From Schiphol Airport to Utrecht
The best way to travel from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht is by train.
Tickets can be purchased from the ticket office or vending machines at
Schiphol station. Please be advised that, in the Netherlands, return
tickets are valid for one day only. Trains to Utrecht run on two
routes:
- The 'Hilversum, Utrecht Centraal (Central Station)' trains run
twice hourly. Although you do not need to change at Duivendrecht, it
takes over an hour to arrive in Utrecht.
You are not advised to take these trains.
- On all other eastward-bound trains, you must change at Duivendrecht
to any inter-city bound for Nijmegen, Maastricht or Eindhoven. Utrecht
Centraal is the first stop. The entire trip lasts about 40 minutes
At Utrecht Centraal there are local and regional
buses,
as well as taxis, to take you to your final destination.
Dutch railways and taxi companies offer a special arrangement called train-taxi (Dutch:
treintaxi)
tickets. These give you a discount when, on arriving at a station, you
take a taxi to your final destination. If you want to make use of this
arrangement, you should buy a train-taxi ticket at Schiphol or at
Utrecht Centraal.
