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Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal.
To Amsterdam Centraal.

NS, from Platform 3 to Amsterdam Centraal.

14–18 min ride05:39–01:09Luggage rules apply

Priced per traveler.

Each traveler pays the fare; group products are applied where they beat it.

TravelersEachTotal
1 adult€5.50€5.50
2 adults€5.50€11
3 adults€5.50€16.50
4 adults€5.50€22
5 adults€5.50€27.50
6 adults€5.50€33
7 adults€5.50€38.50
8 adults€5.50€44

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.

Travelling as three or four?

A private car to your door: €52 for four

Four pay €22 on the Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal. The car meets you in arrivals and takes you to any address in Amsterdam in about 20 min, at a price fixed when you book ahead with Welcome Pickups.

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Where to buy

The same ticket, 4 places to buy it

The fare above is the one NS publishes; each seller sets its own price. Our partners pay us a commission, so they come first, and NS's own site follows. How this list works

PartnerMobile voucher

GetYourGuide

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Klook

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Trainline

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UK and European rail in one accountFrom the airport
Operator

NS

The operator's own site
The fare this site printsns.nl
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How to get there

From arrivals to Amsterdam Centraal

Three steps once you have collected your bags.

01

Find the station

Platform 3.

02

Buy and validate a ticket

Before boarding — a ticket bought but not validated can be fined.

03

Ride to Amsterdam Centraal

14–18 min.

Worth knowing

Eight an hour by day, four an hour after 21:00, every day, from the 05:39 to the 01:09. The night Intercity takes over from 02:03 — see the night train — except Tuesday to Wednesday, when the first direct train of the morning is this 05:39.

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.

On the way

The stops worth knowing, in riding order.

Platform 3
Amsterdam Lelylaan
Amsterdam Sloterdijk
14–18 min
Amsterdam Centraal
Does the Sprinter stop at Amsterdam Lelylaan?

Yes. It calls at Amsterdam Lelylaan on the way to Amsterdam Centraal.

Does the Sprinter stop at Amsterdam Sloterdijk?

Yes. It calls at Amsterdam Sloterdijk on the way to Amsterdam Centraal.

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