AlyaMinisler
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 5 years ago
When i search for the regional trains from paris to brugge,the trains that i found are have 7-8 changes and take about 15-20 hours long.My friend said that they went about 6 hours last year.Arent there any other trains which i could take without making reservation :/
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
Hello AlyaMinisler.
What date do you want to travel?
[b]Option 1[/b]
Regional train from Paris to Lille
From there you can use IC trains as well.
Example (not valid for every day) with a journey time of about 6:30h:
Paris Nord dep 09:07 - TER = free with Interrail
Amiens arr 10:43
Amiens dep 11:38 - TER = free with Interrail
Lille Flandres arr 13:04
Lille Flandres dep 14:08 - IC = free with Interrail
Kortrijk arr 14:45
Kortrijk dep 14:55 - IC = free with Interrail
Brugge arr 15:46
[b]Option 2[/b]
TGV train from Paris to Lille: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/interrail-reservation-guide-tgv/[/ux] and [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/tgv-sncf/42[/u]
Then continue by IC trains like in the example above.
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Pete :)
AlyaMinisler
Traveller
2 comments
Hello Pete,
First of all thank you for your reply :)
I want to travel on the 25th of July.
But when i search for the trains between Lille and Brugge or Lille and Kortrijk ; it shows only one hour which is including bus.Is there a chance that the railplanner doesnt show all the connections for the later dates?
Peter
Traveller
9331 comments
Hi.
I personally do not use the rail planer app, even it is nice in some situations. It is an offline tool which do not show liver schedules.
Usually I search on [ux]https://plan.rail.cc[/ux] where you find live schedules (of course you need internet access then using it).
There you can search for Lille to Brugge on the given date. Deselect under means of transport the "ICE" logo (which stands for high-speed-trains in general) and you will find nearly every hour a connection by IC/regional train.
Example for the 25 July 2018
Paris Nord dep 09:07 - TER - free with Interrail
Amiens arr 10:50
Amiens dep 11:38 - TER - free with Interrail
Lille Flandres arr 12:58
Lille Flandres dep 13:06 - IC - free with Interrail
Froyennes arr 13:32
Froyennes dep 13:59 - IC - free with Interrail
Kortrijk arr 14:22
Kortrijk dep 14:55 - IC - free with Interrail
Brugge arr 15:46
Pete :)
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi!
Normally there should be hourly IC trains from Lille via Kortrijk to Gent and onwards to Antwerpen. You can find the schedule here: [ux]https://cdn.belgiantrain.be/-/media/files/pdf/support/ic-leaflets/fr/ic-04.ashx[/ux]
In Kortrijk or Gent you can change to another train to Brugge.
At the moment I have no idea why these trains are not shown on the Rail Planner App or on [ux]http://plan.rail.cc/[/ux]
I would recommend to simply go to Lille via Amiens as suggested by Pete and then see what connections are available on the date of your travel.
Either the direct trains will operate or there will be replacement bus service (in case of construction works); or you can take the connection via Froyennes as suggested by Pete.
Flo
AlyaMinisler
Traveller
2 comments
Okey thank you for the attention and the replies ! I will try to got with the Pete\'s route probably and check the connections when i arrive Paris :)
Pendolino
Traveller
17 comments
There are indeed construction works between Kortrijk (B) and Lille (F), with a replacement bus service between Mouscron and Lille Flandres. As far as I know these works are only scheduled between 18 and 29 June 2018, so there might be trains running again in July. For info on the bus replacement service, have a look at this document: http://www.belgianrail.be/jp/download/brail_him/1518101033236_FR-02017%20V3.pdf