Travel to Heerlen

Every way to reach Heerlen: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Heerlen is reachable from 22 places across 2 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 2 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin is 40 km away.

Checked 2 October 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Heerlen

Every mode that actually calls at Heerlen, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train44€11.881h 9m196 km2
  • 22Places you can arrive from
  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 2Operators

The train gets you into Heerlen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to sleep in Heerlen

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km44100%Liège, 40 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Heerlen that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Belgium4295%
Luxembourg25%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Heerlen

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Heerlen

Rail
  • Heerlen railway station
  • Heerlen de Kissel railway station
  • Heerlen Woonboulevard railway station
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Heerlen

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Heerlen, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Liège to Heerlen train€11.881h 9m40 km
Seraing to Heerlen train€11.881h 15m47 km
Hasselt to Heerlen train€11.881h 12m45 km
Leuven to Heerlen train€14.641h 36m90 km
Namur to Heerlen train€14.641h 38m91 km
Mechelen to Heerlen train€16.841h 44m107 km
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert to Heerlen train€17.391h 43m109 km
Brussels to Heerlen train€17.941h 48m115 km
Schaarbeek to Heerlen train€17.941h 43m113 km
Ixelles-Elsene to Heerlen train€17.941h 43m113 km
Deurne to Heerlen train€17.941h 42m112 km
Anderlecht to Heerlen train€18.491h 44m117 km
Antwerp to Heerlen train€18.491h 46m117 km
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Heerlen train€18.491h 47m117 km
Uccle to Heerlen train€18.491h 43m116 km
Charleroi to Heerlen train€19.041h 52m120 km

A day in Heerlen carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Heerlen railway station

Most of the points near Heerlen railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Popular journeys to Heerlen

Common questions about Travel to Heerlen

How can I get to Heerlen?

Heerlen is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 22 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 2 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Heerlen?

The cheapest way into Heerlen is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 22 origins we sell into Heerlen over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Heerlen?

The fastest journey into Heerlen is by Train, at 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 40 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Heerlen have?

Heerlen has 3 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Heerlen railway station, Heerlen de Kissel railway station, Heerlen Woonboulevard railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Heerlen from within 200 km?

44 of the routes we sell into Heerlen start within 200 km. The nearest is Liège, 40 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Heerlen in Netherlands?

Heerlen connects to 22 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 196 km away in a straight line. Netherlands routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Netherlands

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Heerlen is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Heerlen

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

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