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Timetable

The 2027 timetable comes into effect on Sunday 13 December 2026. More trains will run on many routes and we will improve several connections.

Do you travel regularly on the same train? Check your departure and arrival times in the NS Reisplanner. Times may have changed. The new timetable will be included in the Reisplanner and the NS app from 20 November.

Plan your journey

Groningen directly connected to Rotterdam again

There is a direct train again from Groningen to Rotterdam Centraal. The train runs via Assen, Zwolle, Lelystad, Almere, Amsterdam Zuid and Schiphol. From Schiphol the train uses the high-speed line to Rotterdam. You have two travel options:

  • Direct via the high-speed line: you travel from Groningen to Rotterdam without changing trains. These services will run from 21 December. The existing Intercity direct supplement applies to the section over the high-speed line.
  • Via Utrecht: you can also travel to Rotterdam with a change in Utrecht. No supplement applies to this route and the journey time is a few minutes shorter.

​More trains to and from the eastern Netherlands

​From Monday to Friday, during the peak you can travel directly between Enschede, Hengelo, Almelo and Amsterdam. Between Enschede and Amersfoort there are three trains per hour. At the weekend there are more direct trains between Almelo, Deventer and Amsterdam.

More trains at peak times

More trains will run on a number of routes:

  • Between Houten Castellum and Utrecht Centraal there will be six Sprinters per hour during peak times from Monday to Thursday, instead of four.
  • Between Veenendaal Centrum and Utrecht Centraal there will be four Sprinters per hour instead of two.
  • A fourth peak train will run from Harderwijk to Amersfoort in the morning and back in the afternoon. This means you travel faster towards Utrecht and Amsterdam Zuid.

Ten-minute service between Amsterdam and Eindhoven on Fridays

The ten-minute service between Amsterdam Centraal, Utrecht Centraal, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Eindhoven now also runs on Fridays. This provides you with more frequent trains and shorter waiting times. On Fridays, six Sprinters per hour stop at Utrecht Leidsche Rijn during the day, instead of four.

More trains and direct connections at the weekend

  • In the evenings and on Saturday and Sunday mornings there are extra Intercity services between Utrecht Centraal and Den Haag Centraal. Trains will run every 15 minutes.

  • On Sundays there are four Sprinters per hour between Dordrecht, Rotterdam and Den Haag, instead of two.

  • At the weekend the Intercity also stops at Voorhout and Hillegom. Travellers to and from Voorhout and Hillegom can travel direct to Den Haag and Amsterdam. Changing in Leiden or Haarlem is no longer necessary. This means the Sprinter between Leiden and Haarlem no longer runs. In the morning and late evening there are four Intercity services per hour between Amsterdam, Haarlem, Leiden and Den Haag, instead of two.

Engineering work and disruptions

There will also be engineering work on the tracks in 2027. Always check the NS Reisplanner shortly before departure for the most up-to-date travel advice.