Sprinter to Amsterdam CentraalorIntercity direct to Rotterdam Centraal?

From

Platform 3, directly below Schiphol Plaza; check in at the yellow columns at the top of the escalators

To

Amsterdam Centraal, via Lelylaan and Sloterdijk

Luggage

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

Runs

05:39–01:09

Journey

14–18 min

Do not queue for the machine: a single-use chipcard costs EUR 1.60 more than tapping the bank card in your pocket or buying an e-ticket, for the same EUR 5.50 ride.

Since 1 July 2026 a new anonymous OV-chipkaart cannot be bought; check in with a contactless card or phone, or buy an e-ticket.

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

Vivid, Paysafe and Revolut digital debit cards are refused at the check-in columns; Maestro, V PAY, Mastercard and Visa work.

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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.

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