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 Ieper Train Station,Ieper,West
Flanders,Belgium. by Greggor58, 2 more photos
I used the train to get from Brussels to Ieper and the trip was smooth and took about an hour and a half...when I arrived in Brussels via Thalys Train service from Paris I checked in with the ticket sales person who spoke French and English as well as Dutch...just to confirm that I was going to the correct platform for the train to Ieper...
The Station in Ieper was fairly small and the agent on duty was quite helpful.I arrived the evening of Easter Sunday.....it was pretty sleepy...not me ...the station.....as I was staying outside of town a few kilometers he arranged a taxi for me...
There are storage lockers here at the Ieper train station as well as an automated ticket machine for train tickets....
They rent bicycles here also...
My Thalys ticket was good for ANY Belgium station and cost me next to nothing for the extra...to travel from Ieper to Brugge the cost was an even 11 Euro....as was the fare to travel from Brugge to the National Airport in Brussels...
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I used this taxi company a few times to get myself to or from my hotel..I walked the four kilometers more than once but it certainly was more than once a necessity to have some sort of transport..arriving into town and no available buses and luggage...
Prices were a bit high I thought....about twelve Euros to or from Hotel Kasteelhof 't Hooghe...
The four different times I used they're services there were three different drivers.Every time they showed up when they said they would after a call had been made...and the van that was being driven was always clean and the drivers friendly and polite...
Had I been in Ieper longer I certainly would have rented a bike to get myself in and out of town or around the countryside...
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 Extra bus at the ieper market
square by pieter_jan_v, 1 more photos
Ieper has many bus connections to surrounding villages and towns.
Here's an overview (these busses depart from the train station):
-20-Ieper-Merkem-Diksmuide
-40-Ieper-Kortemark-Torhout
-60-Ieper-Poperinge-Abele
-70-Ieper-Kemmel-Nieuwkerke (de Seule)
-71-Ieper-Dikkebus-Klijte-Dorp-Dranouter
-72-Ieper-Mesen-Le Bizet
-84-Ieper-Wervik(Geluwe)-Menen-Moeskroen
-89-Ieper-Komen
Local "Belbus" (mini vans):
-29-Ieper North
-39-Ieper East
-79-Ieper South
Informatie at:
Lijnwinkel shop
M. Haiglaan 33
8900 Ieper
Short distance tickets (1 & 2 zones) Lijnkaart Euro 0.80 (pre-sale); Euro 1.00 at the driver
Long distance ticket (3 & more zones) Lijnkaart Euro 1.50 (pre-sale); Euro 1.70 at the driver. Leave a Comment
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 Parking meters by Dabs
We parked right in the Market Square, I don't recall exactly how much it was an hour but it didn't seem expensive. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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 LF 6A cycle route sign by pieter_jan_v
From Ieper you can cycly the Peace bicycle route of 44km.
A longer one is the Kanaaldijkenroute of 65 km. Leave a Comment
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 Downtown parking rules
and fees - Ieper by pieter_jan_v
Parking your car is not that difficult at downtown Ieper.
The big market square has room enough, but on Saturdays when the weekly street market is held. Side streets offer more opportunities.
Parking in the old part of town costs money, but at a surprisingly low fee:
Euro 0.50 per hour between 8AM and noon and between 1.30PM and 6PM;
maximum parking time: 3 hours.
Near the train station is a lot of free parking space.
If you stay a night you could select an accommodation just outside the old town and park your car there. Some of the old town hotels have reserved parking spaces/garages, but the costs sometimes are higher than the street parking fee.
One more car tip: The Menin Gate is closed from 7.45PM till 8.15PM each day for the Last Post ceremony. Leave a Comment
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Most people probably do not spend more than a day in Ieper unless there is a family connection to WWI, we drove from Brugge that morning and then doubled back to Antwerp, you could also do it easily as a daytrip from Brugge if you have a car or there appears to be a train connection from Brugge as well. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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You can go both to Calais and Zeebrugge and easily drive from there apart from Brussels.
If you rely on public transport, there are a decent amount of direct daily trains from for instance Brussels although they tend to be slower than the InterCity ones to Bruges/Oostend/Knokke. From some Belgian cities you might have to change at Kortrijk. Interesting is also that you can get to Kortrijk (Courtrai in French) from the French city of Lille in a short time so this might be worth exploring if you go by for instance Eurostar from London (the Eurostar and national stations in Lille are different but close to each other). Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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