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City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

3 ways to the airport

The airport sets no fixed number of hours: online check-in opens up to 24 hours before departure. First departures

Recommended

37 minutes quicker than the De Lijn bus R26, for €8.60 more.

NMBS/SNCB train

Train · NMBS/SNCB
16–23 min rideEvery 12 min04:14–23:28
Bruxelles-CentralThe station under the terminal
Luggage space
€11.60total for 1 adult€11.60 eachBuy ticketOn NMBS/SNCB
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Bruxelles-Central, any train calling at Brussels Airport-Zaventem

EUR 11.60, one adult, second class, single, weekday, airport to Bruxelles-Central — the Anytime ticket, EUR 6.90 supplement included. EUR 10.20 at weekends and on public holidays: 30% off the fare, none off the supplement. Bruxelles-Nord and Bruxelles-Midi are on the same ticket. Up to four children under 12 travel free with an adult.

Luggage. Intercity carriages with racks and space by the doors.

Hours. On a weekday, 111 trains a day, roughly every 10 to 18 minutes. On a Sunday the first is 04:56 and the last 23:56 — both later than the weekday figures.

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Bus

De Lijn bus R26

R26 · De Lijn
43–60 min rideEvery 30 min05:17–23:02
Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-NordThe Zaventem Brussels Airport bus station
Luggage space
€3total for 1 adult€3 eachBuy ticketOn De Lijn
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord, the "Noord opstaphalte" stand

The ordinary De Lijn fare, no airport supplement. A 10-rittenkaart (EUR 22, EUR 2.20 a ride) can be shared: scan it once per traveler within two minutes, with the cardholder staying with the group. Above ten people, ask for a group ticket at the same EUR 2.20 a head.

Luggage. An ordinary city bus. There are no racks, so a big case sits with you.

Hours. Every 10 to 30 minutes; the 23:02 departure reaches the airport at 23:45. No airport supplement applies towards the airport either.

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Night only

De Lijn night bus N62

N62 · De Lijn
29 min rideEvery 30 min01:25–04:16
Brussel RogierThe Zaventem Brussels Airport bus station
Non-stop
€3total for 1 adult€3 eachBuy ticketOn De Lijn
Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Brussel Rogier, one block from De Brouckere

The same ordinary EUR 3.00 fare applies in the middle of the night too — this service runs every night of the year.

Luggage. An ordinary city bus, quiet at that hour.

Hours. Six departures: 01:25, 01:55, 02:25, 02:55, 03:46, 04:16, reaching the airport 30 minutes later each time. The same 51-minute hole as the airport-bound side falls here between 02:55 and 03:46.

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Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: STIB bus 12, IC train to Leuven, De Lijn bus 91 to Leuven, IC train to Antwerpen-Centraal, IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters, Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Leuven, Private transfer to Antwerp, Private transfer to Ghent. Every way from Brussels Airport into Brussels

How do I get from Brussels city centre to Brussels Airport?

For one traveler the NMBS/SNCB train is the way we recommend: €11.60 in total, 16–23 min, boarding at Bruxelles-Central. The first one leaves at 04:14 and is at the airport by about 04:31; the last leaves at 23:28. The airport sets no fixed number of hours: online check-in opens up to 24 hours before departure, and how early to be at the terminal depends on the airline — check your own flight in the airport's travel planner or app.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first
De Lijn night bus N62

First 01:25 from Brussel Rogier, at the airport by about 01:54.

NMBS/SNCB train

First 04:14 from Bruxelles-Central, at the airport by about 04:31.

De Lijn bus R26

First 05:17 from Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord, at the airport by about 06:11.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

For a flight before the first train at 04:14, the De Lijn N62 night bus runs from Rogier every night of the year, 01:25 to 04:16, for the ordinary EUR 3.00 fare.

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How early to be there

The airport sets no fixed number of hours: online check-in opens up to 24 hours before departure, and how early to be at the terminal depends on the airline — check your own flight in the airport's travel planner or app.

Early flights

For a flight before the first train at 04:14, the De Lijn N62 night bus runs from Rogier every night of the year, 01:25 to 04:16, for the ordinary EUR 3.00 fare.

Uber and Bolt

Dropping someone off? The airport's own free zone takes a car for up to 10 minutes, once an hour, at no charge — the driver must stay with the vehicle throughout.

Questions

When is the first NMBS/SNCB train from Bruxelles-Central?

04:14. It reaches the airport at about 04:31.

How early should I be at Brussels Airport?

The airport sets no fixed number of hours: online check-in opens up to 24 hours before departure, and how early to be at the terminal depends on the airline — check your own flight in the airport's travel planner or app.

Where does the De Lijn bus R26 leave from in Brussels?

Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord, the "Noord opstaphalte" stand. First departure 05:17, last 23:02.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

For a flight before the first train at 04:14, the De Lijn N62 night bus runs from Rogier every night of the year, 01:25 to 04:16, for the ordinary EUR 3.00 fare.

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