National Railway Company of Belgium

National Railway Company of Belgium

Trade name	NMBS/SNCB
Native name	Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen French: Société nationale des chemins de fer belges German: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen
Company type	Statutory corporation
Industry	Rail transportation
Founded	1926
Founder	Government of Belgium
Headquarters	Avenue de la Porte de Hal/Hallepoortlaan 40, 1060 Brussels , Belgium
Revenue	€2,21 billion (2,022)
Net income	€−438.30 million (2022)
Number of employees	30 000 (2023)
Subsidiaries	BeNe Rail Eurogare Train World (BE) SNCB YPTO
Website	belgiantrain.be

The National Railway Company of Belgium ) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company uses the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.

NMBS/SNCB is a government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways.

In 2005, the company was split up into three parts: Infrabel, which manages the railway infrastructure, network operations, and network access, the public railway operator NMBS/SNCB itself to manage the freight (B-Cargo) and passenger services, and NMBS/SNCB-Holding, which owns both public companies and supervises the collaboration between them. This was to facilitate future liberalisation of railway freight and passenger services in agreement with European regulations. Several freight operators can now use the Belgian network. In February 2011, NMBS/SNCB Logistics began operating as a separate business.