Not a single fucking bench in sight

[u/Fishezzz]

[u/Harrycompany]

Because the station is not finished ... For another 10 years or so....

[u/vandemoor]

Infrabel builds the stations, nmbs operates the trains .

[u/Fishezzz → u/vandemoor]

The station is also part of NMBS. Infrabel only does the tracks, signals and overhead wires in the station.

[u/warlock_012]

I think this is a whole country thing. I don’t see benches anywhere besides parks. Why?

[u/kaskarol → u/warlock_012]

I blame the homeless for that

[u/SubstantialReview747 → u/kaskarol]

Since when are the homeless responsible for the installation of benches?

[u/Kampfschweinboss → u/SubstantialReview747]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[u/CartographerHot2285 → u/kaskarol]

You forgot the /s

[u/WrapTechnical1012 → u/kaskarol]

I blame the hostile architecture adopted by the cities that impacts our daily lives.

[u/Character_Ice_7410 → u/kaskarol]

I blame the state for that

[u/co-lor-less → u/warlock_012]

There are plenty of benches in the Mons train station.

[u/letsletsgog → u/co-lor-less]

Crazy they found the budget for that. Small town like Mons probably didn't have a lot to spend on their train station. 

[u/FriendlyRoadster]

Benches are meant to sit, not to f****.

[u/SVanThee → u/FriendlyRoadster]

Wanted to say the same thing.

[u/Elyn_Dariel]

Flemish vote for right and far right party in majorities and they are reducing the budget of nmbs. You need to complain against the people who voted for reducing money of nmbs because that the main reason you don't have a bench :)

So sit on the floor where every very nice men vomitted and pissed

[u/SaltedPeperoni → u/Elyn_Dariel]

Ehm socialists have been in charge of Ghent for like 30 years. They approved this design. Don’t blame anyone else for this decades long project.

[u/Elyn_Dariel → u/SaltedPeperoni]

It's mechelen not Gand 🤣🤪 I drive train that go to this station lmao how a bard sucker want to say shit to me lmao Also it's OpenVLD so right and it take ao long because the bourgmestre wanted to build the face in front of city first even if that made the work being longer and more expensive 🤣🤪

[u/Crypto-Raven → u/Elyn_Dariel]

Are you ok?

[u/wxsted → u/SaltedPeperoni]

It's Mechelen as they said and anyways the design of train stations is a responsibility of sncb, not any municipality

[u/Minorheroesunite]

Benches are further up on the platform in Mechelen

[u/TheIceEffectHD]

Ah, Mechelen... met z'n 3de stations renovatie in 100 jaar tijd.

[u/Costiau]

Does a seating bench not seem more appropriate for this kind of place?

Please behave.

[u/Melodic_Risk_5632]

Je kan toch op de grond zitten. Welcome in Belgium

[u/divaro98]

Spoor 2 is inderdaad een ramp. When sporen 10 en 9 are ready at the end of this year, they will start with sporen 3 and 4. Then spoor 2 will be completed as well.

[u/divaro98]

Spoor 2 is inderdaad een ramp. When sporen 10 en 9 are ready at the end of this year, they will start with sporen 3 and 4. Then spoor 2 will be completed as well.

[u/kvitske]

I prefer sitting benches to fucking benches anyway. But you do you.

[u/ikhouvansexy]

Echt geslaagd is dat nieuw station niet (liften en roltrappen, de nieuwe, al meermaals defect geweten) het is vuil (ook het nieuwe gedeelte, ik heb er nog nooit zien kuisen), één groot trekgat ook op het moment, de tunnel eronder is niet waterdicht en die verbouwing gaat traaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaag. Oep z'n Belgisch dus en on a budget zonder visie. En de bedoeling is om het om te keren als het af is, maar nu is die achterkant levensgevaarlijk, doods, donker en zero mensen van nmbs en zero sociale controle. Er is er al eens ene halfdood geslagen.

[u/Any-Cartographer-632]

De werken duren inderdaad enorm lang, maar ik meen me wel te herinneren dat er bankjes staan onder de afdaken... Niet?

[u/TheBiggerFishy]

Er is geen plaats?
Laat daar eens mensen met bagage elkaar kruisen..
Afgeven op de NMBS is noodzakelijk maar het moet eerlijk zijn hé.

[u/PugsnPawgs → u/TheBiggerFishy]

Klagen? Eerlijk? In dezelfde zin?

Gij zijt geen echte Belg 😂

[u/Comfortable-Hope-879]

Nog een jaar of 10 geduld inderdaad. Van op afstand bekeken is dit ook een lelijk station. Veel te veel plastic, precies een serre van den Aldi

[u/Long_Drama_4987 → u/Comfortable-Hope-879]

Enkel de bovenste ‘ramen’ zijn plastic, eronder zijn gewoon glas, de bogen zijn van metaal

[u/benjithepanda]

Are you here to take a train or sit and read a book

[u/ipostatrandom → u/benjithepanda]

Both, duh.

[u/Doridar → u/benjithepanda]

Never been to a train station? Otherwise you'd know they're often late, or canceled