Brussels transport passes: STIB, Brupass and what they cost

Brussels public transport fares are set by the Brussels-Capital Region government. Its fares decree, published in the Moniteur belge on 10 December 2025, applies from 1 February 2026. The main passes:

• STIB 1 month — €56; STIB 12 months — €560
• Brupass 1 month — €68; Brupass 12 months — €680 — a combined pass that also covers other operators' services
• Brupass XL 1 month — €94; 12 months €940 — the extended combined pass
• STIB Airport Line 1 month — €68

The STIB pass covers metro, tram and bus on the STIB network; Brupass is the one to choose if your daily journey also uses another operator's services — STIB staff can confirm which pass fits your route.

Source: Brussels-Capital Region fares decree of 13 November 2025 (Moniteur belge, 10 December 2025), published by STIB-MIVB, read 7 October 2026.

The decree sets several heavily reduced annual passes:

• STIB 18–24, Brussels resident — €12 for 12 months
• STIB school pass — €12 for 12 months, and free from the third purchase in a family
• STIB BIM (for people entitled to the increased reimbursement rate) — €9.20 a month
• children under 6 travel free, without a ticket

For a family moving to Brussels with teenagers or young adults, those rates change the transport budget entirely: a year of travel for a 20-year-old resident costs less than a single month at the full price.

Passes are loaded onto a MOBIB card, which costs €6.

For occasional travel, the 2026 single fares:

• STIB 1 journey — €2.40, plus €0.50 if loaded onto a paper ticket
• STIB 1 day — €9.00
• Brupass 10 journeys — €18.90

The easiest option for a newcomer is simply to tap a contactless bank card. The decree sets a daily maximum of €8.50 when you pay by EMV bank card, so a busy day of travel never costs more than that.

At €2.40 a journey, the €56 monthly pass pays for itself at around 24 journeys a month — roughly one return trip on most working days.