NMBS/SNCB trainorIC train to Gent-Sint-Pieters?

train · NMBS/SNCBNMBS/SNCB train

From

The station under the terminal, below the departures and arrivals hall

To

Bruxelles-Central, via Bruxelles-Nord; some trains also serve Schuman and Luxembourg

Luggage

Intercity carriages with racks and space by the doors.

Runs

04:42–23:57

Journey

16–23 min

EUR 11.60 weekday, EUR 10.20 weekend or public holiday, airport to Bruxelles-Central, supplement included. There is no separate airport fare: buy a ticket to whichever Brussels station you want.

It is much the fastest way in — about 17 minutes to Bruxelles-Central against 54 on the cheap bus.

The supplement survives every discount you might expect to shake it off, including the 30% weekend fare and Train+.

Children under 12 accompanying you travel free, need no ticket at all, and pay no supplement — they walk through the gates with you. It is the one thing here that genuinely changes the cost of a family.

Four or more travelling off-peak, at weekends or on public holidays should ask for the Minigroup ticket: 40% off for 4 to 14 people on one ticket. It is not priced here because it is unclear if the supplement is discounted too; likely not, which would put it at about EUR 9.70 a head to Bruxelles-Central.

Going to the European quarter, check whether your train serves Schuman — 33 do on a weekday, between 05:47 and 21:47.

NMBS/SNCB train: 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