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The best way to find a cheap train ticket from Brussels to Boom is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
53 m
Average
53 m
Trains per day
5
Distance
27 km
It's difficult to get from Brussels to Boom without transferring at least once.
Distance | 16 miles (26 km) | |
Average train duration | 56 min | |
Average train ticket price | $12 (€10) | |
Train frequency | 27 a day | |
Direct train | No | |
Train companies | SNCB | IC, SNCB or Thalys |
Trains from Brussels to Boom cover the 16 miles (26 km) long route taking on average 56 min with our travel partners like SNCB | IC, SNCB or Thalys. Normally, there are 27 trains operating per day, including direct services available. While the average ticket price for this trip costs around $12 (€10), you can find the cheapest train ticket for as low as $10 (€9). Travelers depart most frequently from Bruxelles-Midi and arrive in Boom.
You can travel by train between Brussels and Boom with Thalys and SNCB for as low as $10 (€9). When you search for schedules and tickets, Omio will show you the best route.
SNCB is Belgium's main train company and offers First class or Second class tickets for your train to Boom from Brussels.
Train information from Brussels to Boom with SNCB:
The industrial town of Boom, close to Antwerp, is best known for its annual electronic music festival Tomorrowland, which attracts visitors from across Europe. It has frequent train links with Brussels, allowing festival-goers and business travelers to take daily trains from Brussels-Midi station to Boom. Journeys require one change en route, at Antwerp Centraal or Berchem, and total journey times take around one hour and 25 minutes. Departure times range from very early in the morning to the late evening.
SNCB, the Belgian state rail operator, provides indirect Intercity trains from Brussels to Boom, with a change at Antwerp Berchem, In addition, Thalys, the French-Belgian high-speed rail operator, provides connections from Brussels requiring a change to SNCB Regional services at Antwerp Centraal for onward travel to Boom.
Thalys connections via Antwerp Centraal are the fastest rail option on the 28-mile trip north to Boom, taking one hour and 21 minutes to complete the journey from the capital. SNCB routes via Antwerp Berchem take two or three minutes longer.
The Thalys weekday schedule from Brussels to Boom via Antwerp Centraal has trains hourly from just before 7:00 a.m. to just before 7:00 p.m. The SNCB daily timetable starts a little earlier and offers trains every half hour throughout the morning and afternoon and every hour in the evening until the final service leaves Brussels just after 9:00 p.m. Thalys connections are not available on weekends.
Departure train station: Brussels-Midi station is an international rail hub, located south-west of central Brussels, a mile from Grande Place, with public transport connections from downtown on numerous bus and tram lines and subway lines 2 and 6. The concourse has a mini-market, restaurants, bars, coffee shops, fast food outlets, and baggage storage lockers.
Arrival train station: Boom station is a small rail stop located on the eastern side of the town center, with bus connections available from the adjacent bus terminus on Statiestraat. Free shuttle buses operate to the festival site during the Tomorrowland music festival. Passenger facilities at the station are minimal.
Passengers board the train most frequently from Bruxelles-Midi, which is located around 2 miles (3.2 km) away from the city centre, and they get off the train at Boom, located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away from the city centre.
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