Visit Amsterdam and be surprised by the artistic heritage, the extensive network of canals and the narrow façade houses of the bustling capital of the Netherlands.
Both Eurostar and Eurocity Direct take you to Amsterdam at high speed, but arrive at different stations. With Eurostar, you get off at Amsterdam Centraal, located in the city centre. EuroCity Direct, however, serves Amsterdam Zuid station in the booming Zuidas business area.
Updated 13/3, 1pm
Due to a strike in Belgium, the rail service on the Belgian rail network will be limited from Sunday 16 March (10 pm) to Monday 17 March 2025 included.
An alternative train service will be put in place depending on the available staff. More details about this alternative service will be available from Saturday 15 March on www.belgiantrain.be.
For international trains (such as Eurostar, TGV INOUI, EuroCity, Eurocity Direct, ICE, OUIGO etc...), no consequences have been announced so far except for:
We advise to check this page regularly for further updates.
Please take alternative service into account if you are travelling on our cross-border local trains to/from Lille, Maubeuge, Luxembourg, Roosendaal, Maastricht or Aachen or if you need to take a local connection in Belgium before or after your international journey.
Due to engineering works on the dutch rail network, the EuroCity (Brussel-Rotterdam) and Eurocity Direct (Brussel-Amsterdam) trains will only operate on a limited section of their journey on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 2025.
Saturday 15/03
Sunday 16/03
Due to planned engineering works, the Eurocity Direct (Brussels-Amsterdam) will only operate between Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid and Rotterdam Central from Monday 17 March to Sunday 23 March 2025 included.
Passengers to Schiphol-Airport and Amsterdam can change trains in Breda or Rotterdam and use NS trains (Dutch Railways) to their final destination with their current ticket.
In the opposite direction, passengers from Amsterdam and Schiphol-Airport can use other trains to Rotterdam or Breda, where they can board on the Intercity train to Brussels.
Please check the adapted schedules before you depart.