{"id":82921,"date":"2026-05-15T04:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82921\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T04:45:13","slug":"fewer-trains-running-between-utrecht-and-amsterdam-during-track-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82921\/","title":{"rendered":"Fewer trains running between Utrecht and Amsterdam during track maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">Travellers can expect crowded trains and longer travel times as fewer trains are set to run between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/dutch-cities\/utrecht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Utrecht<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/dutch-cities\/amsterdam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Amsterdam<\/a> from May 18 to 25. Train traffic will be disrupted while planned maintenance is taking place.<\/p>\n<p>Train disruptions between Utrecht and Amsterdam<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">From Monday, May 18 until Monday, May 25, there will be reduced train traffic around Utrecht and Amsterdam. Fewer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/expat-info\/transportation\/public-transport-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Intercity trains<\/a> will travel between Utrecht Centraal, Amsterdam Centraal, Amsterdam Zuid and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/expat-info\/transportation\/airports-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Schiphol Airport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nieuws.ns.nl\/minder-treinen-tussen-utrecht-centraal-en-amsterdam-centraal-door-werkzaamheden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">According to NS<\/a>, there will be four Intercity trains every hour instead of the usual six, so the rail company expects them to be busier than usual. There will also be a reduced train service between Utrecht and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/dutch-cities\/arnhem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Arnhem<\/a>, and between Amsterdam and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/lifestyle\/dutch-cities\/alkmaar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">Alkmaar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">Due to the disruptions, there will also be fewer trains running to and from Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station. NS warns that anyone travelling to the Johan Cruijff ArenA to see Harry Styles in concert on May 20, 22 and 23 should use alternative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamexpat.nl\/expat-info\/transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">transport<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance work planned for Amsterdam-Utrecht train route<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">During this period, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prorail.nl\/nieuws\/stabieler-spoor-en-nieuwe-seinen-amsterdam--utrecht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"link-large\">ProRail<\/a> will be working to improve the track alignment and replace 75 old signals. This is expected to make the track \u201cmore stable for the coming years and the train service between Utrecht and Amsterdam to become more reliable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"body-large\">NS has warned travellers to expect more crowding and longer travel times while the maintenance is taking place. It is also advised to check the journey planner before departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travellers can expect crowded trains and longer travel times as fewer trains are set to run between Utrecht&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,959,44179,44174,8498,956,44175,44176,200,44173,8500,44178,957,958,44177,952,11838],"class_list":["post-82921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-dutch-public-transport","tag-dutch-rail","tag-dutch-rail-network","tag-dutch-train-disruptions","tag-dutch-trains","tag-fewer-trains-amsterdam","tag-fewer-trains-utrecht","tag-netherlands","tag-ns","tag-ns-trains","tag-ns-trains-may","tag-prorail","tag-public-transport-netherlands","tag-track-maintenance-amsterdam","tag-trains-amsterdam","tag-trains-utrecht"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116576775505854273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}