I have purchased a RailEurope ticket from Amsterdam to Brugge. The ticket I received is for the Thalys from Amsterdam to Antwerp but apparently ticketless from Antwerp to Brugge. There's something about an ABS that I don't understand. How do I get on a train to complete my journey without a ticket?
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New Paltz, NY
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If your Amsterdam to Antwerp Thalys ticket has "ABS" (any Belgian station) printed on it, then you don't need a separate ticket to get from Antwerp to Bruges...use the Thalys ticket for that segment, even though Burges isn't listed on it. Antwerp to Bruges uses regular inter-city trains which don't accept reservations, so you can just hop-on any train headed for Bruges. You can even spend a few hours exploring Antwerp if you wish.