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By Train from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Brugge / Bruges (Belgium)
Journey Summary
Depart Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Amsterdam Centraal / Amsterdam CSArrive Brugge / Bruges (Belgium)
Bruggeup to**14 x connections per day
**The connections aren't quite 1 x per hour, but this journey option is available in most hours during the day.
*Look up this journey on the ticket agents and you will see a typical journey time of 2hrs 43 mins.
However, to reach Brugge/Bruges in that time you have to make an ambitious 7 min connection at Antwerpen-Centraal station AND make an additional change of train at Gent/Ghent/Gand.
But there are also hourly direct IC trains between Antwerpen and Brugge.
So to save ascending four levels of Antwerpen-Centraal station against the clock (the trains to Gent/Brugge depart from the top level of the station) - our suggestion is take your time and wait for the direct train to Brugge from Antwerpen.
It will have a final destination of Oostende and should be departing 36mins after the Thalys has arrived.
Your tickets will be valid either:
(i) if you take the earlier train and make another connection in Gent
(ii) or hang back and take the direct train to Brugge.
Alternative routing via Bruxelles/Brussels:
When looking up this journey on the ticket agents, you will also see journey times of around 3hr 12mins - which involve a change of train in Bruxelles/Brussels.
So faster than THIS suggestion of changing trains at Antwerpen and taking the train direct from there to Brugge - but also USUALLY more expensive.
Also despite the need to change levels in Antwerpen Centraal station - making the transfer between trains at Antwerpen is arguably less confusing than changing trains at Bruxelles-Midi station.
Train 1
- Depart: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Arrive: Antwerpen / Antwerp / Anvers (Belgium)
- Journey time: 1hr 13min
Train 2
- Depart: Antwerpen / Antwerp / Anvers (Belgium)
- Arrive: Brugge / Bruges (Belgium)
- Journey time: 1hr 29min