Extensive work is currently being done to improve access to Brussels airport by train. The Brussels Airport Station is being connected to both Brussels and Antwerp with a new rail line via the central reservation of the E19 motorway. When this Diabolo project is completed, SNCB will be able to provide direct trains to Brussels Airport from Brussels, Mechelen/Antwerp and Leuven.

The company Northern Diabolo started the infrastructure works two years ago. The constructional work should be ready by mid 2012, and the new infrastructure will be commissioned after thorough tests.

Diabolo fee

Northern Diabolo SA draws its remuneration for these works from a Diabolo fee that each individual passenger travelling to or from the Brussels Airport station will have to pay.

SNCB is required by law* to collect the Diabolo fee of 2.05 EUR** per trip as of 1 November 2009 and to transfer it to Northern Diabolo. The amount of the Diabolo fee is indexed annually on the basis of the average health index.

* Urgent Railway Provisions Act of 30 April 2007, the Diabolo Act
** Price valid from 1 January to 31 December 2010

How do you pay this Diabolo fee?

• If you are travelling on a domestic ticket (standard ticket, weekend fare, Senior Ticket, Go Pass 1, etc.), the Diabolo fee is included automatically in the price of the ticket.
• If you are travelling with a Pass (Go Pass 10, Rail Pass, Key card), free pass, Eurostar, Thalys or HST ticket with domestic transport supplement, you have to purchase a Diabolo fee ticket at our teller windows, automatic ticket dispensers or online.

Those travelling free of charge or with a commuter season ticket to and from Brussels Airport are exempted from the Diabolo fee. For a more detailed overview, see the table below.

Would you like to buy and print out your Diabolo fee to or from Brussels National Airport from our website?

The Diabolo fee to/from Airport (BRU) bought through our website is:

• made out in your name (can't be transferred);
• non-refundable, non exchangeable.

You can print the ticket yourself or link it to your electronic identity card.

Your online payment is being processed via the Ogone secure payment site which uses the most advanced security systems.

DIABOLO FEE
"TO" THE AIRPORT

DIABOLO FEE
"FROM" THE AIRPORT

Train and plane : the best combination

The train is the means of transport par excellence to get to the airport without frets or worries. No traffic jams and no need to look for a parking place. Just get on the train, take a seat, relax, and you will reach Brussels Airport in no time. Once at the airport, you will reach the departures hall in just a few minutes. You can take the train to the airport from quite a lot of stations directly or with just one change. When the works are completed, SNCB will have even more direct trains to Brussels Airport.