I’ve seen some stickers that are in Italian. I even saw a temporary out-of-order toilet sign the other day that was in FR, NL, DE & IT. The three official languages make sense but why isn’t English used instead of Italian?
I’ve seen some stickers that are in Italian. I even saw a temporary out-of-order toilet sign the other day that was in FR, NL, DE & IT. The three official languages make sense but why isn’t English used instead of Italian?
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Destination: coalmines.
In all seriousness, I have no clue
The trains are made by AnsaldoBreda / Leonardo-Finmeccanica
(now somebody follow-up on the joke about that’s why they’re late)
Probably because the trains were made in Italy. And maybe to transport them legally across Italy on their way to Belgium.
There also living many Italians in Brussels.
Great. I like it more than the usual English. 🙂
I think italian is the probably thr biggest alternative nationality in Belgium. Sometimes when having a beer I feel like I am in Rome…
We used to be a colony of the Roman Empire.
Because we used to have a prime minister with italian roots that conflicted personal preference with national necessity.
A lot of carriages are made in Italy, same as coaches and campers.
It is in Italian because they are tested in Italy and are driven to other countries, and need to comply while they are on Italian soil, with the Italian rules on train signs… Hence the Italian!
I was like yeah why not, until i noticed there wasn’t english included. This is so weird
Per i passeggeri italiani, naturalmente! 😉
Because trains also go to Charleroi and Mons which are full of Italians?
/s
Now the real question, is it an alarm or a brake ?
or does it behave differently while in Wallonia ?
if you speak italian it will break if you speak french it will start an alarm.
funny thing that train will be blocked for awhile until someone comes and unblock the lever.
It’s a remnant of the past. Long time ago the biggest european railways made a RIC standard that allowed use of train coaches in all of the European countries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Coach_Regulations
One of the requirement was to use main european languages inside the train. There is no english because UK was not part of continental Europe. Railway tunnel to UK was made not a long time ago.
Today the standard is obsolete. New trains can’t just cross the borders anymore. It is very bad for the international connections. But traditionally, there are still no English stickers.
Made in Italy, used in Belgium, owned by some big US corporation.
Its because the railway is woke.
They were out of Spanish.
Gotta make sure that the population in Mons & Liège’s régions get the message.
It’s for passengers who speak italian
On German trains the signs also contain Italian (but no Dutch though 😉)
Belgian rail network is 3000 Volt. So is the Italian network. Therefore Belgian trains can run on the Italian network without any modifications.