Mechelen → Brussels
Mechelen to Brussels by train
Mechelen
Brussels
A direct train runs from Mechelen to Brussels, scheduled from 9 min, with 2,864 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 9 min (typically 32 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 2,864
- Operators
- SNCB/NMBS, NS International
- Stations
- Malines-Nekkerspoel → Schaerbeek
- Straight-line distance
- 22 km
What this is based on
Arrive inBrussels →- 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 Mechelen to Brussels; 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); be-nmbs. How Head Your Way works.
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Direct connections from Brussels
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London🚌 Coach, United Kingdomdirect · from 9 h 05 min · 102 departures a weekView this connection →Paris🚆 Train, Francedirect · from 1 h 14 min · 411 departures a weekView this connection →Rotterdam🚆 Train, Netherlandsdirect · from 1 h 05 min · 588 departures a weekView this connection →Berlin🚌 Coach, Germanydirect · from 11 h 25 min · 35 departures a weekView this connection →Amsterdam🚆 Train, Netherlandsdirect · from 1 h 52 min · 343 departures a weekView this connection →Hamburg🚌 Coach, Germanydirect · from 8 h 25 min · 32 departures a weekView this connection →Köln🚆 Train, Germanydirect · from 1 h 45 min · 104 departures a weekView this connection →Munich🚌 Coach, Germanydirect · from 12 h · 32 departures a weekView this connection →Madrid🚌 Coach, Spaindirect · from 21 h 55 min · 7 departures a weekView this connection →Prague🚌 Coach, Czechiadirect · from 13 h · 34 departures a weekView this connection →Vienna🚌 Coach, Austriadirect · from 18 h · 17 departures a weekView this connection →Rome✈ Flight, Italynonstop · RyanairView this connection →
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Airports: Brussels Airport (BRU) · Stations: Bruxelles-Central; Bruxelles-Nord; Bruxelles Midi; Brussels Midi / Zuid and 28 more · Ports: Bruxelles
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