Wheelchair users no longer have to book in advance with De Lijn since 1 February. They can only get on and off at wheelchair accessible stops. According to De Lijn, more than a third of the approximately 36.000 stops are wheelchair accessible. One condition is that the wheelchair space on the vehicle must still be free.
Until now, wheelchair users could already get on and off sixty De Lijn bus and tram lines without reservation. But on other lines, they often still have to reserve a place on a specific bus ride that was outdated at least 24 hours in advance. This is because wheelchair users can now find out for themselves whether the stops they want to use are wheelchair accessible and because the majority of buses and trams have also been adapted for wheelchairs.
De Lijn prices considerably more expensive as of 1 February
The carrier has her entrance fee made considerably more expensive as of 1 February. The main changes at a glance:
The SMS ticket will no longer cost 2,25 euros but will cost 2,65 euros. Those who have a smartphone are therefore much cheaper with an m-ticket via an app. The price of this remains 1,8 euros.
A group ticket for ten or more people will also become considerably more expensive: from 1,30 euros per trip to 1,60 euros per ride (+23 percent).
The day pass will cost 7,5 euros both on card and digitally. At the moment this is still 6 euros in the app, and 7 euros via the points of sale.
The price of the ten-ride tickets remains unchanged: 16 euros on a ticket or 15 euros via smartphone.
The price of the standard and weekend tickets will increase by 1,53 percent on average.
The prices of the home-work subscriptions, the school subscriptions and the derivative products of the subscriptions rise by 2,87 percent.
The Key Card, for short distances within a certain zone, will be 30 cents more expensive.
The subscriptions become more expensive, except for the monthly subscriptions. For example, an Omnipas, a subscription for 25 to 64 year olds, goes from 319 to 329 euros per year. The subscription for people over 65 will cost 55 euros instead of 54 euros per year.
A ticket for a single ride in presale becomes cheaper: from 3 to 2,5 euros. You can buy that ticket from the driver with cash until July 1, but then the ride will still cost 3 euros. After 1 July you can only pay electronically.
The senior ticket now costs 20 cents more, but these tickets can now also be used during all weekends of the summer holidays.
Prices of leisure products for young people remain unchanged. This concerns the Go Pass 1, Go Pass 10 and Go Unlimited, a free route for young people up to 26 years old. The price of the Rail Pass also remains the same.
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