Talk:Rail transport in Belgium

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In 1870 the Belgian state owned 863 km, while the private enterprises owned 2,231 km. From 1870 to 1882 the railways were gradually nationalised. In 1912, 786 km were state property compared to 275 km private linesand full nationalisation was considered, << these are some very strange numbers, someone has to look this up!

From over 3000 km to only 1000km within 12 years.

Correced it, in 1912 5,000 km of railway line was state owned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.197.224.40 (talk) 21:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)