Your express bus connection between Brussels Airport and the city centre
The Airport Line (bus 12) is a direct link between Brussels Airport and the European district, just a few steps away from the commercial and touristic heart of Brussels’ upper town. Bus 12 takes you daily, from morning till evening, to the European district and the city centre. The Airport Line offers a connection with the metro at Schuman (lines 1-5) and at Trône/Troon (lines 2-6).
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Practical information
You can travel to the airport with a ticket at a normal fare. Therefore, you can take the bus to Brussels Airport with a season ticket or a Brupass ticket.
You don't have a ticket yet to travel with STIB-MIVB? No more queuing at the vending machine, you only need your bank card! Scan your contactless bank card, smartphone, or smartwatch on the bus and off you go. A journey with contactless payment will cost you 50 cents less than a paper ticket.
On the other hand, to get from the airport to the city centre, you do need a specific ticket, called “Airport2City”. The journey departing from the airport costs 7,50 euros. This specific fare is available on MOBIB card, through contactless payment on the bus or on a paper ticket. For those who travel regularly, or even daily, from the airport, this fare also exists in the form of 10 journeys or a STIB-MIVB + Airport Line season ticket. Watch the video below to see how to reach the city center in only 25 minutes.
Single fare:
Airport2City 1 journey (with contactless payment on the bus) : 7,50 €
Airport2City 1 journey on a MOBIB card: 7,50 €
Airport2City 1 journey paper ticket : 8,00 €
Airport2City 10 journeys on a MOBIB card: 49,20 €
More information on this page.
Season tickets:
For a month: €64,00
- Number of journeys: an unlimited number of journeys can be made over 1 month from the season ticket start date set by the user on purchase.
- Geographical area: the entire STIB network (including the journey from Brussels Airport to the centre of Brussels) with the possibility to change lines.
- Medium: MOBIB-card (cost = €6)
- Customers: All customers
- Where to buy yours?
- Necessary documents:
- identity card (eID, new customers)
- photograph (if you do not have an eID)
Line 12
Brussels Airport - Brussels City
Click here to view the timetables and the real-time information of line 12.