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Intercity direct to Rotterdam CentraalorIntercity to Amsterdam Zuid?

The short answer

For one traveler the Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid is cheaper by €15.90. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid is quicker: 6 min against 26 min. The Intercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal varies between 26 and 27 minutes.

Intercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal: 06:21–23:22. Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid: 05:31–00:33.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersIntercity direct to Rotterdam CentraalIntercity to Amsterdam ZuidDifference
1€19.60€3.70€15.90
2€39.20€7.40€31.80
3€58.80€11.10€47.70
4€78.40€14.80€63.60
5€98€18.50€79.50
6€117.60€22.20€95.40
7€137.20€25.90€111.30
8€156.80€29.60€127.20

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Intercity direct · NSIntercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal
From
Platforms 5–6, directly below Schiphol Plaza
To
Rotterdam Centraal, non-stop over the high-speed line
Luggage
An Intercity, with racks and space by the doors.
Runs
06:21–23:22
Journey
26–27 min

Buy the supplement before you board. Without it the conductor charges EUR 10 for it in the train, by NS's own conditions. A bank card tapped at the gate does not include it: buy it as an e-ticket in the NS app.

The EUR 3.20 applies only between Schiphol and Rotterdam Centraal. The same train needs no supplement between Schiphol and Amsterdam Zuid.

It skips Leiden and Den Haag. For those, and for a supplement-free ride, take the ordinary Intercity, 50 minutes.

The Eurocity Direct at 11 past is the Brussels train; an ordinary NS ticket plus the supplement boards it as far as Rotterdam.

Intercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal: price for every party size

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Intercity · NSIntercity to Amsterdam Zuid
From
Platforms 1–2, directly below Schiphol Plaza
To
Amsterdam Zuid station, for the Zuidas business district
Runs
05:31–00:33
Journey
5–9 min

Check the board for Amsterdam Zuid by name before you board: not every train from platforms 1–2 stops there.

Check in AND out. A forgotten check-out is EUR 33.30 on a bank card, a forgotten check-in EUR 20.

Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid: price for every party size

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