Zaanstad to Maastricht runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:26 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €12.28 and €30.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 16m over 217 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.28 to €30.59
- 155%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zaanstad
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:26First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Zaanstad to Maastricht on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €22.73Mon14
- about €18.88Tue15
- about €27.13Wed16
- about €23.83Thu17
- about €20.53Fri18
- about €23.28Sat19
- about €18.88Sun20
- about €13.93Mon21
- about €16.68Tue22
- about €16.68Wed23
- about €17.78Thu24
- about €17.78Fri25
- about €22.18Sat26
- about €17.23Sun27
- about €12.28Mon28
- about €12.83Tue29
- about €12.83Wed30
- about €14.48Thu1
- about €13.38Fri2
- about €15.03Sat3
- about €12.83Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Maastricht. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Maastricht for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Zaanstad to Maastricht
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.5890 days
- €12.8360 days
- €13.3845 days
- €10.6330 days
- €12.8321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €18.887 days
- €27.133 days
- €22.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €27.13, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zaanstad to Maastricht and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
217 km
188 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
140,085 → 122,378
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 217 km against 188 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at 's-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Tilburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from MST into Maastricht is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Maastricht
Settled in advance, so the ride into Maastricht costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Maastricht Station
Most of the points near Maastricht Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Zaanstad to Maastricht
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
The fastest journey from Zaanstad to Maastricht takes 2h 16m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
The cheapest fare from Zaanstad to Maastricht is €12.28, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €27.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
The cheapest way from Zaanstad to Maastricht is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 45m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
The fastest way from Zaanstad to Maastricht is by train, at 2h 18m door to door. Only 1h 34m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €30.59.
When should I book Zaanstad to Maastricht?
Fares from Zaanstad to Maastricht bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 155 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Zaanstad to Maastricht?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Zaanstad to Maastricht, at €13.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Zaanstad to Maastricht?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Zaanstad to Maastricht, at €11.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
4 operators sell services from Zaanstad to Maastricht across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, European Sleeper, FlixBus, Nmbs/sncb. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
50 percent of the services we sell from Zaanstad to Maastricht are direct. The rest connect at 's-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven, Utrecht, Tilburg, with about 91 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Zaanstad to Maastricht produce?
Travelling from Zaanstad to Maastricht by coach produces about 5.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Train produces about 7.2 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Zaanstad to Maastricht use?
Services from Zaanstad to Maastricht by train leave from Zaandam railway station and arrive at Maastricht Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Zaanstad to Maastricht?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Zaanstad to Maastricht allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zaanstad to Maastricht on 13 September 2026: 217 km of route against 188 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 2h 16m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Maastricht a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Maastricht and across Netherlands
Day trips that leave Maastricht in the morning and cover a good part of Netherlands by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Zaanstad reaches 19 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 188 km. Maastricht reaches 89 places in 26 countries, from 44 to 7,538 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zaanstad
- 19Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Maastricht
Leaving Maastricht
- 89Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 26Operators