Planning a Eurostar trip from London to Brussels in October. The Eurostar website says "Any Belgian Station ticket included. Travel any time, valid for 24hrs." Does this mean I can use my Eurostar ticket for as much train travel within Belgium as I can manage in 24 hours after arrival? Or can I only use it only once? And if only once, does the transfer from Midi to Central Station count as the one use?
Posted by
Chicago
8178 posts
Yes, Eurostar's Any Belgian Station ticket includes travel on an SNCB train from Brussels-Midi/Zuid to anywhere in Belgium and back. However, the ticket doesn't cover high speed ICE trains, the Brussels Metro, or trams.
Posted by
Virginia, USA
5865 posts
The point of the ticket is to get you from Brussels to your destination in Belgium. If your route is from Brussels to another destination (including transfers) it works. The ticket is one-way (e.g., you could use it to travel to Bruges but you could not use it to return to Brussels)
Info is here:
https://help.eurostar.com/faq/us-en/question/How-does-an-Any-Belgian-Station-ticket-work
Posted by
OP
14 posts
So, the first two responses disagree. Jazz says I can go from Brussels to anywhere in Belgium and back; Laura says I can go to anywhere in Belgium but can't use it to return to Brussels. What I was hoping to do is take a Eurostar that arrives in Brussels in the evening, go to my hotel near Central Station, and the next day go to Ghent and back to Brussels. If Jazz is right, I don't have to buy any more tickets. If Laura is right, I do have to buy a one-way ticket from Ghent to Brussels. Anyone else want to weigh in?
Posted by
Wyckoff, NJ, USA
7936 posts
ABS means one-way delivery to your chosen actual destination. While you could legally go one-way to Gent, you have to buy a (cheap enough) ticket back to Brussels.
You cannot torture this into a 24-hour railpass. When the conductor sees you riding TOWARDS Brussels-Midi with a ticket FROM another country, he will treat you as riding without a ticket.
Posted by
OP
14 posts
OK. That's what I wanted to know. Thanks!