How do I get from Amsterdam airport to Amsterdam Zuid?

Q: How do I get from Amsterdam airport to Amsterdam Zuid?

Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid: €3.70 for one traveler, 5–9 min. It leaves you at Amsterdam Zuid station, for the Zuidas business district. Take a train from platforms 1–2 that lists Amsterdam Zuid among its stops, the Intercities and Sprinters heading east towards Utrecht, Amersfoort and Lelystad: 5 to 9 minutes, EUR 3.70, twelve to sixteen trains an hour by day. Tap a bank card or buy an e-ticket; a single-use card from the machine costs EUR 1.60 more. The last train is at 00:33 (01:33 on Friday and Saturday nights); no night train stops at Zuid, so afterwards take a taxi or the N97 bus.

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1 way to Amsterdam Zuid

For Amsterdam generally we recommend the Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal; for Amsterdam Zuid the answer changes.

Recommended

The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.

Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid

Intercity · NS

5–9 min rideEvery 4 min05:31–00:33

Platforms 1Amsterdam Zuid station

€3.70total for 1 adult€3.70 eachBuy ticketOn NS

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Platforms 1–2, directly below Schiphol Plaza

EUR 3.70 is the second-class single for Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Zuid, EUR 1.80 less than to 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 Intercity direct supplement applies only between Schiphol and Rotterdam.

Hours. Twelve to sixteen trains an hour from 06:00 to 24:00, from the 05:31 (05:57 on weekends). The last is at 00:33, and 01:33 on Friday and Saturday nights; no night train stops at Zuid.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Take a train from platforms 1–2 that lists Amsterdam Zuid among its stops, the Intercities and Sprinters heading east towards Utrecht, Amersfoort and Lelystad: 5 to 9 minutes, EUR 3.70, twelve to sixteen trains an hour by day. Tap a bank card or buy an e-ticket; a single-use card from the machine costs EUR 1.60 more. The last train is at 00:33 (01:33 on Friday and Saturday nights); no night train stops at Zuid, so afterwards take a taxi or the N97 bus.

Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from Airport Schiphol into Amsterdam

Your destination

Straight there.

Amsterdam Zuid is the station for the Zuidas business district, in the south of the city and a separate stop from Centraal. The Intercity from Schiphol gets there in 5 to 9 minutes.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Follow the signs

Platforms 1

Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid · 5–9 min

Amsterdam Zuid

Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid serves Amsterdam Zuid. Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid runs 05:31–00:33. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Amsterdam Zuid

Find the stop

Platforms 1. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose Intercity to Amsterdam Zuid

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Amsterdam Zuid

5–9 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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Four pay €14.80 on the cheapest way to Amsterdam Zuid on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. €52 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of Amsterdam; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

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Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

Before you travel

Does the Sprinter to Amsterdam Centraal stop at Amsterdam Zuid?

No. It runs to Amsterdam Centraal.

Does the Night train to Amsterdam Centraal stop at Amsterdam Zuid?