Rotterdam to Tilburg train

Trains from Rotterdam to Tilburg start at €11.88 and take 1h 17m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Rotterdam to Tilburg starts at €11.88 and takes 1h 17m door to door, run by 6 operators over 67 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 18 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 1h 17mDoor to door
  • 33mMoving
  • €11.88 to €19.04From
  • 06:04 to 18:47First and last departure
  • 24Per day
  • 2.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 18 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€11.88 to €19.04 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €15.74Wed16
  2. about €19.04Thu17
  3. about €15.19Fri18
  4. about €15.74Sat19
  5. about €14.09Sun20
  6. about €12.44Mon21
  7. about €11.88Tue22
  8. about €11.88Wed23
  9. about €12.99Thu24
  10. about €12.44Fri25
  11. about €12.44Sat26
  12. about €11.89Sun27
  13. about €11.88Mon28
  14. about €11.88Tue29

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 18 September 2026

Fastest€15.19
  1. European Sleeper ES164006:0533m06:38Rotterdam CentraalTilburg goods yard

Door to door 1h 17mCO2 2.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Train operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorOn board
European SleeperPower sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
EurostarPower sockets, Wi-Fi
Eurostar InternationalPower sockets, Wi-Fi
Nederlandse SpoorwegenPower sockets, Wi-Fi
Nmbs/sncbPower sockets, Wi-Fi
NS InternationalPower sockets, Wi-Fi

The train gets you into Tilburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Tilburg for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Tilburg goods yard and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Rotterdam to Tilburg

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.077 days
  8. €10.073 days
  9. €10.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 0 percent. The dearest point is €10.08, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €10.07Sun
  2. €10.07Mon
  3. €10.07Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €10.07Thu
  6. €10.07Fri
  7. €10.07Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rotterdam

Rail
  • Rotterdam Centraal
  • Rotterdam Feijenoord
  • Rotterdam Kleiweg Station

Tilburg

Rail
  • Tilburg goods yard
  • Tilburg railway station
  • Expeditieknooppunt Tilburg
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 67 km against 59 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rotterdam at 06:04 and the last at 18:47, across 24 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train1h 17m33m44m€11.882.2 kg24
Coach1h 42m58m44m€10.071.8 kg8

Questions about Rotterdam to Tilburg

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 the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg take?

The Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg takes 1h 17m door to door, of which 33m is spent moving. The route runs 67 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg cost?

The Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €17.94. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg?

6 operators run the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg: European Sleeper, Eurostar, Eurostar International, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Nmbs/sncb. Between them they file around 24 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg use?

The Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg leaves from Rotterdam Centraal and arrives at Tilburg goods yard. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Rotterdam to Tilburg?

Travelling from Rotterdam to Tilburg by Coach costs €10.07 and takes 1h 42m door to door, against 1h 17m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg?

Fares for the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg produce?

The Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg produces about 2.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 67 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg?

Operators on the Train from Rotterdam to Tilburg publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 6 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 17m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rotterdam to Tilburg on 15 September 2026: 67 km of route against 59 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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