I am flying into amsterdam and have to get to brussels. What is the best way.

Regional train takes about 3.5 hours - train station is in Schiphol airport, and ticket office is there, too. Very easy. Train will stop at Gare Midi and Gare Central, I believe. Gare Central is closest to Grand Place.<BR>Thalys (high-speed line) also travels from Amsterdam to Paris via Brussels, but the Ams-Bru leg is not high-speed track, so no need to pay the extra $.

<BR>3.5 hours is really the worst scenario!<BR>There are direct intercity trains leaving from Amsterdam Schiphol every hour at .40 and arriving in Brussels Central exactly 2.5 hours later.

What Myriam says!<BR><BR>Train schedules at:<BR>www.ns.nl<BR><BR>You want the intercity (IC) trains. Don't bother with Thalys trains on this route - they're more expensive, you need to reserve and they're no faster.<BR><BR>The Schiphol airport train station is right in the arrivals hall. It's truly a painless journey.<BR><BR>Andre

Maybe it was 2.5 hrs... I'm sorry to mislead anyone. My point was we did not use Thalys last October. Nice ride, no connections.<BR>Also, what about a flight connecting from Schiphol to Brussels? I'm thinking it probably wouldn't save much time, and the train is at Schiphol and arriving Brussels city-center, sounds easier.

The train is really the simplest way to travel to the city of Brussels. Most probably even faster (because of check-in time when flying) and cheaper for sure!