Travelling to and from Turhout

Hi,

I need some help with travelling in Belgium.

I will be travelling to Turnhout from Brussels Centraal. I was told there is a direct train, is this so?

Also, once in Turnhout, would it be possible to travel to Bruges/Ghent from the station, or would i need to travel back to Brussels and catch train from there?

thanks

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1) There are direct trains from Bruxelles-central at 5 minutes past each hour on weekdays, at other times you have to change at Antwerpen-Berchem

2) From Turnhout to Brugge/Ghent you have to change at Antwerpen-Berchem

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

(NB main station in Ghent is Gent St. Pieters)