Monday, April 23, 2012

Dynamics of mass transit tickets for Brugge - Brussels stay

We%26#39;ll have about a day and a half of touring each in Brugge and Brussels, with a train trip from Brugge to Brussels.





On the fourth day, we take the train from Gare-Central to Brussels National airport.





I%26#39;m guessing that we%26#39;ll have a modest amount of public transportation use each day, to see the sites in Brussels.





Is there a multi-use ticket that covers all of this?





(Am I correct that the train to the airport is NOT covered by these multi-use tickets?)





Is there a multi-use ticket that might also cover our Amsterdam to Brugge train ticket as well?





Thanks!




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There is no multi-use ticket that covers city transport systems (buses, trams, metros) AND trains between cities, either within Belgium or between Belgium and the Netherlands. So you must buy your Amsterdam-Brugge, Brugge-Brussels and Brussels-airport train tickets separately.



If there were 10 of you, you could buy the 10-trip Belgian Rail Pass for the Brugge-Brussels tickets; however as this costs €73, i.e. €7.30 per trip, it is not worth using this for the trip from Brussels to the airport which only costs €3.



In Brussels you can buy either multi-trip (5 or 10) or 1- or 3-day tickets that cover all STIB (Brussels city transport) buses, trams and metros within the city. These do not cover the airport bus, which costs €3 as opposed to the usual €1.70 single; this is because the airport is outside the city and region of Brussels.



STIB fares on http://www.stib.be/tickets.html?l=en

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