Belgium
Brussels
A capital radiating from the cobbled Grand-Place. On the metro, trams and buses, tap a bank card and ride.
Metro (Métro / Metro)
Updated on August 5, 2026
How to ride
- 1Sort out your ticket before you boardYou cannot buy a paper ticket on board. Tapping a contactless bank card on the reader is the quickest way in.
- 2Buy paper tickets from a red machineBlue machines only top up MOBIB cards. Red machines are also the only ones that take coins.
- 3Tap your card at the gate readerGreen lights, a beep and "OK" on the screen mean it worked. Red means it did not, and boarding anyway counts as fare evasion.
- 4Tap again at every transferWithin 60 minutes of your first validation nothing extra is charged. Above ground, tap again every time you board.
Fares
Single fares3
Passes & multi-ride3
Fare caps1
Card itself1
Estimates use exchange rates as of November 3, 2026
Payment
Tap to ride 
IC card 
App tickets 
QR ticketing 
Paper tickets 
Cash Quick facts
Fares
Brussels CardCovers the STIB network only; swap the code for a paper ticket at a GO machine
Daily fare capKeep tapping the same bank card and the day stops at €8.50
Transfer discountsConnections within 60 minutes of the first validation cost nothing extra
Facilities
Lifts (step-free)（Limited）Stations marked with the grey wheelchair logo have a lift or a ramp, and free assistance can be requested every day from 7 am to 11 pm.
Suitcases & luggage（Limited）Carry it with you; bags left standing in STIB infrastructure are removed at once
Toilets（Limited）Only some stations have one; paid, and only during metro service hours
Rules
Eating & drinking on board（Banned）The rules of transport list consuming food as a prohibited nuisance
Smoking（Banned）
Pets（Limited）Dogs must be leashed; animals that could soil or endanger others are barred
Fare evasion fine（Banned）€107 with no valid ticket, €214 for a repeat inside 24 months
Apps & info
Journey planner app (Google Maps)Fine for routing - just remember every station has both a French and a Dutch name
English signage（Unverified）Signage is French and Dutch; STIB does not say how much English there is
Operating hoursThe only network-wide figure STIB gives is that most metros, trams and buses run about 20 hours a day, seven days a week; for the actual times at your station, read the notices at the stop or the per-stop timetable on the STIB site or app. On Friday and Saturday nights, 11 Noctis bus lines run from midnight to 3 am at no extra charge, on your normal ticket or contactless card.
Heads-up
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A dead phone or watch counts as having no ticket
If you tapped in with a phone or a watch wallet, keep the device working until you are off. Cannot show it to an inspector and you are treated as having no valid ticket, with the surcharge that follows - a flat battery becomes a fine.
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Folded bikes ride anywhere, unfolded face limits
Your own bike or kick-scooter travels anywhere on the network when fully folded, as it then counts as luggage. Unfolded, it is allowed only on metro trains and low-floor trams (T2000, T3000, T4000), never on weekdays between 7-9 am and 4-6.30 pm, and never on high-floor trams (7700, 7900) or buses.
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Shared bikes and scooters: barred onboard, being withdrawn
Shared bikes and kick-scooters are barred from STIB stations and vehicles at all times. The shared fleets themselves are also going away - the Council of State annulled their licences on 29 July 2026, free-floating vehicles must be off the streets by 1 September 2026, and shared e-scooters are banned outright from 1 January 2027.
Timetable
Editor Naotaka