Travel by train to graspop metal meeting in dessel
From 22/06/2012 until 24/06/2012 you can strain your neck muscles to the extreme on the site of Graspop.
Graspop Metal Meeting, the SNCB and De Lijn join forces to carry you in a safe and smooth way to the festival site. Your train journey and bus ride with De Lijn to the festival site in Dessel are actually included in your ticket.
Not all the festival tickets are a valid SNCB ticket. Below you will find a survey of all the different types of tickets and the accompanying terms of use.
E-festival tickets
Ordinary admission tickets
E-festival tickets
Do you have an e-festival ticket for Graspop and do you take the train to go to the festival? Then you have to order a free e-train ticket! Your e-festival ticket alone does not allow you to travel by train since it is not a valid SNCB ticket.
Your e-train ticket allows you to travel one outward journey and one return journey in second class between your Belgian departure station (*) and the station of MOL. You are also allowed to use a bus of De Lijn between Mol station and the festival site. Outbound departure is possible from Thursday 21/06/2012 as from 10am until the (last) day of validity of your e-festival ticket. The return journey is possible until Monday 25/06/2012 inclusive.
(*) Attention: travellers who have Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven as departure or destination station have to pay the Diabolo fee.
You always have to present your e-train ticket spontaneously and together with your ID-card, as well during the outward journey as during the return journey.
How do I order my free e-train tickets for Graspop ?
Each Graspop e-festival ticket contains a personal SNCB code (beginning with the number zero, the letter i and the number fifty). Each SNCB code entitles you to one personalized e-train ticket. An e-train ticket is always personal, so it is not transferable, not exchangeable and it cannot be cancelled. Order your e-train ticket only if you are sure about the passenger's name.
You can only order a free e-train ticket as from 23/05/2012.
Go to 'SNCB Ticket on line'.
- Click on 'Buy your ticket'.
- Select 'Graspop Metal Meeting' and click on 'Next Stage'.
- Fill in your personal data and your SNCB code (beginning with the number zero, the letter i and the number fifty) and go on through the menu.
Ordinary admission tickets (all combi- and daytickets)
These tickets are also valid as an SNCB ticket for one outward journey and one return journey in second class from any Belgian station (*) to MOL and for the final outward and return lap with buses of De Lijn from the MOL station to the festival site in Dessel in the period of Thursday 21/06/2012 as from 10am until Monday 25/06/2012 inclusive.
(*) Attention: travellers who have Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven as departure or destination station have to pay the Diabolo fee.
This validity is printed on the front side of the ordinary admission tickets.
The festival goers must keep their admission ticket. They always have to be able to present their ticket in the train or on the bus, as well during their outward journey as during their return journey.
Important !
For this festival, there are no special night trains.
Are NOT valid as a transport ticket for the train:
- E-festival tickets (see above).
- VIP and Press accreditations.
- Receipts, remittance forms and other confirmations as proof of payment for your admission ticket.
- Wristlets and other attributes of Graspop Metal Meeting. Therefore, carefully keep your ordinary admission ticket or e-train ticket with you, as well as your ID-card and your money! You must be able to present it on your return journey as well.
- An ordinary admission ticket without attached strip is not valid for the outward journey.
The festival goer who does not have an ordinary admission ticket or an e-train ticket will need to purchase a transport ticket before boarding the train; this ticket is not refundable.
The above described tickets are not valid in Thalys, Eurostar and other high-speed trains.
The festival goers from abroad can combine their ordinary admission ticket or e-train ticket with a transport ticket (outward and return journey) which is valid on the foreign railway networks until the Belgian frontier. The ordinary admission tickets and e-train tickets are also valid on the SNCB railway network between the Belgian frontier en the first Belgian station.The first Belgian train stations are:
- coming from The Netherlands: Essen and Visé;
- coming from Germany: Hergenrath;
- coming from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: Arlon, Athus and Gouvy;
- coming from France: Mouscron, Froyennes, Quiévrain, Quévy and Erquelinnes.
The tickets mentioned above are sold exclusively by the organizer (except the e-train tickets that are available through 'SNCB Ticket on line') and are not refundable.
More info about the festival: www.graspop.be