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Strike in the Netherlands: 9 September

  • September 7, 2026
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Rail strikes in the Netherlands will impact train travel from 00:00 (12:00 a.m.) to 23:59 (11:59 p.m.) CET on 9 September. Due to the strike, trains will not run throughout the Netherlands that day.

We recommend checking the planner in the Rail Planner App or the NS timetable shortly before departing for your planned journey for up-to-date train times. To find out more about the strike, please read the NS strike announcement.

Airportsprinter and international trains

The Airportsprinter between Amsterdam Central, Schiphol and Hoofddorp will run, four times an hour. The international trains EuroCity, Eurocity Direct, Eurostar Continental and Channel, NightJet, ICE, and the regional trains Roosendaal-Antwerpen and Drielandentrein Liège-Aken will not run in the Netherlands.

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    • Tasha G
    • Rail rookie
    • September 7, 2026

    Hi, do you mean the eurocity etc. trails will not run in the Netherlands? (It says do not). Thank you!

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    • rvdborgt
    • Railmaster
    • September 7, 2026

    Hi, do you mean the eurocity etc. trails will not run in the Netherlands? (It says do not). Thank you!

    That's exactly what it means. No trains in/to/from the Netherlands, except between Amsterdam Centraal and Schiphol Airport.

    Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
    • ronorato
    • Rail rookie
    • September 22, 2026

    I am submitting a claim to my travel insurance due to the fact that I was stranded in Hengelo, NE  ( after being bused over the border from Germany on September 9, 2026.  How can I PROVE that the trains were cancelled as the insurance company is requiring an “official” notice.   I had a 4 day  Eurail pass and Berlin→ Amsterdam was (attempted to be) used on September 9th  

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    • rvdborgt
    • Railmaster
    • September 22, 2026

    I am submitting a claim to my travel insurance due to the fact that I was stranded in Hengelo, NE  ( after being bused over the border from Germany on September 9, 2026.  How can I PROVE that the trains were cancelled as the insurance company is requiring an “official” notice.   I had a 4 day  Eurail pass and Berlin→ Amsterdam was (attempted to be) used on September 9th  

    The official notice was available on the NS website until the day of the strike. I also received an e-mail from NS 2 days in advance that there would be no trains. I could forward that, but it's in Dutch and addressed to me.

    Edit: the official notice is still available in the web archive:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20260905160821/https://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information/calamities/public-transport-strike-no-ns-trains-all-day-on-wednesday-9-september.html

    Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
    • ronorato
    • Rail rookie
    • September 22, 2026

    Thank you very much  

     

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