The number of incidents of people trekking across railway lines in Belgium appears to be on the decline, but it remains a problem. “Trespassing on the lines is extremely dangerous,” says Thomas Baeken of rail track company Infrabel. “Last year, nine people were killed as a result of the practice.”
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Couple crosses lines with heavy suitcase at Brussels-North, rail traffic halted for 20 minutes (VIDEO)
Colin Clapson
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Just how risky railway trespassing can be is illustrated by these images from an unmanned Infrabel camera on the North-South Link in Brussels. The CCTV shows two people with luggage crossing the country’s busiest railway line. In all their journey took them six minutes. Rail traffic ground to a halt for 20 minutes.
