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Nantes, the entrance to Brittany

Travel quickly and eco-friendly by train to Nantes, avoiding extra costs along toll roads. Board the TGV Brussels-France in Brussels and arrive in the heart of the French city.

Quickly buy your tickets on our website and get ready for a relaxing stay in the Breton city of Nantes. Visit the cathedral and ducal castle there and be sure to taste the Gâteau nantais!
19 May (from 10 pm) and 20 May: strike in Belgium

Update 19/5, 7h25 am

Due to a strike, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Monday 19 May (10 pm) to Tuesday 20 May 2025 included.

An alternative train service will be drawn up based on available train staff. Take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after your international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains shortly across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge). More details on this alternative train service are available on www.belgiantrain.be.

All TGV INOUI, OUIGO and ICE trains operate normally. Likewise, most Eurostar trains will operate normally (except for 2 trains in both directions between Brussels and Paris).

However, several EuroCity and Eurocity Direct trains that connect Belgium and The Netherlands are cancelled on Tuesday 20/05.

EuroCity: 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. Cancelled trains:

  • 9227: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 09:44 - Rotterdam CS 11:50
  • 9243: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13:44 - Rotterdam CS 15:50
  • 9255: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:44 - Rotterdam CS 18:50
  • 9271: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 20:44 - Rotterdam CS 22:50
  • 9220: Rotterdam CS 09:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 11:17
  • 9248: Rotterdam CS 16:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 18:17
  • 9256: Rotterdam CS 18:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 20:17
  • 9268: Rotterdam CS 21:09 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 23:17

Eurocity Direct: half of the trains operating. Cancelled trains:

  • 9523: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 06:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 08:56
  • 9527: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 07:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 09:56
  • 9531: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 08:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 10:56
  • 9551: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 15:56
  • 9555: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 14:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 16:56
  • 9559: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 15:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 17:56
  • 9563: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 18:56
  • 9567: Brussels-Midi/Zuid 17:49 - Amsterdam Zuid 19:56
  • 9528: Amsterdam Zuid 10:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 12:11
  • 9532: Amsterdam Zuid 11:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 13:11
  • 9536: Amsterdam Zuid 12:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 14:11
  • 9540: Amsterdam Zuid 13:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 15:11
  • 9544: Amsterdam Zuid 14:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 16:11
  • 9564: Amsterdam Zuid 19:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 21:11
  • 9568: Amsterdam Zuid 20:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 22:11
  • 9572: Amsterdam Zuid 21:03 - Brussels-Midi/Zuid 23:11

We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.

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2 May - 15 June: engineering works on eastern bypass of Paris. Altered TGV INOUI services

Due to engineering works in the greater Paris area (Roissy Charles de Gaulle & Solers), several TGV INOUI trains connecting Brussels to France will be diverted from their usual itinerary from 2 May to 15 June 2025.

Besides, some TGV INOUI trains will be cancelled at different days within the period from 2 to 31 May 2025 :  

  • 9810 (Bruxelles-Midi 6:19 - Marseille St-Charles 12:24) : cancelled on 02/05, 03/05, 09/05, 10/05, 17/05, 30/05 and 31/05
  • 9812 (Bruxelles-Midi 7:52 - Montpellier St-Roch 14:03): cancelled on 30/05
  • 9826 (Bruxelles-Midi 10:00 - Montpellier Sud de France 15:50) : cancelled on 02/05, 03/05, 09/05, 10/05, 17/05, 30/05 and 31/05
  • 9836 (Bruxelles-Midi 16:00 - Montpellier St-Roch 22:02) : cancelled on 02/05, 09/05 and 30/05
  • 9854 (Marseille St-Charles 6:34 - Bruxelles-Midi 12:43) : cancelled on 02/05, 09/05 and 30/05
  • 9862 (Monptellier Sud de France 9:12 - Bruxelles-Midi 16:01 : cancelled on 02/05, 03/05, 09/05, 10/05 and 30/05
  • 9864 (Montpellier St-Roch 14:51 - Bruxelles-Midi 21:23) : cancelled on 03/05 et 10/05
  • 9866 (Marseille St-Charles 12:12 - Bruxelles-Midi 18:20) : cancelled on 02/05, 09/05 and 30/05
  • 9882 (Marseille St-Charles 17:12 - Bruxelles-Midi 23:02) : cancelled on 17/05

During the weekends of 7, 8 and 9 June and of 14 and 15 June 2025, TGV INOUI trains from/to Brussels will only operate between Brussels-Midi and Lille Europe.

  • Travel to France remains possible with a change in Lille, yet with a reduced train offer during the weekends.
  • From Brussels-Midi, passengers to Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Marne-la-Vallée - Chessy can use OUIGO or Eurostar trains to Paris Nord, and take a suburban RER train to their destination. 
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Brussels - Nantes Direct train 4:47
from € 49 *
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Paris - Nantes Direct train 1:56
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Amsterdam - Nantes With a change 6:35
from € 55 *
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Lille - Nantes Direct train 4:07
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Cologne - Nantes With a change 7:06
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