Editing Ghent Functional Programming Group/BelHac (section)

=== Getting to Ghent ===

The nearest airport is the Brussels Airport in Zaventem (code: BRU). The train station connected to this airport has an excellent connection with Ghent (Gent in Dutch). The train schedule is pretty regular and should be more or less the same through the entire day after 9:00 AM -- pending accidents, delays, etc. So just replace the 'hour' of the ride with the hour at which you'll arrive at the train station and you're set. For example, for train reaching Ghent prior to 10AM, the schedule looks as follows.

{| class="wikitable"
! Time of departure
! Time of arrival
! Change trains at
|-
| 7:27 (dir. Nijvel)
| 8:36
| Brussel-Noord (dir. Oostende)
|- 
| 7:52 (dir. De Panne)
| 8:45
|
|-
| 8:10 (dir. Gent, stops everywhere!)
| 9:35
| Brussel-Noord (dir. St.-Niklaas); Dendermonde (dir. Brugge)
|-
| 8:36 (dir. Quevy)
| 9:36 
| Brussel-Noord (dir. Oostende)
|- 
| 8:52 (dir. De Panne)
| 9:45
|
|}

Basically, unless the train leaving at the airport is an IC or IR type connected to Ghent and beyond, you are best of when changing trains in Brussels (station Brussel-Noord (North)). There you are best off taking the IC train to either Oostende or Knokke/Blankenberge. In both cases, Ghent St.-Pieters is the first stop after Brussel-Zuid (South) or Bruxelles-Midi (in French), i.e., the third stop if you change train at Brussel-Noord.