Cycle hire
Even if you haven’t got a train ticket, you can hire a bike in one of our ‘cycle hire’ stations.
Brand new tourist bikes are at your disposal. You can choose between:
- a man's bike and a woman's bike
- a full day or half a day* (from 2 p.m.)
How much will my rented bike cost me?
Make the most of our all-in package: Train + cycle hire
Other info:
- Bicycles can be hired from 7.00 to 19.30
- The bicycles have to be returned 30 min before departure of the train to the station you rented it from.
- Available all year round in the stations of Blankenberge, Brugge, Gent-Sint-Pieters, Knokke and Oostende.
- They can be hired from 1st April to 30th September 2009 in Dendermonde, De Panne, Essen, Ieper, Oudenaarde and Puurs.
- You can buy your cycle hire ticket at any station as of 31 days prior to your bike trip. Please note: If you're hiring a bike for the afternoon only (from 2 p.m.), you have to buy your hire ticket at the station where you're hiring the bike.
- You must always return the bicycle to the station you rented it from.
- When you hire a bike, you sign a contract with SNCB. This is why you need to show your identity papers for the hire contract. To find out about our cycle hire conditions, please see our Terms and conditions for transport.
- Please note: no children’s bikes nor seats are available