Preferential Reimbursement
Are you entitled to Preferential Reimbursement for healthcare costs? Then you're eligible for a discount on train travel in Belgium with the Preferential Reimbursement Discount Card.
- 40% discount in 2nd and 1st class
- valid throughout Belgium
- a valid Preferential Reimbursement Discount Card is required to purchase the ticket
- the discount card is strictly personal and non-transferable
Buy Train+ and enjoy even cheaper, more flexible travel:
- Pay no more than €5.50 per journey (2nd class), no matter the time or distance.
- Receive an extra 40% discount on top of your already reduced fare during off-peak hours (9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 6 a.m.), as well as on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.
- Only €4/month or €32/year*.
Practical info
Apply for your Preferential Reimbursement Discount card online via your My SNCB-NMBS account, or visit the ticket office at a station of your choice.
At the ticket office, show your identity card and your personalised MoBIB card (SNCB, STIB, De Lijn or TEC). Don't have a MoBIB card yet? You can apply for a new one there for €6.
The ticket office employee will check your application by connecting to the Crossroads Bank for Social Security. Personal social data is managed in the database by the relevant health insurance fund. If the result is positive, the ticket office employee will add the Preferential Reimbursement card to your MOBIB card.
- each year if you are under 65
- every 5 years if you are 65 or older
- Buy your ticket in 2nd class.
- Purchase a Class upgrade supplement for the same journey.
- At the ticket check, present your Preferential Reimbursement 2nd class ticket, your Class Upgrade and your MoBIB card (or your paper Preferential Reimbursement Discount Card) at the ticket control. If your discount card is loaded onto your MoBIB card, the attendant will scan it.
You can open the gates at Brussels Airport-Zaventem station with the QR code that appears on your ticket.
MoBIB card
Has your MoBIB card been lost, stolen, expired or damaged? You can easily request a new one online via your MySNCB account or at one of our ticket offices. The issuing cost is €6.
If you have a personalized STIB/MIVB MoBIB card (with your name and a photo of yourself on it), register it in our systems before requesting your Preferential Reimbursement Discount Card online.
If you don't have a personalized MoBIB card, you can also order one online.
Yes, you can take your MOBIB card to De Lijn shop, but not at the TEC shop. The code on the card allows them to verify your entitlement to the De Lijn subscription with Preferential Reimbursement.
To receive the Preferential Reimbursement from TEC, you must apply separately for your discount with TEC.
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The minimum price for a train journey is €2.6 (rounded) in second class, whether you have Train+ or not.
The benefits and discounts linked to Train+ may evolve throughout the validity of your Train+. The conditions applicable are those in effect at the time of travel.
