Study Abroad? Destination Ghent! - Universiteit Gent

On Fridays (from 19h00) and in the weekend, it is more profitable to ask
for a “Weekend Ticket”. When you travel alone, you get up to a 40%
discount. When travelling with friends, the first passenger gets a 40%
discount. The second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth passenger get a 60%
discount, provided that all members of the group travel together.
You can also travel by high-speed train from Brussels to:
- Paris, Amsterdam, Aachen, Köln, Schiphol, The Hague, Marne-La-
Vallée Euro Disney and Rotterdam with the Thalys train
(www.thalys.com);
- London, Ashford and Lille with the Eurostar train
(www.eurostar.com).
- More international trains? Go to:
• www.b-rail.be/int/E/
• be.tgv.com/en/
• www.europeanrailguide.com
• www.interrailnet.com.
2. Transport in Ghent
2.1. Public transport
Public transport in the city is extremely well organised. Buses and trams
will take you to every possible destination in and around Ghent from
early in the morning till late at night.
Several bus and tram routes allow you to travel through Ghent or
through one of the neighbouring towns (Bruges, Antwerp, etc.). To
determine the fare of a bus ride, Ghent and its surroundings are divided
into zones. The price that you have to pay for a ticket depends on the
number of zones that you travel through and also on the place where
you buy your ticket.
You can buy a ticket or a bus or tram card at the presale points of “De
Lijn” (the Lijn shops, newspaper shops), at a presale ticket machine or
from the bus or tram driver. When you buy your ticket or your bus or
tram card in advance, you will save at least 20 %.
For a single journey in the city centre on a city bus or tram, you can buy
a 1-hour ticket from the conductor (price: 2 EUR on the bus, 1.2 EUR
presale), which you should validate in the machine next to the entry
door. This ticket is valid for a one-hour journey in the city, including
changes of bus/tram without restriction.
You will probably be using city buses or trams regularly. Then you are
better off buying a “Lijnkaart”, which is 25 to 40 % cheaper than a ticket
(price 2 EUR on the bus per ride and 0.9 EUR presale). Do not forget to
validate your Lijnkaart each time you make a journey.