There are 11 ways to get from Brest to Genk by train (TGV, Eurostar), bus, train, car, plane, or train (TGV)
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Train via Paris
best- Take the train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to GenkIc / ...
8h 16m€105–317Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Brest - SNCF Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to GenkIc / ...
16h 38m€42–121Drive 920.1 km
- Drive from Brest to Genk920.1 km
9h 7m€143–206Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)BES - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
10h 20m€151–339Train
- Take the train from Brest to RennesTgv
- Take the train from Rennes to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to GenkIc / ...
10h 3m€120–253Bus
- Take the bus from Brest to Lille
- Take the bus from Lille to Brussels-North train station328 / ...
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to Hasselt Station
17h 59m€67–161Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)BES - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Genk
8h 7m€159–469Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)BES - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Hasselt
10h 12m€164–474Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Brussels Airport (BRU)BES - BRU
- Take the train from Louvain to Genk
8h 10m€171–409Fly Brest Bretagne Airport to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Brest Bretagne Airport (BES) to Luxembourg (LUX)BES - LUX
- Take the train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Take the train from Landen to Genk
12h 54m€158–422Train to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Take the train from Brest to Nantes
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)NTE - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Take the train from Anvers-Central to Hasselt
11h 43m€176–476
Brest to Genk by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brest to Genk is to bus and train which costs €40 - €130 and takes 16h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Brest to Genk is to fly and train which takes 8h 7m and costs €150 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Brest to Genk station. However, there are services departing from Brest and arriving at Genk Station perron 13 via Lille, Brussels-North train station and Hasselt Station perron 9. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 59m.
No, there is no direct train from Brest to Genk. However, there are services departing from Brest and arriving at Genk via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Nord and Bruxelles-Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 16m.
The distance between Brest and Genk is 1025 km. The road distance is 920.1 km.
The best way to get from Brest to Genk without a car is to train via Paris which takes 8h 16m and costs €100 - €320.
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Brest to Genk, including transfers.
Brest to Genk bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Brest station.
Brest to Genk train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Brest station.
The best way to get from Brest to Genk is to train via Paris which takes 8h 16m and costs €100 - €320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €170 and takes 17h 59m.
What companies run services between Brest, France and Genk, Belgium?
You can take a train from Brest to Genk via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare du Nord, Paris Nord, and Bruxelles-Midi in around 8h 16m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Brest to Genk Station perron 13 via Lille, Brussels-North train station, and Hasselt Station perron 9 in around 17h 59m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–440
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–600
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–440
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–500
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–300
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Brussels Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–360
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–260
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–480
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–750
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–480
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–480
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Brest Bretagne Airport to Luxembourg via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–380
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Rennes to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Brest to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–120
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €50–75
- Rail 1st Class
- €80–120
Train from Brest to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Brest to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €17–24
Train from Anvers-Central to Hasselt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Louvain to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–13
- 1st Class
- €13–19
Train from Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €22–35
Train from Landen to Genk
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–9
- 1st Class
- €9–14
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Herzogenrath
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Antwerpen-Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–110
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Brest - SNCF Train Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Brussels - Midi Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–40
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brest to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lille to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to Hasselt Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Brest to Genk bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Lille station.
Brest to Genk train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Brest to Genk is 920 km. It takes approximately 9h 7m to drive from Brest to Genk.
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