Day trip beyond Amsterdam
Mar 21, 2014, 8:40 am
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Day trip beyond Amsterdam
I will be visiting Amsterdam and I would like to take the train to another city for a day trip.
Here's some of my ideas:
Brussels, Rotterdam, Antwerp - I am reading that the quickest way is via the Thalys train, but this requires a reservation and seems to be the most expensive. The cheaper option seems to by the local InterCity train. It seems like those tickets are only available at the train station? I assume its all open seating?
Dusseldorf, Cologne - It looks like the DB ICE train is the quickest and only option? I assume this is like the Thalys train and requires an advance reservation? I'm not seeing an equivilent InterCity train option?
Thanks in advance.
Here's some of my ideas:
Brussels, Rotterdam, Antwerp - I am reading that the quickest way is via the Thalys train, but this requires a reservation and seems to be the most expensive. The cheaper option seems to by the local InterCity train. It seems like those tickets are only available at the train station? I assume its all open seating?
Dusseldorf, Cologne - It looks like the DB ICE train is the quickest and only option? I assume this is like the Thalys train and requires an advance reservation? I'm not seeing an equivilent InterCity train option?
Thanks in advance.
Mar 22, 2014, 11:51 am
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Brussels, Rotterdam, Antwerp - I am reading that the quickest way is via the Thalys train, but this requires a reservation and seems to be the most expensive. The cheaper option seems to by the local InterCity train. It seems like those tickets are only available at the train station? I assume its all open seating?
The ICE from Amsterdam to Düsseldorf and Cologne is the fastest option, with about 2:38 from Amsterdam to Cologne. You can do it cheaper with a combination of Intercity, local train and Regional-Express via Amsterdam-Eindhoven-Venlo-Mönchengladbach-Cologne, but it will be 3:58 with 3 changes.