NMBS/SNCB trainorIC train to Leuven?

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 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