Charleroi Transportation

Bus A goes to the train station (€ 3, about 20 minutes), you can buy a reduces combination ticket to every train station in Belgium (Brussels for instance € 11,70, Liege € 16,10)
http://sefora.b-rail.be/sefora/Sefora/berekenen.do?action=accessTicket&langue=3

There are 2 options to go to Brussels.
The 1st is to use Brussels City Shuttle (the stop is to the right side from the exit) which goes to the Southern railway station (Brussels Midi). The fee is EUR 13 per person. Here is the timetable http://www.charleroi-airport.com/en/passengers/acces-and-parking/brussels-city-shuttle/index.html
The 2nd option (that we used) is to get bus to the railway station of Charleroi where to get the train to Brussels. The bus has a stop to the left side from the exit. You may buy ticket in the special machine near of the stop (besides it is possible to buy ticket for train as well). The route bus+train to Brussel was EUR 10 per person. Timetable of trains is here: http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/

Absolutely do not trust Airportways shuttle company.
They are not serious
You pay in advance and they forget to pick you up (I had to get a taxi after 25 minutes waiting);
when you ask the refund, they forget you again.
pj

Non fidatevi di Airportways shuttle company - é un bidone !
Ho pagato in anticipo per 6 persone e hanno dimenticato di venirmi a prendere - Ho atteso 25 minuti e poi sono stato costretto a prendere un taxi.
Quando ho chiesto il rimborso (dopo aver documentato le mie telefonate fatte inutilmente all'autista) non hanno neanche risposto.

pj

Charleroi Airport is also called Brussels South. Be careful because Brussels is actually about 65 km away from the airport.

To get to Brussels, 3 options:

1/ Take the public bus A to Charleroi train station (in the city centre) which costs 2,50€ and from there take a train to Brussels, which costs about 7,50€ one way.
If you want to go to another city (Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges, ...) it's cheaper to buy a combined train-bus ticket at the Press Shop at the airport
2/ Take the direct shuttle bus from the airport to Brussels Midi Station. Cost: 13 euro one way or 22 euro return ticket. The bus leaves 20 times a day, +/- every 45 min.

3/ Take a taxi, which costs +/- 120 euro.

Charleroi is the 2nd biggest Belgian airport that hosts mainly low cost airlines.

The main company is Ryanair. They have more than 30 destinations from Charleroi Airport. More info: www.ryanair.com

Other companies are Wizz Air and JetAirfly
More info: www.wizzair.com and www.jetairfly.com

I work at Charleroi airport, so don't hesitate to ask me any questions.

Please note that since the 29th of January 2008, we have a whole new bigger airport, location is about 10 min from the ancient one. More info: www.charleroi-airport.com

DO NOT USE CHARLEROITRANSFER: sometimes they do not pick you up and they do not return the money (although it is their fault!!).

I had the same problem as others:

they called me 10 minutes before the pick up and told me that the car had broken down. AS I was in a hurry, I had to pay 115€ to go to Charleroi by taxi and they gave me no refund of the transfer I had already paid.

They have the worst service ever!! be careful!

L'Elan is a car company actives from years in the country. Formerly specialized in school travel, they work now a lot with Charleroi Airport.
I think you can contact them to get a travel quotation.

This company http://www.casteltourisme.be/ could also give you a good service.

Best regards,

I tried to use the door to door service of Charleroi, although I had heard reviews that sometimes they just dont come while you are returning. In spite of that, for comfortability I took the risk which was a terrible experience. For onward journey, the taxi did not come on time, and when it came, the driver kept on roaming to some place in opposite directions because he did not have the complete address of the second pick up person. We reached airport just 10 minutes before check-in. And the worst case was that the taxi indeed did not come at all while we were returning. Although I had confirmed from the concerned person (Daniel) so that we do not need to wait or airport. He confirmed at that moment, but when we reached airport, there was no taxi. I tried calling him and he just switched off the phone. The height of carelessness is that the number they mention as emergency number does not work all the time and they switch it off whenever they expect some call from customer. Seeing no other option, I had to hire other taxi service at that night as there was no other way and had to pay extra 100 euros to that taxi to return home as being night we had no other means to reach home. So, the money I paid to charleroi transfer for door to door pick up had actually gone waste. I tried calling him later for an explanation, wroter several mails, but the most strange part was that only once he (Daniel) replied that such things do happen during journeys and we need to be prepared about that. Never expected such an irresponsible service.
Would not recommend charleroi door to door service at all, as they get paid in advance and then you get to notice the irresponsible way they treat you. There is no way you could make sure that they send taxi while you are returning. If there is no other passenger, they simply dont send the taxi and keep mobile off.