Eurostar passengers travelling from Netherlands to London will soon be able to go direct - but only temporarily
Eurostar passengers travelling from Netherlands to London will soon be able to go direct - but only temporarily
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The service will be back for good in April 2025, but will open for just over a month on 10 February before closing again for final works. Eurostar is due to temporarily resume its Amsterdam to London train service next month after a months-long break that forced travellers to divert to Brussels when travelling between the two cities.
Direct Eurostar trains from the Netherlands to London are expected to return on 10 February, allowing commuters and travellers to head to Amsterdam and Rotterdam without having to change trains in Belgium. However, the high-speed rail operator said that this will only be a temporary restart, as the service will then close again on 29 March for “essential works” at Amsterdam Centraal.
Eurostar said that the direct service will again resume at the end of April 2025. While direct trains are not running, train passengers travelling from Amsterdam or Rotterdam to London have taken the Eurostar to Brussels-Midi/Zuid, and gone through border control, before hopping on another train to London.
The Eurostar between Amsterdam and Brussels takes just under two hours, with an average time of around 45 minutes to change trains. With the change, the Amsterdam train journey can take just under five hours depending on the date and time booked, while journeys departing from Rotterdam can take just under four hours.
