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Schiphol Airport
Thalys high-speed train stopping at Schiphol Airport, 2022
General information
Location	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer Netherlands
Coordinates	52°18′32″N 4°45′42″E / 52.30889°N 4.76167°E / 52.30889; 4.76167
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen NS International Arriva Eurostar European Sleeper
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Schiphol railway Weesp–Leiden railway
Platforms	6
Connections	Arriva: 361, 365, 470, 870 Connexxion: 180, 181, 185, 186, 190, 191, 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 300, 341, 397, N30, N90, N97 GVB: 245, 246, 247, 369
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Shl
History
Opened	21 December 1978; 46 years ago (1978-12-21)
Rebuilt	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Services Preceding station Eurostar Following station Rotterdam Centraaltowards Paris-Nord Eurostar Amsterdam CentraalTerminus Rotterdam Centraaltowards Disneyland Paris Rotterdam Centraaltowards Bourg-Saint-Maurice Eurostar(winter) Rotterdam Centraaltowards Marseille-Saint-Charles Eurostar(summer) Preceding station NS International Following station Rotterdam Centraaltowards Brussels-South Intercity Direct 9200 Amsterdam CentraalTerminus Preceding station Nederlandse Spoorwegen Following station Leiden Centraaltowards Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 700 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Groningen Rotterdam Centraaltowards Breda NS Intercity Direct 900 Amsterdam CentraalTerminus Rotterdam CentraalTerminus NS Intercity Direct 1000 Leiden Centraaltowards Rotterdam Centraal NS Nachtnet 1400Night train Amsterdam Centraaltowards Utrecht Centraal Terminus NS Intercity 1600 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Enschede Leiden Centraaltowards Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1800 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Leeuwarden Leiden Centraaltowards Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Lelystad Centrum Terminus NS Intercity 3100 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Nijmegen NS Intercity 3500 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Venlo NS Intercity 11600 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Amersfoort Schothorst Hoofddorptowards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 3300 Amsterdam Lelylaantowards Hoorn Kersenboogerd HoofddorpTerminus NS Sprinter 4300 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Lelystad Centrum Hoofddorptowards Den Haag Centraal NS Sprinter 4600 Amsterdam Lelylaantowards Almere Oostvaarders HoofddorpTerminus NS Sprinter 5700 Amsterdam Zuidtowards Utrecht Centraal NS Sprinter 5800 Amsterdam Lelylaantowards Amersfoort Vathorst Preceding station European Sleeper Following station Den Haag HSOne-way operation Brussels - Prague Amsterdam Centraaltowards Praha hl.n.
Route map Legend Amsterdam–Schiphol Ry to Amsterdam Weesp–Leiden railway to Weesp gates M, H, G, F│E, D, C, B 654321 HSL-Zuid to Rotterdam Weesp–Leiden Railway to Leiden This diagram: view talk edit
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Schiphol Airport station is a major passenger railway station in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, beneath the terminal complex of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station's six platforms are accessible via twelve escalators and three elevators located in the main concourse of the airport (Schiphol Plaza). The original station was opened in 1978, and the current station in 1995. It connects the airport to Amsterdam and other cities in the Netherlands, as well as to Belgium and France.

History

The original railway station at Schiphol was partly at street level and opened on 21 December 1978.

Initially, passengers could only travel as far as Amsterdam's Zuid WTC and RAI stations, as well as south bound towards Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam. For trips to Amsterdam Centraal station, passengers had to travel to RAI and transfer to a local train. A direct link was created with the construction of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway in 1986.

A newly built underground station opened in 1995; the former building was demolished. As Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which surrounds the railway station, is the largest airport within the Netherlands and the primary international gateway, Schiphol railway station changed into a major hub in the Dutch railway network.

The station was renamed Schiphol Airport on 13 December 2015 to make the station more recognizable to international travelers.

Station layout

There are 3 island platforms with a total of 6 tracks. What is special about this station is that the platforms are not only accessible via the usual escalators (3 per platform), fixed stairs (1 per platform) and elevators (1 per platform), but also via ramps (4 per platform). The ramps were intended for passengers to take their luggage on luggage trolleys. These were placed on the platforms for this purpose. The use of these trolleys on the platforms was later prohibited and made impossible by obstacles in the form of poles at the top of the ramps. Because air passengers started using roller suitcases on a large scale over the years, luggage trolleys were no longer as important as they used to be.

Since 2006, island platforms 1/2 and 5/6 have had flexible arrival and departure tracks, i.e., it is determined just a few minutes in advance on which of the two tracks (1 or 2, or 5 or 6 respectively), and thus on which side of the platform, a train will arrive and depart.

Destinations

Schiphol station offers several trains per hour to Amsterdam Centraal and frequent services to the rest of the country as well. These include intercity services to Leiden, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Amersfoort, Almere, Lelystad, Apeldoorn, Deventer, Enschede, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen and Zwolle.

During nighttime, an hourly service connects Schiphol with Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Delft, Leiden and The Hague between 1am and 5am.

The Eurostar, Intercity Direct and Intercity Brussels trains call at Schiphol railway station. These trains connect the airport to Rotterdam, Breda, Antwerp, Brussels Airport, Brussels and Paris.

Reservations are obligatory to board Eurostar trains. For Intercity Direct trains to Breda a supplemental fare is required for the high-speed stretch to Rotterdam.

Train services

There are several types of train series in the Netherlands:

• Intercity Direct These are Intercity Services using the high speed network.
• InterCity These are express trains calling at major stations. The fastest type of regular train in the Netherlands.
• Sprinters These are trains calling at all stations and mostly are operated by SNG or SLT 'Sprinter' train sets.

Schiphol Airport is a station for many national and international connections. These following trains will stop at Schiphol in the 2025 timetable:

National rail

International rail

Bus services

The following bus services depart from the bus platform outside the airport building. Italics indicates stops within the Schiphol area. All services are daily unless otherwise stated.

Timetable of 2019:

• 69 Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Sloten – Osdorp – Geuzenveld – Amsterdam Sloterdijk
• 180 Circular line P30 – Schiphol – P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol Oost – Schiphol Rijk – P30
• 181 Circular line Knooppunt Noord – P40 – Schiphol – P30 – Schiphol Rijk – Schiphol Oost – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord
• 185 Schiphol plaza – Justice Complex
• 186 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – KLM Headoffice – Amstelveen Busstation
• 190 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord (also night service as N90)
• 191 Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol – Schiphol P30 – Schiphol Zuidoost (Anchoragelaan)
• 194 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Badhoevedorp – Osdorp De Aker
• 195 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Badhoevedorp – Slotervaart – Amsterdam Lelylaan (also night service as N95)
• 199 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Oost – Amstelveen Westwijk – Amstelveen Middenhoven
• 287 Schiphol – Schiphol Rijk (Peak hours only)
• 300 Haarlem – Hoofddorp – Schiphol – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Amstelveen – Ouderkerk a/d Amstel – Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA (also night service as line N30)
• 341 Hoofddorp – De Hoek – Schiphol – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg – VU Hospital – Amsterdam Zuid
• 342 Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol – Schiphol Rijk – Aalsmeer – Uithoorn (also night service as N42)
• 361 Schiphol – De Hoek – Nieuw Vennep – Lisse – Sassenheim
• 365 Schiphol – Roelofarendsveen – Leiderdorp – Leiden
• 397 Nieuw-Vennep – Hoofddorp – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg – Amsterdam Leidseplein (City Centre) – Amsterdam Elandsgracht (also night service as line N97)
• 470 Schiphol – De Hoek – Leimuiden – Alphen a/d Rijn (also night service as line 870)
• 870 Schiphol – De Hoek – Leimuiden – Alphen a/d Rijn (Nightbus)
• 858 Schiphol – Keukenhof (March–May, only when Keukenhof is open)
• N30 (Ijmuiden) – Haarlem – Hoofddorp – Schiphol – Amstelveen – Ouderkerk a/d Amstel – Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
• N42 Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol – Schiphol Rijk – Aalsmeer – Uithoorn
• N90 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord
• N95 Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Badhoevedorp – Amsterdam Sloten
• N97 Nieuw-Vennep – Hoofddorp – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Amsterdam Amstelveenseweg – Amsterdam Leidseplein (City Centre) – Amsterdam Elandsgracht – Amsterdam Centraal (Central station)

"Schiphol" is the main bus stop in front of the terminal building.

Lines 180–199, 300, 341, 342, 397 and nightlines N30, N42, N90, N95, N97 are operated by "Connexxion"

Lines 361, 365, 470, 858 and nightline 870 are operated by "Arriva"

Line 69 is operated by the "GVB" (public transport operator of the city Amsterdam)

Other facilities

Travelers have access to Schiphol Plaza, the airport's landside shopping centre, accessible to both air travelers and local customers. In addition to several smaller stores, Schiphol Plaza also contains two medium-sized supermarkets, Food Village and Albert Heijn. These supermarkets are open until midnight seven days a week. Soft-drink and snack machines are available on the platforms, as in most Dutch train stations.

Schiphol Plaza is getting an extension. This will create space for a separate train passenger area that will only be accessible via access gates. The renovation should start in 2022 and be completed in 2025, but has not yet started as of 2024.

Gallery

• Entrance to the airport and railway station
• Train timetable for at Schiphol Plaza
• Ticket machines at Schiphol Plaza
• Entrance to the platform
• The station platforms at track 2
• Eurostar stopping at Schiphol Airport
• NS Intercity ICM stopping at Schiphol Airport

References

1. 2016 timetable changes
2. "Rijk investeert half miljard euro in uitbreiding Station Schiphol". SpoorPro.nl (in Dutch). 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2025-01-11.

External links

• Media related to Schiphol Airport train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Public transport at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
• (in Dutch) Schiphol Station services in Dutch
• Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to City, 8 ways to get from the airport to Amsterdam
• NS website
• Dutch Public Transport journey planner
• Connexxion website
• Connexxion Schiphol Area Network Map (in Dutch)
• GVB Amsterdam website
• Arriva website

• Railway stations in North Holland
• Railway stations on the Schiphollijn
• Railway stations located underground in the Netherlands
• Airport railway stations
• Haarlemmermeer
• Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in 1978