STIB bus 12, the Airport LineorIC train to Leuven?

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 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