From the same article:

"Je zou een station als dat van Gent-Sint-Pieters, het grootste van Vlaanderen, ook veel sneller kunnen vernieuwen, maar dan betekent dat wel dat je 40.000 reizigers in de kou laat staan. Wij kiezen ervoor om tijdens de vernieuwing niet aan het treinaanbod te raken, vandaar dat het wat tijd vraagt." - You could renovate a station like Gent-Sint-Pieters, the biggest in Flanders, a lot quicker, but that will mean that 40.000 passengers will be affected. We decided to renew without influencing the train services, that is why this takes quite some time.

Sorry, but no. You started the renovation of Gent-Sint-Pieters in 2010. It is now 2024, and nowhere near completion. Rotterdam Centraal was completely renewed from 2007 to 2014, and there the train services also continued as planned 😬

@smveerman Sounds much like Mechelen... Might be finished sometime before 2050! Dread to think how long it would take for them to refurbish the platforms at Brussels-Midi... :|
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'Renewed' doesn't quite cover it. It was torn down and an entirely different structure came in its place. I think only some artwork and a replica of the iconic CENTRAAL STATION luminescent sign returned.
@smveerman From what I understood in the past years it's just a financing problem. It has been put in the market in small pieces (without concrete funding) and not as one big package (like we do in The Netherlands).