This app is the best travel companion when you travel by train in the Netherlands! It will help you navigate the Dutch railways efficiently, with to-the-point information, whether you are a tourist or a daily commuter.
Its name (Rijden de Treinen) is Dutch for ‘Are the trains running?’.
Some key features:
- Fully translated in English!
- Push notifications for service disruptions: get notified immediately about disruptions on your daily commute
- Fastest transit app in the Netherlands
- Journey planner, live departure times and service disruptions
- View all details about your train, how occupied it is and the train type
- User friendly and clean design
Live departure times are available for all railway stations, including information about train length. You’ll also see whether the train will be occupied. The journey planner allows you to plan trips throughout the Netherlands (and international train trips to or from the Netherlands). Best of all: its free!
Handy features
Do you often depart from the same stations? Its easy to mark a station as favorite, just check the app settings. You can look up stations quickly by entering a part of the name or its abbreviation. The journey planner is also optimized for speed; you can search for the next departing train or find the last train of the day.
Push notifications for service disruptions
The app sends notifications about service disruptions. You can subscribe to service disruptions for your favorite railway lines, so you are notified timely about serious service disruptions on your daily commuter line. You can also choose to disable all notifications.