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Luxembourg to Ghent

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Luxembourg to Ghent. From £24.80, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £24.80, every fee included. Services cover 248 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 7 October 2026Priced for 28 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £24.80, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 28 October 2026

£24.80

  • 180%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £60.13Thu8
  2. about £56.84Fri9
  3. about £44.11Sat10
  4. about £48.35Sun11
  5. about £44.11Mon12
  6. about £40.81Tue13
  7. about £29.98Wed14
  8. about £40.34Thu15
  9. about £39.88Fri16
  10. about £42.23Sat17
  11. about £36.57Sun18
  12. about £34.68Mon19
  13. about £32.34Tue20
  14. about £26.67Wed21
  15. about £33.75Thu22
  16. about £30.44Fri23
  17. about £33.75Sat24
  18. about £31.86Sun25
  19. about £28.56Mon26
  20. about £26.21Tue27
  21. about £24.80Wed28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Ghent. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ghent for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Gent Sint Pieters and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Luxembourg to Ghent

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £21.4990 days
  2. £30.4460 days
  3. £26.2145 days
  4. £24.8030 days
  5. £24.8021 days
  6. £26.6714 days
  7. £29.987 days
  8. £44.113 days
  9. £60.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £21.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 180 percent. The dearest point is £60.13, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£60.13£21.49137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Luxembourg to Ghent 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

248 km

235 km as the crow flies, 6% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

76,684 → 265,086

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 248 km against 235 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Brussels, Charleroi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Gent Sint Pieters

Most of the points near Gent Sint Pieters open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Luxembourg to Ghent

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 Luxembourg to Ghent?

Luxembourg to Ghent covers 248 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Luxembourg to Ghent?

The cheapest fare from Luxembourg to Ghent is £24.80, as of 7 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £35.87. 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 Luxembourg to Ghent?

The cheapest way from Luxembourg to Ghent is by train, at £24.80 for one passenger on 28 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Luxembourg to Ghent?

Fares from Luxembourg to Ghent bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £21.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 180 percent, measured on 7 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Luxembourg to Ghent?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Luxembourg to Ghent, at £26.67. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 7 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Luxembourg to Ghent?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Luxembourg to Ghent, at £21.49 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 Luxembourg to Ghent?

2 operators sell services from Luxembourg to Ghent across 1 mode: European Sleeper, 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 Luxembourg to Ghent?

0 percent of the services we sell from Luxembourg to Ghent are direct. The rest connect at Brussels, Charleroi, with about 45 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 Luxembourg to Ghent use?

Services from Luxembourg to Ghent by train leave from Luxembourg (LU) and arrive at Gent Sint Pieters. 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 Luxembourg to Ghent?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Luxembourg to Ghent allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Ghent a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ghent and across Belgium

Day trips that leave Ghent in the morning and cover a good part of Belgium by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Luxembourg reaches 61 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 76 to 10,141 km. Ghent reaches 13 places in 5 countries, from 39 to 686 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Luxembourg

  • 61Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 23Operators

Arriving in Ghent

Leaving Ghent

  • 13Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 7Operators

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