Courtray can be easily accessed by various types of transport:
By plane
Courtray Airport
Mainly business travel. No daily passenger services.Daily connections by train to Brussels Airport. Lille Airport can also be an option.
By bus
Next to the train station there is a large bus station, giving access to regional bus lines and a well constructed city bus network. Eurolines buses stop at the train station or at the Kinepolis cinema, outside the city. The Kinepolis site has good connections to the train station.
Thalys/Eurostar/TGV lines do not stop at Courtray. There is a direct connection to the Lille Flandres and Lille Europe train station 30 minutes by train however. Accessing Courtray from England/Paris through stopping in Lille is easier to do than going to Brussels and taking the regional train in Brussels.
By car
Courtray has an inner circle, the R8. This highway is connected to the A19 Ypres/Ieper, E403 Bruges/Brugge, Ostend/Oostende, Tournai/Doornik and the E17 Lille/Rijsel, Ghent/Gent, Antwerp/Antwerpen, Brussels/Brussel.
By train
Courtray's main railway station is an intercity train station. Situated in the heart of Courtray, you have easy connections to Ghent, Antwerp, Mechelen, Brussels, Bruges, Ostend, Ypres and Lille.