STIB bus 12, the Airport LineorIC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters?

12 · STIB-MIVBSTIB bus 12, the Airport Line

From

Platform D of the bus station — since 7 May 2026 a temporary one, about 100 m from the terminal on level 0, under a covered walkway

To

Schuman (metro 1 and 5), then Luxembourg and Trone (metro 2 and 6)

Luggage

A city bus with a luggage area, since the route exists for this traffic.

Runs

05:08–00:30

Journey

27–52 min

You are paying EUR 7.90 for a journey that costs EUR 2.40 in the other direction. That is not a mistake on the fare machine — every ordinary STIB ticket is written to be void leaving this airport.

It is the best option for the European quarter: Schuman in about 27 minutes puts you where neither the cheap bus nor the train leaves you.

Paper costs EUR 0.50 more than contactless or a card.

Seven of you should still buy singles. The 10-journey card only wins from eight once the EUR 6.00 MOBIB card is counted, and from seven if you already have one.

Peak traffic nearly doubles it — 52 minutes to Trone against 38 off-peak.

STIB bus 12, the Airport Line: price for every party size

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