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BBT in NY
Trying to book SIN-AMS-BRU on KLM website. The cheapest alternative has the AMS-BRU segment listed as KL2661 train to "Brussels (Antwerp Berchem Station)".
Would this train actually take me to Brussels or does it end in Antwerp?
KL2661 seems to be an KLM codeshare on the 7:13AM Thalys train Amsterdam-Paris, but only on the Schiphol-Antwerp segment. After Antwerp the train continues to Brussels-South (ZYR) and to Paris.
KLM have airplanes to Brussels, they don't codeshare on trains for Brussels. If they really mark Antwerp-Berchem station as "Brussels", it's definitely bizarre, Antwerp is a completely, proudly separate city, 50km north of Brussels, with its own Antwerp International Airport ; the station is actually labeled as "Antwerpen-Berchem", in dutch.
If your ticket is marked as you wrote, it might be valid until Brussels proper, given that the train actually stops in Brussels. If not, a railway ticket from Antwerp-Berchem to Brussels (any station) would cost you 6.10€ (you'd need to change to a normal train, no problem, but you'd have to buy a ticket and need to take your luggage down a short flight of stairs, escalators are only for going up). It would be no more of a hassle than flying to Brussels Airport and taking the train from there. It also depends which part of Brussels you want to go to ; all regular trains stop at 2 other stations before Brussels South. You could even ask to include one-day use of public transportation in Brussels in your rail ticket (costs a bit extra, saves hassle).