{"id":192071,"date":"2026-08-20T12:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=192071"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T09:45:00","slug":"judge-bans-nmbs-sncb-from-operating-noisy-diesel-trains-at-lokeren-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/2026\/08\/20\/judge-bans-nmbs-sncb-from-operating-noisy-diesel-trains-at-lokeren-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Un juge interdit \u00e0 la SNCB d'exploiter des trains diesel bruyants \u00e0 la gare de Lokeren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Un juge a donn\u00e9 raison \u00e0 un riverain de la gare de Lokeren dans le cadre d\u2019une plainte concernant les nuisances sonores caus\u00e9es par les trains diesel dont les moteurs tournent au ralenti lorsqu\u2019ils sont \u00e0 l\u2019arr\u00eat dans cette gare. \u00c0 la suite de cette d\u00e9cision, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ferroviaire belge NMBS\/SNCB doit adapter ses horaires pour les trains desservant Lokeren, la r\u00e9gion de Gand et Ronse, et vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, le tribunal a interdit \u00e0 la NMBS\/SNCB de maintenir des trains diesel en attente en gare avant 7 h et apr\u00e8s 19 h. Cette d\u00e9cision a un impact imm\u00e9diat sur les horaires des trains pendant ces plages horaires, en particulier pour la ligne S53, qui relie Lokeren \u00e0 Ronse, car une partie du trajet entre Ronse et De Pinte n'est pas \u00e9quip\u00e9e de cat\u00e9naires, ce qui emp\u00eache les trains \u00e9lectriques de circuler sur ce tron\u00e7on.<\/p>\n<h4>La ligne S53 est particuli\u00e8rement touch\u00e9e<\/h4>\n<p>Par exemple, \u00e0 Gand-Dampoort, il n'y aura plus que quatre trains par heure en direction et en provenance de Gand-Sint-Pieters au lieu de cinq ; \u00e0 Lokeren, trois au lieu de quatre ; et \u00e0 Gentbrugge, un seul train par heure dans chaque sens au lieu de deux.<\/p>\n<p>Beervelde conservera une liaison par heure, car la NMBS\/SNCB a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de faire s'arr\u00eater l\u00e0-bas le train IC Ostende-Anvers ; sans cela, il n'y aurait plus aucun train \u00e0 cet arr\u00eat suite \u00e0 la suppression du train diesel.<\/p>\n<h4>Les trains \u00e9lectriques en 2031<\/h4>\n<p>La soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ferroviaire souligne que ce changement, qui implique par exemple un temps de correspondance de 25 minutes pour les usagers de la r\u00e9gion de Gand qui doivent changer de train \u00e0 Gand-Sint-Pieters pour se rendre \u00e0 Gand-Dampoort, est temporaire et qu\u2019elle travaille \u00e0 la mise en place d\u2019une solution d\u00e9finitive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c La SNCB met tout en \u0153uvre pour mettre cela en place le plus rapidement possible, afin que la r\u00e9duction temporaire du service ferroviaire soit la plus limit\u00e9e possible \u201d, d\u00e9clare le porte-parole. \u00c0 plus long terme, \u00e0 partir de 2031, le remplacement des trains diesel par des trains \u00e9lectriques modernes et des trains \u00e0 batterie devrait r\u00e9soudre le probl\u00e8me.<\/p>\n<p>La NMBS\/SNCB dispose de 96 rames de type MW41, mais en raison de dommages, seules environ 93 d'entre elles sont encore en service. Apr\u00e8s \u00eatre rest\u00e9es \u00e0 l'arr\u00eat toute la nuit, ces rames ont souvent des difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 d\u00e9marrer, voire ne d\u00e9marrent pas du tout. Pour y rem\u00e9dier, la SNCB les laisse tourner toute la nuit ou les met en marche tr\u00e8s t\u00f4t le matin, ce qui est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment la cause de la pollution sonore.<\/p>\n<p>Les habitants de Geraardsbergen, par exemple, se plaignent depuis longtemps que les trains diesel tournent au ralenti d\u00e8s 4 heures du matin pour rester au chaud. \u00c0 l'heure actuelle, il existe encore cinq lignes non \u00e9lectrifi\u00e9es en Flandre orientale sur lesquelles circule la MW41.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge has ruled in favor of a resident living near the Lokeren station in a complaint about noise pollution from diesel trains left idling while on standby there. 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As a result of the ruling, the Belgian railway company NMBS\/SNCB must adjust its schedule for trains serving Lokeren, the Ghent region, and Ronse, and vice versa. Specifically, the court has prohibited NMBS\/SNCB from keeping diesel trains on standby at the station before 7 a.m. and after 7 p.m. This immediately affects the train schedule during those times, particularly for the S53 line, which runs between Lokeren and Ronse, because part&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/legislation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legislation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/public-transport\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Public transport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Luc Joris","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/author\/belga-5\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Judge bans NMBS\/SNCB from operating noisy diesel trains at Lokeren station - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/2026\/08\/20\/judge-bans-nmbs-sncb-from-operating-noisy-diesel-trains-at-lokeren-station\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judge bans NMBS\/SNCB from operating noisy diesel trains at Lokeren station - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A judge has ruled in favor of a resident living near the Lokeren station in a complaint about noise pollution from diesel trains left idling while on standby there. 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