Mechelen → Gent
Mechelen to Gent by train
Mechelen
Gent
A direct train runs from Mechelen to Gent, scheduled from 38 min, with 204 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one train, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 38 min (typically 59 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 204
- Operator
- SNCB/NMBS
- Stations
- Malines → Gand-Saint-Pierre
- Straight-line distance
- 53 km
What this is based on
Arrive inGent →- 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 Gent; 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): be-nmbs. How Head Your Way works.
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Direct connections from Gent
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Stations: Gand-Saint-Pierre; Gand-Dampoort · Ports: Ghent; Port of Ghent
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