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NMBS/SNCB train.
To Bruxelles-Central.
NMBS/SNCB, from the station under the terminal to Bruxelles-Central.
Priced per traveler.
Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.
| Travelers | Each | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 adult | €11.60 | €11.60 |
| 2 adults | €11.60 | €23.20 |
| 3 adults | €11.60 | €34.80 |
| 4 adults | €11.60 | €46.40 |
| 5 adults | €11.60 | €58 |
| 6 adults | €11.60 | €69.60 |
| 7 adults | €11.60 | €81.20 |
| 8 adults | €11.60 | €92.80 |
EUR 11.60, one adult, second class, single, weekday, airport to Bruxelles-Central — the Anytime ticket, EUR 6.90 supplement included. EUR 10.20 at weekends and on public holidays: 30% off the fare, none off the supplement. Bruxelles-Nord and Bruxelles-Midi are on the same ticket. Up to four children under 12 travel free with an adult.
Travelling as three or four?
A private car to your door: €52 for four
Four pay €46.40 on the NMBS/SNCB train. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Brussels in about 18 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.
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From arrivals to Bruxelles-Central
Three steps once you have collected your bags.
01
Find the station
The station under the terminal.
02
Buy and validate a ticket
Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.
03
Ride to Bruxelles-Central
16–23 min.
Worth knowing
About 110 direct trains a day to Bruxelles-Central, every 10 to 15 minutes. First 04:42, last 23:57 on weekdays; Saturday starts at 05:30. These are ordinary intercity trains to Ostend, Bruges, Ghent, Mons and Tournai that happen to call here.
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.
On the way
The stops worth knowing, in riding order.
The station under the terminal
Bruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord
16–23 min
Bruxelles-Central
Does the NMBS/SNCB train stop at Bruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord?
Yes. It calls at Bruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord on the way to Bruxelles-Central.
Prefer another way into Brussels?
De Lijn bus R26Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord · 43–60 min€3
for 1Pre-booked private transferAny address · 18 min€52
for 1
for 1Pre-booked private transferAny address · 18 min€52
for 1
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