In 2024, the counts were carried out from 5 to 13 October. These counts are a non-representative snapshot of the whole year," the SNCB says from the outset.
By 2023, the number of passengers departing from Comines will have risen to 637.
In 2024, departing from Comines station: 469 passengers (weekdays; Monday to Friday), 140 (Saturdays) and 127 passengers (Sundays). If we count weekday passengers (469)...
Roughly speaking, that's a fall of 26.374% = 168 fewer passengers in 1 year.
An example of the details (I've been contacting the SNCB several times a year since 2017).
- The station has been closed since June 2013. YES, we were the first city that the SNCB they closed the station = We have a terminal to buy tickets (that time) no personal SNCB to use the terminal, if a week (during the week of closure).
- No notice board for timetables.
- Lack of maintenance by the SNCB (failure to raise platforms, change of rubbish bins by a private company).
- Lack of consultation between LES TEC and SNCB for better connections.
Yes, that's the list of examples I'm giving you! I can give more.
The SNCB's SINGLE response;
** Comines station is a small station.
For the SNCB, a major station = +/- 6,000 passengers.
Comines-Warneton = 18,294 inhabitants (figures at 1 January 2025)
Examples: Ypres: 35,550 inhabitants (1 January 2024) = 1,123 passengers.
Even a town as densely populated as Ypres is a small station. Let's take a look at Mouscron;
Mouscron = 60,000 inhabitants (since December 2024); The number of passengers in Mouscron will be 1,910 in 2024.
Here are a few examples from the SNCB.
I'm still talking to the SNCB or the TEC about improving public transport in Comines.
