Regional and intercity trains in Belgium

 

InterCity trains (IC)

• Run between larger cities like Brussels, Antwerp and Liège.

• International travel to The Hague/Rotterdam (Netherlands), Luxembourg City and Lille Flandres (France).

• No reservation required.

CityRail trains

• Run in the area around Brussels.

• No reservation required.

Brussels Airport supplement trains

• Run from Brussels Airport to cities like Antwerp, Ghent and Brussels.

• A supplement required, see here for more information.

International high-speed trains in Belgium

 

Eurostar (ES)

 

• High speed trains to Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany on the routes:
  • Brussels – Lille – London
  • Brussels – Paris
  • Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Paris
  • Amsterdam – Rotterdam – Antwerp – Brussels – Disneyland Paris
  • Dortmund – Düsseldorf – Cologne – Liège – Brussels – Paris
• Reservations are compulsory for these trains, which can get fully booked. We recommend making your reservations as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Read more about special booking conditions on our dedicated Eurostar page.
• Services to Amsterdam, Dortmund and (Disneyland) Paris are operated by red-coloured former Thalys trains.

 

 

ICE

• Brussels – Cologne – Frankfurt am Main
  
• Reservations are compulsory from June 1^st until September 1^st.

 

TGV

• TGV trains run from Brussels to multiple French destinations:
  • Lille, Marne la Vallée Chessy (Disneyland), Strasbourg, Rennes, Nantes, Lyon, Marseille and Montpellier.
• Reservations are compulsory.
  

 

Other international trains in Belgium

 

ÖBB Nightjet

• Brussels – Munich – Salzburg – Vienna  
• Brussels – Erfurt – Halle – Berlin
• Reservations are compulsory

 

International IC

• Brussels – Namur – Luxembourg
• Brussels – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam
• Antwerp – Gent – Kortrijk – Lille
• Liège – Luxembourg
• No reservation

 

European Sleeper

• Brussels – Antwerp – Rotterdam – Amsterdam – Berlin – Dresden – Prague
• To Dresden and Prague from 25th March
  
• Runs three times a week
• Reservations are compulsory

Route	Which train?	Travel time	Reservations
Brussels to London (Great Britain)	Eurostar	3h	Required
Brussels to Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)	InterCity	3h	None
Brussels to Paris (France)	Eurostar	1h 30m	Required
Brussels to Amsterdam (Netherlands)	InterCity	3h	None
Brussels to Marseille (France)	TGV	5h 30m	Required
Brussels to Vienna (Austria)	ÖBB Nightjet	14h 30m (overnight)	Required
Brussels to Berlin (Germany)	European Sleeper	11h 30m (overnight)	Required
Brussels to Frankfurt (Germany)	ICE	3h	Optional (Required June 1st until September 1st)