Infrabel

Infrabel

Company type	Government-owned corporation
Industry	Railroad
Predecessor	SNCB
Founded	2005 (2005)
Headquarters	Brussels , Belgium
Key people	Benoît Gilson
Products	Railway Infrastructure
Revenue	€ 1.309 billion (2009)
Operating income	€ -252.16 million (2009)
Net income	€ 69.61 million (2009)
Total assets	€ 13.834 billion (2009)
Number of employees	12,875 (2009)
Parent	SNCB-Holding [fr], state of Belgium
Divisions	Infrastructure, network, network access
Subsidiaries	TUC Rail, Brussels Creosote Centre
Website	http://www.infrabel.be

Infrabel is a Belgian government-owned public limited company. It builds, owns, maintains and upgrades the Belgian railway network, makes its capacity available to railway operator companies, and handles train traffic control.

Infrabel was created on 1 January 2005 from the split of the once unitary National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). By 31 December 2009, it had 12,875 employees, while the CEO was Benoît Gilson, who succeeded the long-serving Luc Lallemand [fr; nl] in that role in 2020. Between its creation in 2005 up until 31 December 2013, 93.6% of stock was owned by SNCB-Holding, representing 20% of the voting rights minus one vote; the remainder, 80% of the voting rights (+ one vote) and 6.4% of stock had been controlled directly by the Belgian state, represented by the minister of the Civil Service and is a Public Companies and by the State Secretary for Mobility. EBITDA for fiscal year 2009 amounted to €55.01 million, EBT to €69.61 million. The balance sheet total as of 31 December 2009 was €13.8 billion.

By 31 December 2009, Infrabel oversaw 3,578 kilometres (2,223 mi) of railway lines, 12,218 switches, 1,913 level crossings (partly the road-side signalling), 223 railway signalling cabins, one traffic control centre, four workshops, 7,163 railway structures, and 339 unmanned stops. Of the 11 railway undertakings certified to operation on the Belgian railway network, six customers effectively drove trains during 2009: National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB), Crossrail Benelux, Veolia Cargo Nederland BV, SNCF Fret, TrainsporT AG and ERS Railways BV. In the following year, 492 freight and 4,132 passenger train paths per day were delivered by Infrabel.^[1] Since 1 January 2014, Infrabel has been an Autonomous Public Company and is no longer owned by SNCB-Holding.^[2] The company has two direct subsidiaries: TUC Rail NV/SA and the Brussels Creosote Centre (Creosoteer Centrum Van Brussel/Chantier de Creosotage de Bruxelles NV/SA). Additionally, Infrabel is a partner in the EuroCarex high-speed railway freight project.