Train/Coach from Brugge to Amsterdam

Any idea what%26#39;s the easiest and cheapest way to travel from Brugge to Amsterdam??

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Take the train. Change in Antwerp. should take 3 1/2 hours approx. No reservations needed, just turn up at the station and buy your ticket.

http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/

for train info

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Easiest and cheapest options are rarely the same. The Eurolines bus (National Express in the UK) from London to Brugge may continue on to Amsterdam (or possibly just Antwerp: in which case you can change to the Eurolines service from Brussels to Amsterdam. Prices are very cheap if booked well in advance (www.eurolines.be) but you certainly couldn%26#39;t do it as a day trip.

By train, which would be much faster (less than 3 hours), the simplest route is through Antwerp, with only one change (but at some times you would have to go to Ghent first). Just watch out if the connecting train you want to take is a Thalys, as this has to be prebooked - although it is not always more expensive, one-way price varies from €37 to €55.50 depending on how far in advance you can book. The normal, so most expensive, one-way price on InterCity for Brugge-Amsterdam Centraal is €42.20, double for return, but there are various special prices e.g. Benelux return.

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Thanks guys!

We actually need only a ONE-way ticket from Brugge to Amsterdam as we%26#39;ll then travel from Amsterdam to Paris.

So anything that%26#39;s convenient and cheap will do! :)

We%26#39;ll only stay in Brugges for an evening and half a day on the next before we leave for Amsterdam...

On a side note, any MUST-DO/EAT/SEE in Brugge??

Cheerios!

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Hello!

I require the same info - nomandnoob - what did you end up deciding on?

Should we book with Thalys? or can anyone recommend the best website to book in advance? We need one way tix to amsterdam on Sept 25th next month.

Thank you,

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anyone?

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If you insist on booking in advance, which is only required/possible for Thalys, you can do it on www.thalys.com or http://www.b-rail.be/int/E/, but with the latter I have heard of people having problems paying with non-European credit cards, and then there is the issue of how to pick up the ticket when (unless you go into Brussels) you would only switch to Thalys at Antwerp. In any case, unless the timetable happens to suit you better, there is no advantage in taking Thalys rather than IC since it is not high-speed on that route.

I would advise you to go Intercity which not only does not require booking in advance, but it isn%26#39;t even possible to do so. You just turn up at the station and buy a ticket, IC trains leave (at least) at 20 minutes past each hour for Antwerp with connection to Amsterdam-Centraal, e.g. 08:20 arr. 12:06 (actually the one before that is at 07:16 rather than 07:20..), there are other departures however including of course connections by Thalys. If you want to save time on the day of departure, you could buy your ticket the day before (but tell the clerk you want to travel the next day: if not Thalys, your ticket will not be for a specific train but it will be for a specific date!).

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Hello!

Thank you for all the helpful information, thats exactly what we need!

We will wait and book an intercity train, it seems to be the easiest method instead of booking advance with Thalys.

I think we will go to the train station the day before we leave Brugge to figure out what train to book for the next day.

Thanks again :)

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I repeat: YOU CAN%26#39;T BOOK! You can buy a ticket - on the day or in advance - for a specific destination on a specific date, but you can%26#39;t book a specific seat on a specific IC train.

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sorry maybe we are getting the words %26quot;book%26quot; and %26quot;buy%26quot; confused? I meant to say, we will buy the train tickets the day before we want to leave

I hope thats what you meant?

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I guess we will do what%26#39;s suggested, since it seems IC train%26#39;s much less hassle...thankie!