NS to run even more trains next year, starting earlier and ending later on many routes
NS plans to run even more trains in its 2026 timetable, improving the connections between Zeeland and Noord-Brabant and increasing the trains running between Amersfoort and Deventer, Amsterdam and Uitgeest, and The Hague and Dordrecht. NS also plans to run the first train earlier and the last train later on many routes, the Dutch rail company announced.
NS will extend the current train connection between Zwolle and Roosendaal to Vlissingen once an hour. “Agreements have already been made about this between the province of Zeeland, NS, rail operator ProRail, and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management,” NS said. “In the 2026 timetable, passengers from Zeeland will be able to travel directly to Noord-Brabant once an hour. This will make Zeeland more accessible.”
On weekdays, four instead of three Intercity trains per hour will run between Amersfoort Centraal and Deventer all day long, instead of only during rush hour. This should improve the transfers at Apeldoorn station to Zutphen and at Deventer station to Zwolle.
The rail company also wants to run more Sprinters between Utgeest and Amsterdam Centraal during the weekend, increasing it from two to four per hour on Saturdays and Sundays. It will also run more Sprinters on Saturdays between The Hague Central Station and Dordrecht, increasing the frequency from two to four Sprinters per hour between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
“In quite a few places, NS wants to offer the first connection of the day earlier and the last connection of the day later.” Routes on which the first train will run 30 minutes earlier include Hilversum-Schiphol Airport and Schiphol Airport-Amersfoort Centraal. Routes on which the last train will run half an hour later include Hoofddorp-Amsterdam Central Station, Utrecht Central Station-Amersfoort Central Station-Zwolle, and The Hague Central Station-Breda.
NS will publish the definite timetable for 2026 in the autumn.
