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Hi! I will be an Erasmus student in Lille and I'm arranging my travel from Brussels to Lille. Because of a late flight to Brussels(arriving at 19;30), I estimated that I can reach Lille around midnight on Sunday with Eurolines bus. I am wondering where do these buses usually stop in Lille and if there is a public transport in this hour? If not, do you know how much a taxi will cost from the bus station to the hall of residence of USTL? My other variant is to take a really early flight to Charleroi(arr. 8:10) and then probably a train or bus. I will be grateful if someone can suggest me the cheapest/fastest variant from Charleroi to Lille. Thank you in advance!
To answer the second question first, there is a direct train once every hour between Charleroi (Sud) station and Lille (Flandres) station, taking about 1hr 30 minutes for the journey. All you have to figure out is how to get from Charleroi airport to the Sud Station. That seems very straightforward. (Lille Flandres station is next to the larger and newer Lille Europe station and both are on the Metro.) The last train from Brussels airport to Lille is at 1950, so that's not an option for plan A. The Eurolines website gives the Lille address/stopping point as Lille : Boulevard de Leeds - arrêt autocar / métro «Lille Europe», le long de la gare TGV Lille Europe eurolines.fr/destinations/de... According to Google Maps the location of the USTL is close to the Metro station 'CITE SCIENTIFIQUE' on Line 1. The public transport site for Lille is www.transpole.fr and a quick look tells me that the metro operates through the city centre out to the suburbs until about 0030/0045 every day. A few of the bus routes also run until about 0030/0045. I have used the trams and metro in Lille which are both very efficient. I hope that helps.
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Arriving in Charleroi in the morning might be the better option. From Charleroi Airport, there is a public bus just outside the airport that will take you to Charleroi Sud Train Station. Bus fare is €2.50. From there, you can take the train to Lille Flandres. It will take an hour and a half to get there. Full fare is €20.80. I hope this helps.
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Firstly, I want to thank to all of you about the fast replies! Probably, this is dangerous, because I will keep in mind for the next time I'm in a hard decisive situation :) As far as I see, I should take the advice about the early morning arrival. The only thing that I didn't get is about the Charleroi Sud station - the site of the belgian railways shows me that there are ~15(?) different variants of the 'Charleroi Sud'. Probably these are the different tracks on the station? Also, can and should I book my ticket for the train before my arrival in Charleroi?
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