How to take the rail journey from Amsterdam to Rotterdam

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Amsterdam to Rotterdam by train

All that’s good to know about taking the train from Amsterdam to Rotterdam with easy access to ticket, train and station info.

Routes you can take to go from Amsterdam to Rotterdam

When travelling between most cities by train there is only one logical option, though on other journeys there is a choice between different trains or alternative routes. If different options are available you can use the info to decide which is best for you.

Choose one of the following options:

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Route Information

Station Guides

Amsterdam Centraal / Amsterdam CS Rail Station Guide

The exterior of Rotterdam Centraal station

Rotterdam Centraal Rail Station Guide

Travel Time (approx)

41 min

Frequency

Daily

Travel Info

Frequency: 4 x trains per hour

Travel Information

Final Destination: Breda or Rotterdam

All trains also call at: Schiphol

In common with most train journeys within The Netherlands, this journey between Amsterdam and Rotterdam should be blissfully straightforward.

If you'll be visiting The Netherlands, simply head to the station whenever it suits you, buy a ticket and step on to the train.

Though to make things even easier, we've published a guide to travelling by train in The Netherlands, which you'll find below
It is packed with useful content, even though we do say so ourselves, including how to buy a ticket, find your train at a Dutch station and how to travel with bikes etc.
It also has links to other sources of information, that will help with checking and planning your journey.

This is a direct journey

You will be travelling on one of these trains...

Branding on the doors of an Intercity Direct train services

Intercity Direct (Netherlands) Train Guide

ICNG (Netherlands) Train Guide

Good to Know

SMTJ has perhaps risked controversy, by not classifying this journey as high speed.

These InterCity Direct trains use the high speed line between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, but they’re not high speed trains; as they don’t travel at 250 km/h or more.

The only high speed trains between Amsterdam and Rotterdam are the Thalys trains, but tickets are NOT available for Amsterdam to Rotterdam journeys by Thalys trains.

It’s still worth paying the small supplement to travel on the InterCity Direct trains for Amsterdam to Rotterdam journeys.
Click on InterCity Direct guide below for more info re: this supplement, including the details of exemptions

The high speed line is more direct than the route taken by other slower InterCity trains between the two cities; so these InterCity Direct* trains are more than 30 mins faster.

On the high speed line south of Amsterdam

Trains waiting at the platforms/spoor in Den Haag Centraal

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