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The solution is to a create an account at the end of the booking process and it will save your booking with a reference number, b now call Stena Line's toll-free U. I'd appreciate feedback if you're from the US and do or don't succeed in booking online.
Buy tickets by phone: Buy tickets in person: At London Liverpool Street station ticket office. You can buy tickets on the day, but places are limited and fares cheaper if you book in advance, so it's best to book ahead. It's also better to buy from Stena Line, as rail companies can only offer basic cabin options, not Comfort or Captain's class.
The Man in Seat 61's top tips: If your journey starts in the Netherlands: This can sell one-way or return Dutch Flyer tickets starting in the Netherland. If you live in the Netherlands Tickets will be posted to any Dutch address.
If you live in the UK or anywhere else outside the Netherlands The reason you have to book from Hoek van Holland and not from Any Dutch Station is that Stena would have to post any Dutch train tickets and they won't post to addresses outside the Netherlands.
Anyone from any country can use this system, the ferry ticket will be emailed to you as a print-at-home e-ticket, and your UK train tickets will be handed to you at the ferry terminal at Hoek van Holland when you check in for the ferry. Their site can be fussy about US credit cards. Now buy your Amsterdam-Hoek train tickets: Once you have booked from Hoek van Holland to Any Greater Anglia station, you simply buy a normal Dutch train ticket to Schiedam Centrum you cannot book through to Hoek van Holland at the moment, so just buy as far as Schiedam.
No reservation is necessary or possible, you can buy at the station on the day and hop on the train.
Unbelievably, you can't buy Dutch train tickets online at the Dutch Railways website www. To buy tickets by phone: UK residents can try and buy tickets starting in the Netherlands through the UK Stena Line telesales office on , lines open London to Amsterdam by Dutch Flyer Starting 4 April , Eurostar will run one or two daily direct trains from London to Amsterdam taking 3h41, see details here. Alternatively, you can take Eurostar to Brussels and either a connecting high-speed Thalys train or a slower but more flexible InterCity train to Amsterdam. This is hardly any slower than a flight, and a lot less hassle.
It's a fast, comfortable and stress-free way to reach Amsterdam that beats flying, any day How to buy tickets. Here are these 3 options explained However, for the reasons explained here , until late these trains will only carry passengers between London and the Netherlands in the outward direction. If the direct Eurostars don't suit you, you can take Eurostar to Brussels in just 2 hours and change onto a high-speed Thalys train to Amsterdam in 1h49, total journey time as little as 4h If you want to stop off in Brussels for example, you need to buy separate tickets.
There is a third option, slower but often cheaper and more flexible. No prior reservation is necessary on the IC trains, you are free to hop on any departure you like that day. You can stop off in Brussels or Rotterdam if you like, without any formality. It's essentially an hourly service, but four IC trains per day in each direction are diverted to serve Den Haag. See tip about short cut between platforms. Brussels Midi depart Eurostar's timetable is getting more complicated, varying on random days of the week for random periods, so always check online for your date!
Stop off if you like. No service on 25 December. One or two London-Brussels trains call here - check online for details. The Brussels-Amsterdam InterCity trains will be diverted over the high-speed line from 9 April as shown here cutting journey time from 3h22 to 2h An hourly service links Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, with most hourly trains going on to Amsterdam but four going to Den Haag.
You can see the complete timetable if you use www. You can of course change at Rotterdam for Den Haag, I have not tried to show every possible connection here! Remember the 30 minute Eurostar check-in. Remember the 30 minute Eurostar check-in! Stop off in Brussels if you like. A Thalys at Amsterdam Centraal See Thalys information page How much does it cost? Like air fares, the price rises as the cheaper seats are sold, so book as early as the day booking period allows.
If you want to stop off in Brussels, you'll need to book each leg separately. Children under 4 go free, children aged travel at a reduced child rate. You can also easily book tickets at www. Tickets are only valid on the specific Eurostar you book, no changes, no refunds, but they're valid on any suitable connecting IC trains between Brussels and your chosen destination anywhere in the Netherlands in the 24 hours after your Eurostar arrival in Brussels eastbound, and in the 24 hours before your Eurostar departure from Brussels westbound.
No seat reservation is necessary or possible on the IC trains, you sit anywhere you like. London to any other Dutch station This simply adds up the cheapest fare for each leg of the journey. This makes travel to destinations further into the Netherlands such as Groningen or Arnhem or Eindhoven significantly cheaper than using Thalys, because the same Any Dutch Station fare will get you from London to Groningen or Arnhem as well as Amsterdam.
You can also buy tickets from London to Any Dutch Station at www. Booking usually opens days ahead, you can't book until bookings open. I recommend checking prices on each of the following sites, as they work in slightly different ways and prices often vary between them It happily accepts UK, European, American, Australian and other overseas credit cards, you can print your e-tickets on A4 paper Letter size paper is fine or download the SNCB Europe app and show the e-tickets on your smartphone.
However, it can only sell tickets to or from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford, not to or from other UK towns or cities, but you can add a connecting ticket from any British station to London as explained here. It issues print-at-home tickets and happily accepts UK, European, American, Australian and other overseas credit cards.
After booking, you can use the Manage a booking feature to pick an exact seat on Eurostar, see the tips on choosing a seat here. On the down side, once Eurostar's special through fares sell out or become too expensive, you may find it cheaper to use www. This is the Dutch Railways international site. Give it a try! It can only sell to or from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford, not to or from other UK towns or cities, but you can add a connecting ticket from any British station to London as explained here. It'll sell these as one-ways or round trips in either direction.
It can only sell tickets to or from London, Ebbsfleet or Ashford, not to or from other UK towns or cities, but you can add a connecting ticket from any British station to London as explained here. So in this example on www. There's a little quirk to be aware of with www. This is theoretically faster, but involves three tight connections instead of one robust connection. Personally, I'd stick with the direct Amsterdam-Brussels train as recommended in the timetable above, even though this means leaving an hour earlier.
By all means try it, but nsinternational. It issues print-at-home tickets and happily accepts UK, European, American, Australian and other overseas credit cards with no problem. The Eurostar website can sell you a ticket in either direction from London to Any Dutch Station meaning anywhere you like in the Netherlands. An advantage of using www. Tips on choosing a Eurostar seat.
Splitting the booking - e. There are times when you'll want to book the Eurostar and the Thalys or IC train separately, perhaps to allow a stopover for a day or two in Brussels, or perhaps just to give you more control. Remember that the 'Any Dutch Station' tickets allow for a stopover anyway, as they are valid within 24h of your Eurostar journey. Anyone from any country can book as follows, with print-at-home tickets:.
Thalys tickets can also be bought at www. Just remember to allow at least 17 minutes to change in Brussels when travelling east from London to Amsterdam, and at least 42 minutes to change trains in Brussels including the 30 minute Eurostar check-in when travelling west from Amsterdam to London, as those are the 'official' minimum connection times. How to buy tickets by phone Top tip for a plane-free weekend in Amsterdam Or see a bit of Brussels and head for Amsterdam Saturday afternoon.
There are Thalys trains from Brussels to Amsterdam every hour or two all day. Travel back from Amsterdam to London via Brussels on Sunday afternoon. You can either book the trains yourself then book suggested hotels here , or for a custom-made short break try www. If you want a compete tailor-made travel service with all your rail travel expertly booked for you and good quality hotels arranged, contact www.
They get very positive reviews. A Eurostar at St Pancras Brussels to Amsterdam by Thalys high-speed train However, the first class lounge at Brussels is only for special frequent traveller cardholders. Like Eurostar, advance reservation is obligatory, and special fares apply. Thalys tickets can only be used on the specific Thalys train on which your seats have been booked.
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Advice on changing trains at Brussels Midi. More information about Thalys.
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Seating plan for Thalys. A Thalys to Paris at Amsterdam Centraal. See full-screen panorama photos inside a Thalys train.
More info on Thalys. Brussels to Amsterdam by InterCity train As well as the high-speed Thalys trains, there are hourly InterCity trains which travel at up to mph mph taking 2h52 rather than 1h So you can easily buy a ticket at the station and hop on the next train. In other words, although slower and less comfortable than Thalys, these InterCity trains are more flexible to use, and significantly cheaper if you need to travel at short notice. There are power sockets in 1st class, but not 2nd. InterCity train 2nd class seats. InterCity train 1st class seats. A Dutch double-deck InterCity train.
Maastricht, right down in the southern tip of the Netherlands, is most easy reached by Eurostar changing in Brussels. This is valid on a specific Eurostar to Brussels, then onwards to any station in Belgium using any suitable connecting train including Belgian InterCity trains but not international Thalys or ICE trains within 24 hours of arrival in Brussels, and on your return within 24 hours of your Eurostar departure from Brussels. This will take you all the way to Liege, you can easily buy an onward ticket from Liege to Maastricht online at www.
Note that at www. The Eurostar website won't give schedules for the onward trains, but you can use the online journey planner at www. Buy online at www. So you can travel from London to anywhere in the Netherlands for the same price as Amsterdam. Simply take the sprinter train from Hoek van Holland to Rotterdam, where you'll find frequent direct trains to Utrecht, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Arnhem, Groningen and so on, usually every hour or better, with no need to go via Amsterdam.
Then go to www. But it's best booked at the Dutch railways website www. You print your own tickets. In the search results you can compare prices with faster options via Thalys high-speed trains , and make a choice on speed versus price. We don't all live in London and the South! From the North of England to Amsterdam, you have four options, including a luxurious direct cruise ferry from Hull or Newcastle to Holland that by-passes London:.
Option 1, by Eurostar: Option 1 is simply to catch a train up to London, then take Eurostar to Brussels and either a high-speed Thalys or lower speed InterCity train to Amsterdam, as explained above. You can buy a ticket from London to Amsterdam at www. The slower cross-country route from Peterborough to Harwich can take longer and involve more changes than going via London, but avoids changing trains and stations in London.
Option 3 is perhaps the most comfortable even luxurious way to go, which avoids having to travel up to London. The ferry sails overnight, so it's a time-effective alternative to flying for a weekend away or a short break in Holland. Step 1, take a train from your local station to Hull. There are direct trains to Hull from Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds.
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