Aalst to Mons runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 1h 15m over 62 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Indicative fares
€11.88
- 70%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Aalst
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below come from our own model of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:31First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Nmbs/sncb runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Aalst to Mons on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey costs by departure date, from our own model. Read it as a guide to which days are dearer, not as a quote.
Indicative fares
- about €19.59Mon14
- about €14.09Tue15
- about €20.14Wed16
- about €15.74Thu17
- about €19.04Fri18
- about €20.14Sat19
- about €13.54Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €12.44Tue22
- about €13.54Wed23
- about €16.84Thu24
- about €12.99Fri25
- about €14.09Sat26
- about €14.09Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.89Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
Modelled from what this route has cost, not from live availability. Nothing here is held for you, and the operator sets the price on the day.
The train gets you into Mons. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mons for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Mons railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Aalst to Mons
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8990 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €14.0914 days
- €13.547 days
- €20.143 days
- €19.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 70 percent. The dearest point is €20.14, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Aalst to Mons and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
62 km
54 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
77,534 → 95,299
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 62 km against 54 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mouscron, Kortrijk, Leuven, Tournai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Mons is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Mons railway station
Most of the points near Mons railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Aalst to Mons
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Aalst to Mons?
The fastest journey from Aalst to Mons takes 1h 15m door to door, of which 31m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 1h 17m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Aalst to Mons?
The cheapest fare from Aalst to Mons is €11.88, checked on 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €13.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Aalst to Mons?
The cheapest way from Aalst to Mons is by train, at €11.88 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 1h 15m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Aalst to Mons?
Fares from Aalst to Mons bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 70 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Aalst to Mons?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Aalst to Mons, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Aalst to Mons?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Aalst to Mons, at €11.88 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Aalst to Mons?
1 operators sell services from Aalst to Mons across 1 mode: Nmbs/sncb. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Aalst to Mons?
20 percent of the services we sell from Aalst to Mons are direct. The rest connect at Mouscron, Kortrijk, Leuven, Tournai, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Aalst to Mons use?
Services from Aalst to Mons by train leave from Aalst railway station and arrive at Mons railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Aalst to Mons?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Aalst to Mons allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Aalst to Mons on 13 September 2026: 62 km of route against 54 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Mons is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Mons and across Belgium
Day trips that leave Mons in the morning and cover a good part of Belgium by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Aalst reaches 18 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 137 km. Mons reaches 32 places in 3 countries, from 43 to 500 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Aalst
- 18Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Mons
Leaving Mons
- 32Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators