Beer travel Guide to Belgium Arrival by Plane or Train |
By Plane: - in Brussels you best get off at CENTRAL, which lands you in the center of town. - from Brussels it is very easy to reach all other Belgian cities by train in less than an hour. - from Brussels ZUID-MIDI you can get on the High-speed train TVG,and travel to Paris, Amsterdam or London. Cities in Holland, Germany and beyond can also easily by reached by train from Brussels. - The operating authority is the "Nationaal Maatschappij van Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS) or "Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB). Tel. (02) 219-2640. - Inter-city trains (IC) only stop at large stations, InterRegio (IR) also stop at some intermediate stations. - There are both first and second class tickets which can be bought up to five days in advance. Buying a ticket on the train is considerably more expensive than buying it at the station. (Day) return tickets cost twice as much as single tickets; the return journey must be made on the same day. - With a B-Tourrail ticket travel throughout the whole Belgian railway network is permitted for five days within a fixed period of seventeen days. This ticket is available for people of all ages. - The TTB ticket carries the same conditions as the B-Tourrail ticket but can also be used on all buses, trams and underground trains of the narrow gauge railway and the local town/city companies. - To travel through all three Benelux countries in the Benelux Tourrail ticket is particulary suitable. This is also valid for five days in any seventeen on all the railway networks of the Benelux countries. By Train: -you will probably come from one of the major cities in the surrounding countries. Brussels has 3 major international trainstations: ZUID-MIDI, CENTRAL, NOORD-NORD. All trains go through all 3 stations. These stations are less than 5 minutes by train from each other. - in Brussels you best get off at CENTRAL, which lands you in the center of town. - from Brussels it is very easy to reach all other Belgian cities by train in less than an hour. - from Brussels ZUID-MIDI you can get on the High-speed train TVG,and travel to Paris, Amsterdam or London. Cities in Holland, Germany and beyond can also easily by reached by train from Brussels. - The operating authority is the "Nationaal Maatschappij van Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS) or "Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB). Tel. (02) 219-2640. - Inter-city trains (IC) only stop at large stations, InterRegio (IR) also stop at some intermediate stations. - There are both first and second class tickets which can be bought up to five days in advance. Buying a ticket on the train is considerably more expensive than buying it at the station. (Day) return tickets cost twice as much as single tickets; the return journey must be made on the same day. - With a B-Tourrail ticket travel throughout the whole Belgian railway network is permitted for five days within a fixed period of seventeen days. This ticket is available for people of all ages. - The TTB ticket carries the same conditions as the B-Tourrail ticket but can also be used on all buses, trams and underground trains of the narrow gauge railway and the local town/city companies. - To travel through all three Benelux countries in the Benelux Tourrail ticket is particulary suitable. This is also valid for five days in any seventeen on all the railway networks of the Benelux countries. |