Night train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam?
Replies: 8 - Last Post: Aug 8, 2007 10:26 PM Last Post By: chirags
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Night train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam?
Hello,I was wondering if somebody can give me an estimation about time and cost for a train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam. It'd be great if I can get a night train.
Thanks in advance.
Chirag
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Hi Chirag,I can not seem to find a price, but the most direct train I can find departs from Copenhagen at 6.53PM which arrives at Hamm(Westf) in Germany at 5.00AM. From there you switch to another train which departs at 5.59AM and arrives at 6.59AM in Rheine, which is close to the Holland border. In Rheine you catch a train at 8.20AM which arrives in Amsterdam Zuid at 11.01AM.
Total travel time is 16 hours and 8 minutes.
But I don't know what date you are suppose to travel, so I'm not sure if this is an everyday schedule.
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Hi!16 hours is about right - give or take a couple.. You can leave at almost any time a day, at least for the day that I just checked. This is a great site for train travelling in europe: http://www.bahnhof.de/site/bahnhoefe/de/start.html
It is in german, but even if you don't speak the language you should be fine (I speak very little german myself). It's pretty standard - just plot in FROM whitch city TO which city, and your preferred date and time :)
Happy travels!
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Thanks everyone for replying. I'm planning to travel on the night of July 23rd so that I can be in Amsterdam on 24th morning. I hope there is more direct train than what Jimmi suggested (changing 3 times).4
As far as I can see, if you leave at 8:56 pm on the 23rd (and arrive then in Amsterdam at 3:01 pm on the 24th), you will have only two changes. But if you want to get to Amsterdam earlier in the day, it seems like you have to have 3 changes or more..6
The trains from Copenhagen to Hamburg actually go via a ferry from Roedby to Puttgarden (the train rolls right onto the ferry), which means that taking that route would mean you wouldn't go through Odense at all.That said, there is still a route from Odense to Hamburg, via Padborg...
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There used to be a direct overnight train (before the era of low cost flights) but these days the overnight trains go to Cologne, Basel and Munich (which leave, supposedly as one and the same train, at the same time from Copenhagen).For Amsterdam, take the Cologne train, get off in Duisburg, Düsseldorf or Cologne (Köln) and catch an Amsterdam-bound train there.
If you travel during the day, it's easier to change in Hamburg and Osnabrück (sometimes Hannover instead of O.) than taking the route via the Ruhr area.
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Thought I would just mention that I ended up taking the train finally. Euroline bus is actually much cheaper, but you have to book in advance and when I went there, they were closed (Sunday). So I had to get train. Fortunately, due to some special offer, train fare was comparable. FYI, bus from CPH to Amsterdam costs about 500 DKK and train ticket cost me 580 DKK (without that offer, it could be much more).Good luck!
Chirag
