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IC train to Gent-Sint-PietersorPrivate transfer to Leuven?

The short answer

For one traveler the IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters is cheaper by €88. But at 7 travelers the Private transfer to Leuven takes over, and at 8 travelers the IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters takes over.

The Private transfer to Leuven is quicker: 22 min against 55 min. The IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters varies between 54 and 86 minutes.

IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters: 05:24–23:24. Private transfer to Leuven: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersIC train to Gent-Sint-PietersPrivate transfer to LeuvenDifference
1€20€108€88
2€40€108€68
3€60€108€48
4€80€108€28
5€100€130€30
6€120€130€10
7€140€130€10
8€160€260€100

The cheaper option changes at 7 travelers, from the IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters to the Private transfer to Leuven. The cheaper option changes at 8 travelers, from the Private transfer to Leuven to the IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters. That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
IC · NMBS/SNCBIC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters
From
The station under the terminal, below the departures and arrivals hall
To
Gent-Sint-Pieters, via Bruxelles-Nord, Central and Midi
Luggage
Intercity carriages with racks and space by the doors.
Runs
05:24–23:24
Journey
54–86 min

EUR 20.00 on a weekday and EUR 16.10 at the weekend, the EUR 6.90 supplement inside both — the same ticket is valid on the fast train and the slow one.

Take the train at 24 past on a weekday. The one at 57 past also goes to Ghent, direct, and takes 83 minutes instead of 55.

At weekends only the 83-minute train runs, hourly, and the last one leaves at 22:57.

Gent-Sint-Pieters is south of the old town: De Lijn trams 1 and 3 from the station forecourt reach Kouter on an ordinary EUR 3.00 ticket.

Children under 12 travel free with you and pay no supplement.

IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters: price for every party size

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