Belgium by train
How to travel in Belgium by train: information, connections, blog and travel reports. Help in our forum to buy train tickets.
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Belgium -
Germany
To travel from Belgium to Germany by train, use the high-speed-trains ICE or Thalys. They connect the cities of Brussels and Liege with Cologne and Frankfurt. These cities are well connected to other regions in their countries.
Ticket prices start from 18 EUR in second class. Find train-schedules and saver-fares via our booking links.
There are as well cheap regional trains available from Welkenraedt to Aachen with connections from Brussels and to Cologne.
Belgium -
France
To travel from Belgium to France by train, please buy your train ticket via the following booking links. There you find schedules and ticket prices, also for the high speed trains Thalys and TGV. If you buy early, you will find attractive discount fares.
Thalys services provide high speed connections directly to Paris while TGV trains connect Brussels with many other French cities. Additionally you will find a number of regional trains across the border to Lille.
Belgium -
Luxembourg
To travel from Belgium to Luxembourg, use a direct train connections.
Buy your e-ticket via the given booking links. There you find as well train schedules and ticket prices.
Belgium -
Netherlands
The fastest train connection from Belgium to the Netherlands is by high-speed Thalys train. The Thalys train runs on the route from Brussels and Antwerp to Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Slightly slower but cheaper are the hourly InterCity trains from Brussels via Antwerp, Rotterdam, The Hague to Amsterdam.
Besides these long-distance trains, there are also regional trains from Antwerp to Roosendaal and from Liège to Maastricht.
You can find the exact timetable and ticket price on the given booking links.
Belgium -
United Kingdom
To travel by train from Belgium to the UK, the most comfortable and fastest option is to include the direct Eurostar train from Brussels to London (ticket price from 35 EUR, travel time 2:15). Buy your ticket via the booking links provided. There you can also find timetables and ticket prices. Book early in advance to get saver-price tickets.
To Brussels and from London, you may need to buy additional tickets if the booking of your entire itinerary is not possible in one step.
