Bocq Gourmand du Solstice 2025

Pick-up at Spontin station :

– Saturday 21 June 2025 between 12.45 pm and 1 pm or between 6.45 pm and 7 pm

– Sunday 22 June 2025 between 12.45 pm and 1 pm

• The Bocq Gourmand du Solstice takes place on one of Belgium’s most picturesque routes, in the heart of the Bocq valley, and lasts around 3 hours.

• There are several stops along the way.

• Throughout the journey, you will be served a 3-course bistronomic meal.

• The train is air-conditioned. So there’s no risk of getting too hot or too cold !

  Warning ! Depending on the work in progress on the Chemin de Fer du Bocq line, the itinerary may be changed without affecting the total duration of the journey or the service.

• The train departs from and arrives at Spontin station (Chaussée de Dinant, 3, 5530, Spontin), where there is ample free parking.

• You will travel on the train usually made up as follows (changes to the train composition are always possible) :

  • Locomotive 5183

  • Generator car

  • MITROPA restaurant carriage

  • HALBERTSTADT bar car

  • Locomotive 5205

• Our trains are not equipped with toilets. However, toilets are available at Spontin station.

• Accessibility for people with reduced mobility (PRM) : our trains date from the 1930s to the 1960s, a period when transport access for PRMs was not as developed as it is today. However, we have installed mobile access ramps on most of our trains.
  Contact us for more informations : reservation@cfbocq.be

• You can find a diagram of line 128 and its history –> HERE
  The Chemin de Fer du Bocq is an organisation of the non-profit association “Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme – Toerisme Spoorweg en Patrimonium (PFT-TSP)”.

• Your reservation: within the limits of our general and special conditions, you can modify or cancel your reservation.
  Contact us for more informations : reservation@cfbocq.be

• a guided trip through the Bocq valley on board our air-conditioned restaurant train ;

• on-board service by qualified staff ;

• a high-quality 3-course menu with aperitifs, wine, coffee and water included.
  Soft drinks and beers are not included and must be paid for at the usual prices.

  Warning ! Depending on the work in progress on the Chemin de Fer du Bocq line, the itinerary may be changed without affecting the total duration of the journey or the service.

Menu for Saturday 21 June – lunch

Aperitif: Crémant d’Alsace and appetizer

(Apéritif : Crémant d’Alsace et mise en bouche)

Salmon ravioli with dill poached in broth, white wine cream with small vegetables

(Ravioles de saumon à l’aneth pochées au court bouillon, crème de vin blanc aux petits légumes)

Stuffed poultry ballotine, Bister mustard and honey sauce, dauphinois gratin and vegetables

(Ballotine de volaille farcie, sauce moutarde Bister et miel, gratin dauphinois et légumes)

Raspberry bavarois in half-sphere with flowing core, red fruit coulis

(Bavarois framboise en ½ sphère au cœur coulant, coulis de fruits rouge)

Coffee (café)

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Menu on Saturday 21 June – evening

Aperitif: Crémant d’Alsace and appetizer

(Apéritif : Crémant d’Alsace et mise en bouche)

Zalmrol gevuld met garnalen, pestovinaigrette, jonge uitjes en parmezaankoekje

(Balluchon de saumon farci aux crevettes, vinaigrette au Pesto, jeunes oignons et biscuit parmesan)

Rolled poularde with shallot sauce, dauphinois gratin and warm vegetables

(Enroulé de poularde sauce à l’échalote, gratin dauphinois et ses légumes chauds)

Bitter chocolate tartlet, white chocolate coulis and whipped cream

(Tartelette chocolat amer, coulis chocolat blanc et crème fleurette)

Coffee (Café)

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Menu on Sunday 22 June – lunch

Aperitif: Crémant d’Alsace and appetizer

(Apéritif : Crémant d’Alsace et mise en bouche)

Aperitif: Crémant d’Alsace and appetizer

Plate of Parma ham, grapes, spring onions, and roasted goat cheese on thyme-flambéed toast

(Assiette de jambon de Parme, raisins, jeunes oignons et son chèvre rôti sur toast flambé au thym)

Salmon fillet in herb crust, mousseline sauce, basil confit and mild mustard, vegetables, baby potatoes

(Filet de saumon en croute d’herbes, sauce mousseline, confit de basilic et moutarde douce, légumes, grenailles)

Stuffed choux with pastry cream, chocolate ganache on custard

(Choux farcis crème pâtissière, ganache chocolat sur crème anglaise)

Coffee (café)

• Reservations required for this event !

• Due to the configuration of our restaurant car (tables of 2 or 4 people), registrations are mainly made by groups of 2 or multiples of 2 participants.
  If all our 2-person tables are booked, it is possible that 2 separate registrations will be placed at the same 4-person table !

• The minimum number of people is 28 and the maximum is 42.
  If we have fewer than 28 people, we reserve the right to cancel the excursion and refund any bookings already made !

  Warning ! Depending on the work in progress on the Chemin de Fer du Bocq line, the itinerary may be changed without affecting the total duration of the journey or the service.