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Brussels Charleroi airporttoBrussels city center
To central Brussels · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours
3 transfer options
Not all night: the FlixBus to Brussels runs 00:20–23:59.
Recommended
The lowest listed price, sold from €19.79. Nothing listed is quicker.
Shuttle
Flibco coach to Brussels
Flibco · flibco.com
55–60 min rideEvery 25 min
The coach stand outside the terminal→Bruxelles-Midi
Pre-bookLuggage space
from €19.79total for 1 adultfrom €19.79 eachBuy ticket3 places to buy
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The coach stand outside the terminal, Rue des Freres Wright
From EUR 19.79; the price moves with when you book, and two late-evening departures were a euro more. Buying from the driver costs more, by an unpublished amount. One infant under three travels free per adult; there is no group, student or senior rate.
from €19.87total for 1 adultfrom €19.87 eachBuy ticketOn FlixBus
Pickup, hours & luggage
Boards at. The coach stand outside the terminal
Also a floor — "from 19.87 EUR" — and a higher one than Flibco's. FlixBus is the operator the airport does not mention at all, which is the only reason it is worth checking: it publishes its own hours, and they are much wider.
Luggage. A long-distance coach with a hold.
Hours. FlixBus publishes 53 departures a day from the airport to Brussels, first at 00:20 and last at 23:59 — very nearly around the clock, and far wider than anything the airport or Flibco states. This is the only option here whose hours are published at both ends.
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Prices marked "from" are starting prices set by the operator. Prices are whole-party totals; group fares are included. Ride times are recorded journey durations — no waiting or onward travel has been added — and road times vary with traffic. Confirm prices and availability with the operator. Going the other way? Brussels to South Charleroi airport: where each one boards and when the first one runs
How do I get from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center?
For one traveler the Flibco coach to Brussels, sold from €19.79, 55–60 min, is both the cheapest way in and the fastest. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
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Arriving late?
Not everything runs around the clock: the FlixBus to Brussels runs 00:20–23:59. Outside those hours, the Pre-booked private transfer is what remains. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
Luggage
A long-distance coach with a hold.
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Other cities from this airport on a published fare, priced for your party
Flibco's coach to Brussels leaves from the front exit of Terminal 1. Follow the signs as you come out of arrivals; they lead straight to the stop.
Tickets
Buy the Flibco coach ticket online or through its app before you travel, or at the airport itself if you didn't book ahead. Various payment methods are accepted there, not just cards.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
Flibco · flibco.comFlibco coach to Brussels
From
The coach stand outside the terminal, Rue des Freres Wright
To
Bruxelles-Midi, with a stop at Brussels-Nord
Luggage
A long-distance coach with a hold.
Journey
55–60 min
From EUR 19.79; the price moves with when you book, and two late-evening departures were a euro more. Buying from the driver costs more, by an unpublished amount. One infant under three travels free per adult; there is no group, student or senior rate.
The price shown is a floor. What you actually pay depends on when you book, and no fixed fare exists to quote.
Miss it because your flight was late and the next one is free — Flibco states you can take the next available bus at no charge. Worth knowing before you buy another ticket.
The ticket is not tied to a departure: it is valid all day and until 04:00 the next morning.
Buying from the driver costs more than booking online, and the on-board price is not published.
Flibco says the last departure from the airport is around 01:00. The first departure from the airport is not clearly stated — check before relying on an early flight.
Also a floor — "from 19.87 EUR" — and a higher one than Flibco's. FlixBus is the operator the airport does not mention at all, which is the only reason it is worth checking: it publishes its own hours, and they are much wider.
The price shown is a floor, and it starts higher than Flibco's — but the hours are much wider, so this is the one to check for a very early or very late flight.
FlixBus is the operator the airport's own access page does not mention.
It states the distance as 57 km, identically in both directions. That is an operator's figure, not an authority's, and no authority publishes one.
FlixBus publishes 53 departures a day from the airport to Brussels, first at 00:20 and last at 23:59 — very nearly around the clock, and far wider than anything the airport or Flibco states. This is the only option here whose hours are published at both ends.
A fixed EUR 6.00 per journey, which also buys 60 minutes of connections onto other TEC lines. SNCB sells the same ticket as the "Bus TEC Charleroi Airport Ticket" at the same EUR 6.00, bought separately from your train ticket.
This is the cheapest exact number at this airport and it does not go to Brussels. Going on by train means a second ticket, at a price nobody publishes.
Buy the two tickets separately. SNCB's own instructions are to book the train to Charleroi-Central, then add the EUR 6.00 bus ticket as a supplement.
On the train, children under 12 travel free, four per adult. On this bus, only under-6s do. A six-year-old rides the train for nothing and pays EUR 6.00 for the bus.
Since 4 July 2026 Luttre and Fleurus are no longer served. Charleroi-Central is the connection.
At EUR 6.00 this single costs more than any ordinary fare on the Walloon network, including Express services.
TEC states two buses an hour between 04:30 and 23:30, and an 18-minute run from Charleroi-Central. Lines A2 and A3 were withdrawn from July 2026 for under-use, with A1's frequencies to be increased — by how much TEC does not say.
What is the best way from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center?
For one traveler, the Flibco coach to Brussels, sold from €19.79, 55–60 min. The lowest listed price, sold from €19.79. Nothing listed is quicker. The same holds for a group of up to eight. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
What is the cheapest way from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center?
For one traveler, the Flibco coach to Brussels, sold from €19.79. Per-person fares multiply with the size of your party and per-vehicle fares do not, so check the total for your group rather than the single fare.
How do I get from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center by bus?
For one traveler the cheapest bus is the Flibco coach to Brussels, sold from €19.79, 55–60 min, and it is also the fastest. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Brussels by any means. See every option by bus
How do I get from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center by taxi?
One taxi reaches central Brussels: the Pre-booked private transfer, €131 for one traveler, 55–97 min, to any address. It is not the cheapest way in: the Flibco coach to Brussels, sold from €19.79 is. See every option by taxi
How long does it take to get from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels city center?
Flibco coach to Brussels: 55–60 min. FlixBus to Brussels: 55 min. Pre-booked private transfer: 55–97 min
How far is Brussels Charleroi airport from the city center?
Brussels Charleroi Airport does not publish a distance to the city. By time: the fastest way in, the Flibco coach to Brussels, takes 55–60 min.
Where do I catch the Flibco coach to Brussels at Brussels Charleroi airport?
The coach stand outside the terminal, Rue des Freres Wright. It has to be booked ahead, so confirm the pickup point when you book.
Is there a train from Brussels Charleroi airport to Brussels at night?
The FlixBus to Brussels runs 00:20–23:59. Outside those hours the pre-booked private transfer is what remains; it is €131 for the vehicle. FlixBus publishes 53 departures a day from the airport to Brussels, first at 00:20 and last at 23:59 — very nearly around the clock, and far wider than anything the airport or Flibco states. This is the only option here whose hours are published at both ends.
Does the TEC bus A1 to Charleroi go to central Brussels — Bruxelles-Midi and Brussels-Nord?
This bus goes to Charleroi, not Brussels. Charleroi-Central is where the Brussels trains leave from, and since 4 July 2026 it is the only station the airport bus serves. The onward train fare cannot be stated: SNCB computes it by the kilometer with no published table, so no total for the full journey to Brussels is shown here.
Does the Welcome Pickups transfer to Brussels Airport from Charleroi go to central Brussels — Bruxelles-Midi and Brussels-Nord?
The other airport, not the city. A door-to-door transfer between the two airports.
Does the Private transfer to Brussels Airport from Charleroi go to central Brussels — Bruxelles-Midi and Brussels-Nord?
The other airport, not the city. A door-to-door transfer between the two airports.
Worth knowing
This airport is not in Brussels, and no distance to Brussels is published anywhere. The only distance-like figure given is "20 minutes from Charleroi Sud station" — a time, to a different city.
It prices five destinations and not the sixth. In the same paragraph the airport quotes coach fares to Lille, Luxembourg, Metz, Bruges and Ghent — and for Brussels, the city in its own name, it gives no price and tells you to visit the operator's website.
The TEC bus to Charleroi-Central is a fixed EUR 6.00. Everything actually heading to Brussels is a floor or a band: both coaches quote "from" prices, the train fare is computed by the kilometer with no published table, and the taxi runs on a legal band of EUR 1.65 to 1.85 per kilometer against a distance no authority states.
The EUR 6.00 airport bus fare is higher than any ordinary TEC single, Express included. It does buy 60 minutes of connections onto other TEC lines.
SNCB carries under-12s free on the train, up to four per adult. The TEC bus only carries under-6s free; from six they need their own EUR 6.00 ticket.
Since 4 July 2026, only Charleroi-Central connects: Luttre and Fleurus stations are no longer served by TEC buses to the airport. Anything written before that date may route you to a station where no airport bus stops.
Flibco runs fixed departures about every 20 minutes and sells a ticket valid all day rather than for one departure. FlixBus runs 53 departures a day. Neither coach depends on flight timing.
No taxi price can be stated. The legal band is EUR 1.65 to 1.85 a kilometer, plus a pick-up charge, and no authority publishes the distance to Brussels to multiply it by.
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