NS First Class - Brussels to Amsterdam, is Dutch rail travel any good?
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- Join me on board Dutch national railway operator NS on a first class journey from Brussels Airport to Amsterdam Centraal.
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Date of travel: 20.06.2023
Departure: Brussels Airport, Belgium.
Arrival: Amsterdam Centraal, The Netherlands.
Class of travel: First Class.
Cost: 35€, plus 2€ booking fee.
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Great video
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated.
Lovely video I will follow more sir
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated nad thanks for the support.
My Dad has been to Amsterdam couple times and he really likes what Amsterdam has got and he wants me to go there. Very nice city in The Netherlands.
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated. You should go, I can confirm its a great city.
Nice video! I think as well as NS and Thalys, Eurostar from Amsterdam stops at Rotterdam Centraal and Brussels Midi, on its way to London St Pancras. I used to use the Brussels-Amsterdam service from NS before it used the Dutch High Speed Line, so it also stopped at The Hague HS, this service took an extra half hour I think and it also included an onboard trolley refreshments service I believe. Didn’t realise it was so cheap to travel between the 2 countries and first class too !
hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated.
actually that service used to be around 10 minutes faster in total, as it stopped in roosendaal opposed to breda (the current stop in breda costs a lot of time) and skipped 3 stops in belgium, which made up for the time gained by using the high speed line.
@@daanwolters3751 I remember catching it at Roosendaal as it was a fast service to Amsterdam Centraal, it also stopped at Dordrecht if I’m not mistaken
@@robertmcross1 yep, it did. The classic line runs trough Roosendaal to Antwerpen, while the HSL goes trough Breda.
Interested to see this as I have a week traveling the rails in the Netherlands in a couple of weeks. One of my planned trips is Amsterdam to Antwerp on Thaylus and then returning on the same service as you did. Your price incidentally was very good, my booking, also in advance - for any train - on the NS service was E59. Although the comments on the older rolling stock are valid theres a lot in the Dutch system that the UK may consider. Other than the International trains there is no need to book early to get a better price. Other than the International services reservations are not needed. The information apps, NS own and 9292 are really excellent, and then the transport systems are really well integrated. At Schiphol that’s a one escalator rode to the main floor of the airport and there are local, regional international train departures. Compare that to the huge cost (and depth!) of linking Heathrow just to London. Perhaps in reality newer rolling stock and onboard catering trolleys are less important if you have a real walk up, walk on rail system, connected to other transportation types?
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated. Enjoy your travels.
Thank you, this was interesting. Did I miss the bit where you described your immigration problems at BRU?
Travelling backwards on aircraft and trains isn't for everyone - I like it because you can see more.
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated. No you didn't, for some reason it didn't save my audio.
Great video, just that these coaches are a stopgap solution to the fyra disaster (who should have run this service but had too many issues to list here) untill they are replaced with the train you see in 12:43 (planning is 2025, tough it should already have happened, but alstrom has supply chain issues). And they are planning to divide this service into two separate trains: one will run from Amsterdam to Brussels using the new trains, and will be about half an hour shorter, mainly due to skipping stops (so only 10 minutes slower than the Thalys), while the Belgian railways will run a separate service between which services all the stops that the other train will skip, but will terminate at Rotterdam instead of continuing towards Amsterdam.
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated and thanks for the info above.
Great video thanks alot how tall are you, and could you take some beers and food on the train ?
Hi. mate, thanks for watching, appreciated. I'm 6ft 1 - not sure about the beers but I did notice someone having a beer on the train.
ah ah capitol of netherlands is N not amsterdam lol ps if your traveling any where in belguim holland luxenbourg get a benelux ticket for 7 days and you get unlimited travel
That seven day pass isn’t exactly cheap, around E240 in 2nd and E290 in 1st. If you plan lots of longer trips in the region it might be worthwhile but point to point tickets are pretty reasonable. Mind you better value than the 1st Class NS day pass for the Netherlands at over E90. You would need a pretty extensive day to make that work. Now in the Netherlands you can just touch in and out with credit and debit cards ticketing (only 2nd class) is becoming less necessary. The one pass I do like is the Amsterdam regional pass which gives you travel for 1,2 or 3 days over a pretty extensive area near Amsterdam. At around E40 for three days that gives a lot of flexibility.
Hi mate, thanks for watching appreciated. 😀😀
Excuse me, I'm from México AND it Is my first travel to europe AND I don't know how It works, AND what transport to tale from Brussels to Amsterdam. I hope You can answer some questions. How much does it cost? AND how can I Buy the tickets AND how much in Advance do we have to arrive to the station yo aboard?
Hi mate, thanks for watching - appreciated. There are a number of operators who travel between the two, NS International, Eurostar and Thaylis - you can easily book all on their website or apps. Prices vary but the earlier you book generally the cheaper it is.
sir,how much for ticket brussels to amsterdam?
Thanks for watching - appreciated. Tickets were 25E plus a small booking fee i think
Hello The Geordie Travels - just wanted to say it's The Hague which is Netherlands' official capital although some do refer to Amsterdam having that status. In the video it wasn't quite clear but I believe you claimed that Schiphol was mainland Europe's busiest and third busiest in the world after LHR and DXB. But what about FRA ? And I must stress that the Netherlands' govt (under its eco policy) has capped flight movements at Schiphol so it's now less busy than pre-pandemic ! However a new govt may reverse this decision ... we shall have to see. In terms of busy airports worldwide you must also consider than some US airports are actually busier ... just look at ORD or ATL. However most of these US airports traffic is domestic, not international.
Amsterdam is very much the capital of the Netherlands
@@AM-sg4zg Thanks for reply. Correct however the government is located in The Hague. Depends on your viewpoint I suppose.
Hi mate, thanks for watching. I've always been under the impression, well for the last 49 years at least that Amsterdam is the capital - The Hague is where the Government and courts are - but like you say it depends on your viewpoint.
@@TheGeordieTravels And to make things even more confusing, despite being the national capital Amsterdam is not the capital of the province it is in. That's Haarlem.
Sorry to contradict you but your report is flawed from the very start. You did not travel on a Dutch train operated by NS, you travelled on a Belgo-Dutch train co-run by NS and NMBS/SNCB. These trains are known as "Benelux Intercity" trains. That's because they were originally planned to continue all the way to Luxembourg. They eventually never reached beyond Brussels but their very name (Benelux IC's) should remind you that they're not "just" Dutch, they're a joint international service. Please do some proper research before releasing a video.
pipe down, it's a regular NS train with some extra stickers on it. The conductor wears a different hat. still very much an NS train.
@@spoorwegenTF2 Flauwekul! Pipe down yourself and learn a thing or two about the Benelux trains: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneluxtrein
@@majy1735 you know the information on this page disproves your claim, right? Where does it say that the ICR and TRAXX vehicles belong to belgian railways? Nowhere. So stop being a dick for no reason.
Ok, so one slight mistake - got confused by the NS livery on the train but saying it's flawed the start is slightly harsh - just my opinion! Oh, and I do research by the way, I'm not an expert and certainly don't claim to be one just trying to share a journey so I'll still keep releasing videos despite your criticism.
@@TheGeordieTravels Ridiculous! I never claimed that you should stop releasing videos, I just said that you should conduct more accurate researches to avoid errors - and flawed titles in the first place. Yes the title is flawed, as this is not "Dutch rail" but a "Benelux train": it's fundamentally an international cooperation. You wouldn't have made such a fundamental mistake if you had sought proper documentation, starting with this: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Benelux