Trains in Landen, Flemish Brabant, are again able to run on two tracks, Infrabel reported on Monday evening.
One of the two tracks had been unavailable since Sunday evening at around 8.30 pm due to a problem with the overhead wires, but the damage has been repaired. Double-track traffic was restored at 8.45 p.m., Infrabel said.
The damage may have been caused by a passing train, with a dozen passengers, which had to stop for almost two hours on Sunday evening due to the incident.
It was not immediately clear whether the damage occurred because the pantograph [the framework through which current is conveyed from the overhead wires to a train] had caused a problem with the overhead contact line, or whether the overhead line already had a problem.
In any event, the line was damaged over a distance of one kilometer, while some suspension systems also had to be replaced.
On Monday morning it was estimated that the repairs would last until the end of the train service on Monday, but they were completed a little earlier.
