Mobility for persons with disabilities

De Lijn, NMBS and MIVB provide support for persons with disabilities to help them use public transport. This can mean financial support, assistance, and the provision of adapted transport.

De Lijn - Free season ticket for persons with disabilities

• Free annual season ticket
• Sent automatically

National discount card for public transport:

• Free travel on public transport provided by De Lijn, MIVB, TEC and NMBS
• For the blind and visually impaired

Card for free assistance for persons with disabilities on public transport

• Free assistance by a person of their choice
• Applies to public transport provided by De Lijn and NMBS

The NMBS offers personal assistance at their stations for passengers with reduced mobility.

MIVB in Brussels is also working on accessibility. Persons with disabilities can use the MIVB taxi bus to get anywhere in Brussels. Assistance is available in the metro stations. MIVB uses accessible buses on several lines.

All De Lijn dial-a-bus buses are equipped with a lift. This means wheelchair users can board easily.

Dial-a-bus service

• Service only available on request
• Equipped with a lift for wheelchair users

If you have difficulties taking public transport, or if you want to practise a route, you can use the services of a public transport buddy. Public transport buddies help persons with disabilities to learn how to use the bus or tram.

What if you cannot use public transport?

• The Adapted Transport Services (Dutch: Diensten voor Aangepast Vervoer) provide door-to-door adapted transport. These services are intended for persons with reduced mobility who cannot use public transport.
• Thanks to the volunteers from the Centre for Persons with Reduced Mobility (Dutch: Minder Mobielen Centrale), persons with mobility problems can still travel.

Using your private means of transport

Several benefits and exemptions are also in place for private means of transport. For example, you can obtain a special VAT certificate for vehicles. You can apply for this certificate via the municipality or your health insurance fund. This certificate entitles you to

• VAT reduction on the purchase, use, repair and maintenance of a car
• exemption from the vehicle registration tax (Dutch: belasting op inverkeerstelling/BIV) and annual road tax.

The Federal Public Service - Social Security lists all possible benefits: A brief overview of the measures for persons with disabilities:

Parking badge for persons with disabilities

• Parking in reserved spaces
• Unlimited validity

Exemption from the obligation to wear a safety belt

• Medical reasons for not wearing a safety belt
• Medical certificate required

Driving aptitude test and adaptation of vehicles for persons with disabilities

• Advice on adaptations to your car
• Driving aptitude test

You are eligible for an allowance from the Flemish Service for Employment and Vocational Training (Dutch: Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding/VDAB) for travel to and from work or training by personal transport (car, taxi, etc.) if you have a work-limiting disability.