Strict access control to stations Brussels

brussels - With strict access controls has started again on the major stations on Wednesday rail and part of the underground movement in Brussels. Travelers should open their purse or briefcase for inspection of heavily armed soldiers or policemen and in some places leads to delays. Most leave their luggage inspected without grumbling or open their purse without asking. Further inconvenience is there because of the large stations opened only one entrance.

Train and subway traffic was largely flat Tuesday in an attack on a subway station at Maelbeek. Entrances to metro stations were still closed early Wednesday morning, but went at 8. 00 o'clock. The traffic on lines three and four (north-south) is resumed.

,, It is very empty and strange, '' says a young man who Flemish Wednesday by Metro arrives at station Midi. Also on the train platforms is not busy.

At international rail travelers seek their way because they can not fly from Zaventem. The friends Delphine Vanderborght and nelissa Quinet had planned their departure for Canada on Tuesday morning, but now go via Paris to find a flight. A little afraid to get on the train, they do, they confess.,, But life goes on, '' responds Quinet.

An Irish couple had a scheduled flight home after a few days in Brussels, but is now trying to get through Schiphol home. They are not afraid.,,Should it?