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Mar 12, 2012 | 3:27 am

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Originally Posted by KQ321

Travel from Brussels to Bruges will be on an IC train, operated by SNCB (the Belgian national rail company). It seems that bahn.de will sell you a combined ticket Cologne-Brussels-Bruges, if the Cologne-Brussels stretch is on an ICE, but not if it's on a Thalys. The price (€39) is the same as just for Cologne-Brussels. (I haven't checked either the Thalys or the SNCB websites).

If you want to spend some time in Brussels (up to 48hrs, I think) you can book this using the 'via' option under 'Advanced Search Options' on bahn.de.

Thanks a lot man! I think Thalys shows that the cheapest fare for Cologne to Brussels is 25 EUR. Even then, it doesn't seem like the Cologne to Brugges fare is that bad.

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I actually quite like bahn.de, and find it works quite well for most purposes. I've never used the Thalys website. And AFAIK, www.nationalrail.co.uk shows train times and prices, but doesn't actually sell tickets (instead, it just directs you to various operators' websites).

That's true, but it was way easier to use and I didn't get lost that easily. I don't want to go off-topic and I do apologize if some people are offended by that comment.

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