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Brussels Airport (BRU) to the city

The station is under the terminal, six trains an hour reach Brussels Central in about 18 minutes, and a 6.90 EUR airport supplement is added to the fare.

  • The railway station is directly beneath the departures and arrivals halls, at level -1.
  • Six direct trains an hour, from early morning until around midnight.
  • Brussels North is about 11 minutes, Brussels Central about 18, Brussels South about 23.
  • A Brussels Airport Supplement of 6.90 EUR applies to journeys to and from the airport station.
  • It is usually already in the ticket price, and it is collected by SNCB, not by the airport.
  • Two trains an hour also serve the European Quarter, which no other airport connection reaches directly.

The supplement

  • 6.90 EUR, the Brussels Airport Supplement, on top of the train fare.
  • It is usually included in the ticket price you are quoted, so it is not a second payment at the gate.
  • Brussels Airport does not collect it. SNCB does, and it funds the tunnel and lines that brought the railway under the terminal.

The trains

Brussels Airport (BRU) to the city
DestinationJourney
Brussels Northabout 11 minutes
Brussels Centralabout 18 minutes
Brussels South (Midi)about 23 minutes
European Quartertwo trains an hour
  • Six direct trains an hour to the three main Brussels stations.
  • Scan the QR code on your ticket or your MOBIB card at the access gates to enter and leave the station.

Not Charleroi

  • Brussels Airport is the main airport, with the station under the terminal.
  • Brussels South Charleroi is a different place, significantly further out, and reaching it by train means a bus from the nearest station. Check which one your flight uses.

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