Domestic Belgian trains don’t need reservations. Fill out the stations you leave and arrive the day you want to travel, generate the QR-code and hup. You can board with a valid ticket. Don’t rely on the rail planner app for real time informations. It doesn’t update often enough. You might miss important information (because of e.g. engineering works or any other update in the schedule). More real time info for the Belgian railways is to be found here: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en or on the NMBS/SNCB app. There’s plenty of trains from Brussels to Antwerp. About 3 faster IC every hour, supplemented by lots of slower S-trains. If you go out of Belgium, avoid Thalys. It’s reservations are ridicoulously expensive for pass holders. Use the hourly IC to the Netherlands, or ordinary TGV’s to France (or go to Lille) or ICE to Germany (optional reservations). Thank you for the response! Since it doesn’t need reservations, is having a Global Pass enough as a ticket? Do we just show it at the e
When do you plan to take the train @altcor ?@altcor ? And where? Just add the train you want to take in "My Trip" in the rail planner app, just a bit before you leave. The moment you see your train at the platform, tap on the ledger to generate the QR code in your pass and board. The pass (QR code) for that day is your valid ticket. With that, you can board any train that doesn't need a reservation. No need to show up in advance for a domestic train. The Belgian railway network is very busy in Brussels, especially Brussels Central. That can be a bit confusing since trains follow each other every 2-3 minutes on every platform. Just pay attention to the digital platform boards (in Brussels One side is in Dutch, the other in French) and announcements. (Antwerp = Anvers = Antwerpen; Brussels = Bruxelles = Brussel). But in essence it's super simple, no need to stress about it, no need to be there hours before the train leaves. Trains enough in Belgium and they're extremely easy to use.
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