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IC train to LeuvenorIC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters?

The short answer

For one traveler the IC train to Leuven is cheaper by €8.10. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The IC train to Leuven is quicker: 13 min against 55 min. The IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters varies between 54 and 86 minutes.

IC train to Leuven: 05:21–23:38, Monday to Friday. IC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters: 05:24–23:24.

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 LeuvenIC train to Gent-Sint-PietersDifference
1€11.90€20€8.10
2€23.80€40€16.20
3€35.70€60€24.30
4€47.60€80€32.40
5€59.50€100€40.50
6€71.40€120€48.60
7€83.30€140€56.70
8€95.20€160€64.80

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
IC · NMBS/SNCBIC train to Leuven
From
The station under the terminal, below the departures and arrivals hall
To
Leuven station, one stop, with nothing in between
Luggage
Intercity carriages with racks and space by the doors.
Runs
05:21–23:38
Journey
13–14 min

EUR 11.90 on a weekday, with the EUR 6.90 supplement inside it: only 30 cents more than the ticket to Bruxelles-Central, for a train that goes the other way.

WEEKDAYS ONLY, in the base timetable. On a Saturday or Sunday change at Brussel-Noord — about 43 minutes in all — or take De Lijn bus 91, which runs seven days a week.

Thirteen minutes, one stop, no Brussels: it is the fastest thing this airport does.

Children under 12 travel free with you and pay no supplement; they walk through the gates with you.

IC train to Leuven: price for every party size

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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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