Peter
Traveller
9337 comments
Posted 14 years ago
[b]BRUSSELS (Bruxelles) - COLOGNE (Köln) | Thalys + free trains[/b]
[b]UPDATE:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/brussels-to-cologne[/u]
[b]THALYS train[/b] - high speed train with supplement
[b]Travel time: 1:20 hours[/b]
[b]Two types of fares are available:[/b]
Pass 1 (P1): for holders of InteRail passes covering the whole journey
Pass 2 (P2): for holders of InterRail passes partially covering the journey
[b]Bruxelles (Brussels) to Amsterdam[/b]
2nd class: EUR 26 (P1), EUR 44 (P2)
1st class: EUR 41 (P1), EUR 69 (P2)
[b]update: Sep 2014[/b]
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
There are other connections that avoid the Thalys supplement problem. There are three ICE trains per day which I think you can use without reservation provided you have an international ticket (ie. an Interrail) and are travelling Belgium/Germany. For travel solely within Belgium (ie.Bruxelles-Liege), there is a supplement. There are also interregional trains about every two hours from Liege to Aachen (Aix la Chapelle in French). These will not always show up on internet searches for longer journeys (eg. Bruxelles-Koln), since the connections are slower than the direct trains. However, they are free to IR holders. NB. They are normally operated by old 2-car electric 'dinkys', which are clean but not the most luxurious train you will travel on in Europe!