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How to create a link to the SNCB/NMBS website?

You can create a link to the SNCB/NMBS website on the following conditions:

  • the link must be made to the SNCB/NMBS home page, viz http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/ , or to one of the following pages: http://www.nmbs.be (Dutch) ; http://www.sncb.be (French) ; http://www.b-rail.be/main/D/ (German). Should you wish to make a link to another page than the home page (e.g. home page "travelling in Belgium", "travelling in Europe", timetables or booking, you need to mention this explicitly.
  • The link has to be made in a full window, so not in frames of other sites nor in popups (window without navigation buttons) ; and
  • the link is not to be made from a site of which the object and image are contrary to public order or morality or, in general, of which the object and image are not in keeping with the object and image of the SNCB/NMBS ; and
  • The link is not to be made from a site that is only accessible on payment nor is it to incite the user to any form of payment.

To create a link, you must follow the procedure below:

  • by e-mail (communication@b-holding.be) you ask the SNCB/NMBS whether you may create a link, mentioning the name of the site and of the person responsible for the site and the purpose of this link; and
  • in this mail you state explicitly that you fully accept and will respect the SNCB/NMBS conditions for creating a link ; and
  • prior to the creation of the link, the SNCB/NMBS will examine your request and will inform you by e-mail of its agreement or refusal.

Even in case of an agreement, the SNCB/NMBS can, at all times, at simple request and without any justification, forbid the link.

Creating a link that is only accessible on payment or for which the user is asked a form of payment, is subject to a written agreement of the SNCB/NMBS.

A link that is in any way not in accordance with the foregoing, either because the conditions are not met, or because the procedure was not followed, or because the SNCB/NMBS has explicitly forbidden the link, may result in criminal prosecution, without prejudice to the possibility for the SNCB/NMBS of submitting a claim for damages.”