Brussels Airport will be reachable from the German city of Cologne via a new direct high-speed rail connection starting September 7, German rail operator Deutsche Bahn announced on Thursday.
The trains are set to run twice daily, with a journey time of around two hours. The service will continue to its final stop in the Belgian city of Antwerp.
Deutsche Bahn said its latest model of its high-speed ICE trains will be deployed on the route, with the morning service scheduled to arrive at Brussels Airport at 8:29 am. Along the way, trains will stop in Aachen, Liège and Leuven.