Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk train

Trains from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk start at €11.88 and take 1h 27m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 27m door to door, run by 2 operators over 85 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 27mDoor to door
  • 43mMoving
  • €13.54 to €23.99From
  • 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 2.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€13.54 to €23.99 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Nmbs/sncb runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

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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 €21.24Mon21
  2. about €19.04Tue22
  3. about €23.99Wed23
  4. about €22.34Thu24
  5. about €20.69Fri25
  6. about €21.24Sat26
  7. about €22.34Sun27
  8. about €13.54Mon28
  9. about €15.19Tue29
  10. about €15.19Wed30
  11. about €17.39Thu1
  12. about €14.64Fri2
  13. about €15.19Sat3
  14. about €15.74Sun4

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

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€11.88
  1. SNCF Voyageurs SN869906:4345m07:28Molenbeek-Saint-Jean stationKortrijk railway station

Door to door 1h 29mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Fastest€11.89
  1. Nmbs/sncb N240406:1243m06:55Molenbeek-Saint-Jean stationKortrijk railway station

Door to door 1h 27mCO2 2.8 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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

A hotel room

A room in Kortrijk for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk

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

  1. €13.5490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €11.8845 days
  4. €11.8830 days
  5. €13.5421 days
  6. €15.7414 days
  7. €22.347 days
  8. €23.993 days
  9. €21.241 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €23.99, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €15.74Sun
  2. €13.54Mon
  3. €15.19Tue
  4. €15.19Wed
  5. €17.39Thu
  6. €14.64Fri
  7. €15.19Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Kortrijk

Rail
  • Kortrijk railway station
  • Kortrijk-West railway station
  • Kortrijk-Vorming railway station
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 85 km against 74 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 Brugge, Gent, Mons, La Louvière. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Molenbeek-Saint-Jean at 06:12 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk take?

The Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk takes 1h 27m door to door, of which 43m is spent moving. The route runs 85 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk cost?

The Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €21.78. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk?

2 operators run the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk: Nmbs/sncb, SNCF Voyageurs. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk use?

The Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk leaves from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean station and arrives at Kortrijk railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk?

Fares for the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk produce?

The Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk produces about 2.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 85 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk?

Operators on the Train from Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 27m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Molenbeek-Saint-Jean to Kortrijk on September 20, 2026: 85 km of route against 74 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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