Originally Posted by
Alex71
Overall, we did not have any major problems at AMS, I do remember two issues though:
- Getting to Amsterdam Centraal was not so straight forward. Trains left from different tracks and signage was not very clear. I believe we were told the next train was from track 7, missed it and then found out that the one after that left from a different track, so we missed that one as well. It would help if one track was reserved for trains going into the city. Not sure if we ended up using a train that was included in our type of ticket, but did not have any problems.
AFAIK, there is no track 7 at Schiphol. There are three platforms and six tracks. The train to Amsterdam leaves usually from platform one, track one. It usually only leaves from a different track if there is an unscheduled (or scheduled) event.
Signage not clear? There is a national train schedule shown in one display
(as well as the printed schedule seen in the bottom right of the photo) and a display over each of the three platforms, such as this one:
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You will note that Amsterdam Centraal is abbreviated in the photo as Amsterdam CS (Centraal Station).