeping coach for the king and queen (with small drawing room, sleeping compartments, bathing compartments with bathtub and compartments for the staff).

For rail-transport during visits of heads of states to Belgium, there is a possibility of using a first-class SNCB I11 coach with seats partially removed and a set of armchairs put in the middle of the coach. This arrangement was used for the first time on the 30 May 2002 during the state visit of Margrethe II of Denmark, for a trip from Bruges to Brussels South, and a second time during the state visit of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on the 22 June 2006 for a trip from Schaarbeek to Liège-Guillemins.

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