Mission: snow clearance

Infrastructure manager
// 18 January 2024

On Wednesday and Thursday, the CFL teams were on duty to make the platforms and station approaches safe from frost and snow. We stopped by the Bascharage-Sanem station to give you an insight into the work of these behind-the-scenes employees.

Two specially-equiped clearing machines, dozens of kilos of salt, shovels and a good dose of elbow grease. All the brigades of the CFL’s Infrastructure Maintenance Department were mobilised on Wednesday 17 January and Thursday 18 January 2024 to deal with the particularly severe winter weather conditions.

Spread across the rail network, these brigades were busy clearing snow from stations and railway stops throughout the day. Their mission: ensure the safety of customers with platforms that are safe to walk on.
Here’s a photo report from Brigade 22 (Centre Region) during their operation at the Bascharage-Sanem stop.

The snow reached five centimetres on the platforms this Thursday morning.
A specially-equipped machine is used to clear the snow from the platforms quickly.
A specially-equipped machine is used to clear the snow from the platforms quickly.
It takes several passes to clear a platform completely.
The bus shelter next to the railway stop was also part of the operation.
The stairs were also carefully cleaned.
The stairs were also carefully cleaned.
The stairs were also carefully cleaned.
Once the snow has been cleared, salting completes the protection against the risk of slipping.
It took over an hour and a half of work to clear the snow.
After the effort, the results are immediately visible to customers.
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