Season ticket creation and renewal
Even better value when combined with a third-party payment agreement.
- Student (or Standard) season ticket for the daily journey + Student Multi (or Half-Time season ticket) for the other weekly journey.
- Student (or Standard) Season Ticket with 2 journeys. It's better value for money than 2 individual Student Season Tickets but this is not available on MoBIB. For this option, apply for a paper season ticket at the ticket office.
With a season ticket, you can embark or disembark at any stations/stops along the shortest route between your station and your destination. It may be the case that to reach your destination more quickly, you take a route other than the shortest one. Where this is the case, you are NOT permitted to embark or disembark at the stations/stops along this alternative route.
Even though you will be able to travel on the lines of these other transport companies (TEC, STIB and/or De Lijn), season tickets combined with the train are cannot by purchased from them.
You can easily renew your combined season ticket (train + metro/tram/bus) on the SNCB web site, at ticket vending machines and at SNCB ticket offices.
Are you between 18 and 24 years old? To renew your combined SNCB+TEC Next or Horizon season ticket, you need to create a new season ticket at the SNCB counters. The Next and Horizon season tickets for 18-24 year olds will be replaced by a cheaper Express season ticket.
It is not possible to renew these with other public transport companies.
For an SNCB season ticket (not combined), you can renew on the same day of the desired start date of validity. In the confirmation email, PDF tickets are provided so that you can travel on the first few days.
The Section and Student Season Tickets can be combined with a De Lijn supplement, for travelling by rail and then on bus throughout the entire De Lijn network.
- Don't yet have a MoBIB card: go to the ticket office
- Already have a MoBIB card, but I want to change routes: go to the ticket office
- Already have a MoBIB card, and I just want the same route: renew online or at a ticket vending machine provided it is within 31 days of the deadline for renewal.
- Initial purchase: go to the ticket office
- Already have a Student Multi or Half-Time Season Ticket, but I want to change route: go to the ticket office
- Already have a Student Multi or Half-Time Season Ticket, and I just want the same route: renew online or at a ticket vending machine provided it is within 31 days of the deadline for renewal.
To buy a season ticket for the first time, log on to My SNCB or go to the station ticket office with your completed application form. Take your e-ID card with you and the necessary certificates such as those provided by your employer or school.
To renew an existing subscription, log on to My SNCB.
What do you need?
- Your electronic identity card (to create your MoBIB card) or other proof of ID
- If your employer has signed a Third Party Agreement with SNCB, include the Third-Party Payment Certificate filled in by your employer
- If you would like a combined season ticket including the TEC Next supplement, let us know the names of the two TEC stops on your journey at the ticket counter.
Special requests
- If you wish to do so, you can download a season ticket request form and fill it in on behalf of someone else. The completed and signed form can them be handed over when you apply at the ticket counter.
- If you are over 18 years of age and would like a Student Season Ticket or Student Multi, you will need to provide an SNCB template proof of enrolment (pdf) filled in by your educational establishment. In the case of a Student Season Ticket loaded onto a MoBIB card, you will need to submit a new application, accompanied by proof of enrolment, every year.
- If a duplicate cannot be issued, please contact the Customer Service.
Most season tickets are loaded onto your personal MOBIB card.
For season tickets that are still in paper format, such as the Half-Time season ticket or the Student Multi, your season ticket comprises:
- The plastic card with the photo and season ticket holder’s information
- The validation ticket stating the valid period of travel, and 10 pre-printed journeys
To purchase or renew a Student Season Ticket and/or a Student Multi, a school certificate is required if you reach the age of 18 during the validity of your subscription.
What is a valid school certificate?
This certificate must contain the same data as your subscription (first and last name, date of birth, school period and train station corresponding to your school or traineeship) and must be signed by your school.
The following documents are accepted:
- A proof of enrolment form, completed and signed by your school
- Certificate from your school proving that you are attending that school or place of traineeship during the validity of your subscription
- Certificate of enrolment (after payment of the enrolment fee) is valid as a school certificate
The following documents are not accepted:
- School certificate from a school far from one of the train stations of your subscription
- School certificate whose dates of attendance do not correspond to the dates of validity of your subscription
- pre-registration form with payment slip
- Student card
If the proof of enrolment is invalid, you will be informed by email. We will cancel your validation and your season ticket will be deleted from your MoBIB card. You will be refunded the full amount if the validation period has not yet begun. If the validation period has already begun, a €10 administration fee will be retained.
How to obtain a valid school certificate?
There are 2 possibilities:
- You can ask your school’s administration to fill in our template of proof of enrolment
- Your school provides you directly with a valid certificate that corresponds to your subscription (first and last name, address, date of birth and school period for which you are registered)
If your employer has signed a third-party payment agreement with SNCB, it pays for ( a part of) your season ticket. The third-party payment certificate serves as proof of your employer's contribution.
- 80/20 scheme: the employee doesn't have to pay anything. The cost of the season ticket will be billed to the employer.
- No 80/20 scheme: the employee only pays for the port not included in the contribution.The remainder will be billed to the employer.
- Student and Standard Season Tickets:
The price is calculated based on the distance travelled between the departure and destination stations, whether you travel first or second class and the valid term. Season tickets can be combined with STIB/TEC/De Lijn for a supplement. - Student Multi and Half-Time Season Tickets: The price is calculated based on the distance travelled between the departure and destination stations, whether you travel first or second class.
Would you like to find out how much a product costs? Choose the product best suited to your needs, calculate the price of your season ticket based on your journey, your age bracket and the frequency of your journeys.
- Find the season ticket best suited to you
- Calculate the price of your season ticket: Student Season Ticket, Standard Season Ticket, Student Multi, Abonnement Mi-temps
Would you like to know how much it would cost to renew your season ticket? Log in to your My SNCB account.
If you are travelling to Lille Europe by TGV, Eurostar or Thalys, go to a station offering an international service (Arlon, Antwerp-Berchem, Antwerp-Central, Bruges, Brussels Airport-Zaventem, Brussels-Central, Brussels-Luxembourg, Brussels-South, Brussels-North, Charleroi-South, Kortrijk, Eupen, Gent-Sint-Pieters, Hasselt, Liège-Guillemins, Leuven, Mechelen, Mons, Namur, Ostend, Ottignies).
For all other destinations, visit the website of SNCB International.