Dutchflyer

Dutchflyer

Dutchflyer is the name given in the UK to an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Formerly known as Amsterdam Express, Dutchflyer is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by Stena Line, National Express East Anglia, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways).[1] It is a cheaper, but much slower, way of travelling between Britain and the Netherlands compared with taking the Eurostar high-speed international train and changing trains at Brussels.

For passengers starting in the Netherlands the service used to be called GoLondon. Nowadays it does not have a brand name and this service operates under the Dutch Stena line website. [2]

The Dutchflyer service lets passengers travel from any railway station serviced in the UK by National Express East Anglia to Harwich International (formerly Parkeston Quay), cross the North Sea by Stena Line ferry, and continue, after arrival at Hoek van Holland Haven to any station in the Netherlands serviced by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

The reverse service allows for the same, but when booked and travelling from the Netherlands: on the Dutch side from any Dutch station to Hoek van Holland Haven and on the UK side passengers may travel directly from Harwich International railway station to London Liverpool Street or other stations serviced by National Express East Anglia. Trains to and from London and Cambridge are timed to meet the ferry.

This service is an outgrowth of such former named trains as the Hook Continental.

Train services

After arriving in Hoek van Holland, passengers disembark right into the railway station from where there is frequent rail service to Rotterdam Central Station. From there passengers may choose to change trains to go anywhere in the Netherlands. An example is shown in this table for a connection by rail from Hoek van Holland to Rotterdam and then to The Hague or Amsterdam, or stations in between.

Series Train Type Route Material Frequency Notes
National Express East Anglia Boat Train London Liverpool Street – Harwich International Class 321 Twice Daily
National Express East Anglia Boat Train CambridgeHarwich International Daily
National Express East Anglia Boat Train LowestoftHarwich International Daily
Stena Line Boat Harwich International harbour – Hoek van Holland harbour Stena Britannica, Stena Hollandica Twice a day
4100 Sprinter Hoek van Holland HavenMaassluis WestMaassluis – Vlaardingen West – Vlaardingen Centrum – Vlaardingen Oost – Schiedam Nieuwland – Schiedam Centrum – Rotterdam Centraal SLT Twice an hour To Hoek van Holland Strand March – November
2100 Intercity Rotterdam Centraal – Den Haag HSLeiden CentraalSchipholAmsterdam Centraal VIRM Twice an hour

Notes

  1. ^ Dutchflyer website.
  2. ^ Dutch Stena Line website.

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