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Q: How do I get from Amsterdam city centre to Amsterdam airport?

Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal: €5.50 for one traveler, 14–18 min, boarding at Amsterdam Centraal, the platform for Schiphol via Sloterdijk and Lelylaan. The first one leaves at 05:14 and is at the airport by about 05:30; the last at 00:35.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal

Sprinter · NS

14–18 min rideEvery 8 min05:14–00:35

Amsterdam CentraalPlatform 3

€5.50total for 1 adult€5.50 eachBuy ticket2 places to buy

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Amsterdam Centraal, the platform for Schiphol via Sloterdijk and Lelylaan

EUR 5.50 is the second-class single for Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Centraal. A contactless bank card, e-ticket or OV-chipkaart all pay it; a single-use chipcard from the machine costs EUR 1.60 more. A child aged 4 to 11 travels all day on a EUR 2.50 Railrunner. The airport's own page still shows last year's EUR 5.20.

Luggage. Space between the seat backs and under the seats; luggage trolleys at the station.

Hours. Eight an hour by day, four an hour in the evening, 15 to 20 minutes.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Night only

Night train to Amsterdam Centraal

Regional · NS

14–15 min rideEvery 60 min01:46–04:46

Amsterdam CentraalPlatforms 1

Luggage space

€5.50total for 1 adult€5.50 eachBuy ticketOn NS

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Amsterdam Centraal, platforms 1–2, the Intercity towards Schiphol and Rotterdam

The same EUR 5.50 single as by day: "A ticket for the night train costs the same as during the day." Tap a bank card at the columns or buy an e-ticket; the machine's single-use card adds EUR 1.60.

Luggage. An Intercity, with racks and space by the doors.

Hours. Hourly, 15 minutes to the airport.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Amsterdam Airport Express bus 397, Niteliner N97 night bus, Pre-booked private transfer, Private transfer to Rotterdam, Private transfer to The Hague, Private transfer to Leiden, Welcome Pickups transfer to Cruise Port Amsterdam. Every way from Amsterdam airport into Amsterdam

How do I get from Amsterdam city centre to Amsterdam airport?

For one traveler the Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal is the way we recommend: €5.50 in total, 14–18 min, boarding at Amsterdam Centraal. The first one leaves at 05:14 and is at the airport by about 05:30; the last leaves at 00:35.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Night train to Amsterdam Centraal

First 01:46 from Amsterdam Centraal, at the airport by about 02:01.

Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal

First 05:14 from Amsterdam Centraal, at the airport by about 05:30.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Before you leave for Amsterdam Airport

From the centre to each way out

Tickets

Buy the same way as arriving: tap a contactless card or phone, or buy an e-ticket in the NS app, at any station before you board. A single-use chipcard from a machine still costs EUR 1.60 more.

Questions

When is the first Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal from Amsterdam Centraal?

05:14. It reaches the airport at about 05:30.

Arriving instead? Every way from Amsterdam airport into Amsterdam