North: 18 minutes; Brussels Central: 24 minutes; Brussels Zuid/Midi: 30 minutes)
� Mechelen (20 minutes), Lier and Antwerp (50 minutes)
� Ghent (1 hour) and Bruges (1 hour 20 minutes)
� The Flemish coast, with trains to Ostend, Knokke and Blankenberge (1 hour 30 minutes) and De Panne (2 hours and 30 minutes)
� Aalst, Sint-Niklaas and Courtray to the West
� Aarschot, Diest, Tienen, Sint-Truiden, Hasselt, Genk and Tongeren to the East
� Liege (1 hour), Verviers and Eupen (1 hour 30 minutes) in the eastern part of Wallonia
� Mons (1 hour 30 minutes), Nivelles and Soignies in the western part of Wallonia
� Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, where there is a connection with the train to Namur and Luxembourg
Almost all cities can be reached by train through the Brussels North or Brussels Zuid/Midi hub.Thalys and Eurostar trains depart from Brussels Zuid/Midi.
By bus
There are bus lines from the cities around Leuven (Brussels, Tienen, Aarschot, Mechelen, Diest and Wavre), but connections by train are usually faster and cost about the same. Buses are sometimes faster if you want to go to Herentals, Turnhout, Geel or other towns in the Campine region.
By taxi
Licensed taxi's have yellow-and-blue (or the older red-and-white) colors on top. They can be found mostly at the airport. One-way to Leuven usually takes 20' (if traffic isn't dense) and costs about �55
