Getting Around Belgium

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At Charleroi airport there are two ticket dispensers where you can buy a single or a return ticket (return on the same day) valid for "any Belgian destination".This ticket covers a journey in a TEC bus (from the airport to Charleroi-Sud station) and a train journey (from Charleroi-Sud to any station in Belgium).
You can reach Brussels South Charleroi Airport easily from any station in Belgium.Ask for the "code 814 - O/W fare or code 815 return fare" at your local train station.
Bus A goes from the airport to Charleroi train station (€ 5, about 20 minutes):
http://sefora.b-rail.be/sefora/Sefora/berekenen.do?action=accessTicket&langue=3

They are overcharging customers also with many other means, like the damage excess amount described on insurance policy, for tiny scratches like dots, which they do not intend to repair, just to gain the money from innocent customers direct into their P&L.
We had a very bad experience with this company last summer on a car rental in Brussels, where a tiny scratch (size of a dot) was overcharged (€260,00 after discount) they said € 210,00 for labor and € 50 for paint !!!.
This is offensive/unaccepted when calculating that; they will not bring the car to garage for repairing for one tiny scratch- nobody do that. Additionally with let’s say 10 little scratches like this (10 X €260 equals = €2.600,00) , with a single visit to garage for repairing all
NOTE: the car had few other screeches much bigger than this one- evidence that they are not bringing the car for repair so they didn’t make an insurance claim for the damage.

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a building in the middle of the city and inside its a huge transport hub,commonly call the gare Centrale, it is a link between the stations gare du Nord and gare du Midi
It is said to be the most frequented station in Belgium even if it only has 6 tracks of trains.
The metro station by same name gare centrale is link to the station and connects with lines 1 and 5 of the metro system.
you have buses stopping here on lines lignes 29, 38, 63, 65, 66,71 ,and 86
tramways do not but they do come close to it on no 92 and 94.

on the SNCB site you have all the information on the station in French,
http://hari.b-holding.be/infsta/InfoStation.aspx?StationId=1000215&Lang=0
also the schedule sites has it in English in contact

We did use it on metro line 5 connection,and it was easy,there is also some stores on top in what it is a shopping center Victor Horta, named after the originator of the station

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well against popular views here, my driving in Europe has been superb, and Brussels is no exception. I have come and gone by personal car, rented cars out and in at the airport and gare du Midi train station and all has been very easy.

My last trip was no exception coming from France drove into Schaerbeek area and out, plus went to the botanique area to shop, very easy to load into the car lol!!!.

It is true parking on the street is not easy and need to pay, but what I do is park at Botanique or Rogier parking underground and move about to the areas I want to go. If walking is the best way to see the city, the car is the best way to get in and out of a city.

you can go on the link provided in contact, and place the mouse over the map of Brussels until the area you are going, then zero in maximizing until you get the exact address. Then trace it in your plan paper or viamichelin and off you go.

I arrive on the RO or Ring road of Brussels to exit No 13 or the road N8 at Chaussée de Ninove (where I always get in from France); past by suburbs of Dilbeek, Molenbeek, Anderlecht, under the tunnel Leopold II to left blvd Barthélemy, and then right on rue Antoine Dansaert to left blvd Anspach, to blvd Adolphe Max to right on blvd du jardin botanique.
and return on blvd du jardin botanique to blvd Adolphe Max left continuing on blvd Anspach then right on Rue Antoine Dansaert, then left on blvd de Nieuport to Chaussée de Ninove direction Mons to get on the RO ring road direction Mons. There you go on the Belgian A7 or E19 roads towards Paris.

see the pictures for the parkings.

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It has an elaborate system of public transport always in renovation and improvements. You have the choice of buses, tramways ,and metro/subway.

We try them all, taking bus 66, tramways 25 and 92, and metro lines 1,5, and 6. The best deal for a few days is the jump card of 10 trips for 13€ rather than individual 1,80 at machine to 2,50€ inside vehicle. There is a mobib cheaper for 10 trips at 11,80€ but we chose the alternatives to all transport. You can share the 10 with the family for the round trip.
in addition to main transport site ,there is another one that shows mobility on all modes here in French or Dutch
http://www.bruxellesmobilite.irisnet.be/content/se-deplacer-a-bruxelles/

It is a very easy system with machines in all underground stations and sometimes stand along on the bus tram stops. The indications are ok, and we didn't had any problems navigating the system.

plenty to do for the bike enthusiast as done by friends there;;the main recommended sites are

www.villo.be
Open 7j/7 and 24h/24, you can do day or night;and do unlimited trip depending on your purchase

www.provelo.org
the bornes to rent the bikes are at
Bois de la Cambre (Carrefour des Attelages)
Parc de la Woluwe (Bas du Parc)
Parc de la Pede (Anderlecht)
open from April to October , weekends from 12h-18h
all year at Maison des Cyclistes , rue de Londres 15 • 1050
Price is 7,00 €/hr, 15,00 €/day

www.recyclo.org

very easy all are interchange with connections.
some information to help you from a Belgian site
http://www.brussels.info/train-stations/

Bruxelles Centrale is at Carrefour de l'Europe,2 at 200 meters from the Grand Place
Bruxelles Midi, Rue de France,2
Bruxelles Nord, Rue du Progress 85
Bruxelles Luxembourg ,Pl du Luxembourg
Bruxelles Schuman, rond point Schuman
official train site at www.sncb.be
or www.b-rail.be
you can contact from abroad at +32 (0) 2 528 28 28

the metro bus site is here
http://www.stib.irisnet.be

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well when I need to use the train, business trip its normally the Thalys and I end up here at Bruxelles Midi,Rue de France, then I rent a car to my business branch. Lovely station, plenty of eateries and easy to walk thru it.
http://www.thalys.com/be/en/

you ,can ,also, get the Eurostar train and the TGV here.