What is the best way to get from Geneva to Brussels by train? Is there a direct train?

Hi, and welcome to Fodors' Europe forum!<BR><BR>Don't mean to sound condescending to address you as (apparently) a newcomer, but it IS a newcomer's question - - not that there's anything wrong with that.<BR><BR>You'll probably want to learn your ay around the www.raileurope.com website (click on "Search our database of fares & schedules.") - - but I don't advise actually buying any tickets there. There's a hefty mark-up.<BR><BR>It's a five-hour trip; it is a direct train, and quite an expensive one. The real price, if purchased in Europe, will be under $100 (in second class). This comes from the website www.railsaver.com - - good for real price comparisons, but it won't have all the special promotional prices.<BR><BR>If you want to get "into it" even more, then there are the websites for the rail companies of each country.<BR><BR>http://mercurio.iet.unipi.it/misc/timetabl.html (note no "www")<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

Rex gave you quite a long winded answer! Yes, there's a Thalys train running daily, leaving Brussels Midi at 7 pm (actually 7:01 pm) and getting into Geneva a minute after midnight. The Thalys also travels from Geneva to Brussels twice a day, one train leaving at 6:52 am and another at 8:52 am. <BR>FYI, the Thalys system is a network of special high speed trains serving several countries, but its most frequent runs are Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam (and back). Their web site is www.thalys.com and you can search in English.

<BR>The reference library of a city near you may have the Thomas Cook European Timetable. Table 14a shows just one direct train a day, a fast buffet car express called a Thalys train, from Geneva at 0652 on weekdays to Brussels at 1150, and at weekends two hours later. The second class single fare in January was 148 euros.<BR><BR>Ben Haines, London<BR>

<BR>The reference library of a city near you may have the Thomas Cook European Timetable. Table 14a shows just one direct train a day, a fast buffet car express called a Thalys train, from Geneva at 0652 on weekdays to Brussels at 1150, and at weekends two hours later. The second class single fare in January was 148 euros.<BR><BR>Ben Haines, London<BR>