amsterdam to bruges by rail

what is the easiest way to go to bruges by rail from amsterdam airport? What is cost for 2nd class ticket? How long does it take?

Thx, Carol

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If you go to the German Rail website ( www.bahn.de ) you can get information for rail travel throughout Europe. You won%26#39;t get pricing information for non-German trips, but it includes the journey times and where train changes need to take place. There is an English language option. Or you can us the Dutch Railways website ( www.ns.nl ) but I%26#39;ve always had poor luck with that site and the Belgian Railways site.

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Brugge to Antwerp then IC (not Thalys) To Amsterdam Schiphol (same line as Amsterdam Centraal), cost has been given in a previous question, I think it was about €40 single. Takes 3 1/2 to 4 hrs depending on how many changes (Antwerp is a given) which in turn depends on your time of departure.

In http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en select Brugge as departure and AMS Schiphol Airport as destination.

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All good advice but if you are travelling after the 13th December then the Thalys will start to use the new HSL (high speed link) between Schiphol and Antwerpen so cutting 50 minutes off the journey. Of course you have to book a specific train but if you select Antwerp as your destination and the ABS (any Belgian station) option on the Thalys website then the connection Antwerp to Brugge is included in the ticket price.

I think the one way price for the normal IC train mentioned above is 44 euros.

If you book the Thalys enough in advance then you should get it for this price also (maybe less).

Thalys is a nicer train also.

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As stated by others, cost is 44 euros one way 2nd class. I might add that for people under 26 y.o., it%26#39;s about 29 euros only.