Whois & Analysis for belgiantrain.be

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea.

It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people.

Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups: the Dutch-speaking, mostly Flemish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population, which comprises 41% of all Belgians.

Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany.

SNCB/NMBS is the national railway company of Belgium.

The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB, however it is commonly referred to in English and internationally using just the French abbreviation SNCB.

The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.

A bus station is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers.

While the term bus depot also refers to a bus station, it can also refer to a bus garage.

A bus station is larger than a bus stop, which is usually simply a place on the roadside, where buses can stop.

It may be intended as a terminal station for a number of routes, or as a transfer station where the routes continue.

Rail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

It is also commonly referred to as train transport.

In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run.

Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on ties (sleepers) and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves.

Other variations are also possible, such as slab track, where the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface.