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Getting from Amsterdam to Lille is easy! On this train journey, you just need to change trains once, at Brussels (Midi/Zuid) station, after your arrival there from Amsterdam.
This journey of over 300 km from Netherlands to France takes just over 2:37 on high-speed trains. And as an added bonus, you’ll arrive in the city centre!
The first leg of your journey will take you from the central station in Amsterdam to Brussels (Midi/Zuid) station. This service runs several times a day with high-speed Eurostar or InterCity trains.
At Brussels (Midi/Zuid) station, board the Eurostar or TGV INOUI trains to Lille. All you have to do is change platforms after your arrival from Amsterdam. Very easy!
There are around 8 direct trains from Brussels to Lille on weekdays. They’ll take you to Lille Europe train station in around 35 minutes. One of 2 major railway stations in the city, Lille Europe is an international hub for Eurostar and TGV INOUI, so if your journey’s taking you further into France, this is the ideal starting point to do so.
Update: 27/01, 4pm
Due to announced strike, fewer trains are operating on the Belgian rail network from Sunday 25 January (10 pm - CET) to Friday 30 January 2026 included.
An alternative train service has been drawn up based on available train staff. Day after day, the details of this alternative train service are available 24h in advance on www.belgiantrain.be.
Please take this alternative train service into account if you need to take a domestic connection in Belgium before or after an international train journey, or if you need to take our regional trains just across the border (Roosendaal, Maastricht, Aachen, Luxembourg, Lille or Maubeuge).
About international trains:
Eurostar:
Eurostar trains operate normally. Check Eurostar's timetables.
ICE (Brussels-Cologne-Francfort)
EuroCity (Brussels-Rotterdam)
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 January, 12 trains out of 16 will operate in each direction. The following trains are cancelled:
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 January, 8 trains out of 16 circulent will operate from Belgium to the Netherlands (most of them will terminate in Rotterdam, however). 9 trains out of 16 will operate from the Netherlands to Belgium (most of them departing from Rotterdam). The following trains are cancelled:
Besides, Eurocity Direct 9512 (departing from Amsterdam Zuid 06:03) will terminate in Antwerpen-Centraal instead of Brussels.
Validity of tickets for EuroCity and Eurocity Direct:
TGV INOUI
All TGV INOUI trains to and from Brussels are operating, except for:
Monday 26/01
Tuesday 27/01, Wednesday 28/01 an Thursday 29/01.
Friday 30/01
OUIGO Brussels-Paris
Nightjet
Please check this page regularly for further updates.
Due to engineering works near the French border, InterCity trains connecting Belgium and Lille Flandres will be replaced by substitution buses from Saturday 21 February to Sunday 1 March between Tournai and Lille Flandres and between Mouscron/Moeskroen and Lille Flandres.
