Brussels → Mechelen
Brussels to Mechelen by train
Brussels
Mechelen
A direct train runs from Brussels to Mechelen, scheduled from 8 min, with 2,848 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 8 min (typically 33 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 2,848
- Operators
- SNCB/NMBS, NS International
- Stations
- Bruxelles-Midi → Malines
- Straight-line distance
- 22 km
What this is based on
Arrive inMechelen →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 12 Dec 2026. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Brussels to Mechelen; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): Netherlands OVapi (NS rail + regional multimodal); SNCB/NMBS BE. How Head Your Way works.
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Stations: Malines; Malines-Nekkerspoel; Mechelen
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