Fastest€28.94
- European Sleeper ES395911:211h 28m12:49Den Haag CentraalEnschede railway station
Door to door 2h 12mCO2 6.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
The Hague to Enschede train
Trains from The Hague to Enschede start at €26.74 and take 2h 12m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price The Hague to Enschede on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from The Hague to Enschede starts at €26.74 and takes 2h 12m door to door, run by 5 operators over 205 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2h 12mDoor to door
- 1h 28mMoving
- €26.74 to €58.09From
- 06:12 to 17:19First and last departure
- 18Per day
- 6.8 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€26.74 to €58.09 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
- about €46.54Tue15
- about €43.24Wed16
- about €58.09Thu17
- about €41.59Fri18
- about €43.79Sat19
- about €38.84Sun20
- about €34.99Mon21
- about €26.74Tue22
- about €30.04Wed23
- about €38.29Thu24
- about €33.34Fri25
- about €33.89Sat26
- about €32.24Sun27
- about €27.84Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 European Sleeper | €22.89 | 2h 11m | Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
| Eurostar | €24.54 | 2h 12m | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Eurostar International | €21.79 | 2h 12m | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Nederlandse Spoorwegen | €24.54 | 2h 11m | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
 Nmbs/sncb | €23.99 | 2h 12m | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Enschede. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Enschede for the night the train gets in
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When to book The Hague to Enschede
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €12.8345 days
- €10.6330 days
- €11.1821 days
- €13.3814 days
- €16.137 days
- €24.933 days
- €20.531 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 135 percent. The dearest point is €24.93, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €15.58Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €13.38Tue
- €15.03Wed
- €16.68Thu
- €16.68Fri
- €16.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The Hague
Rail
- Den Haag Centraal
- Station Scheveningen
- 't Haantje railway halt
Enschede
Rail
- Enschede railway station
- Enschede Noord railway station
- Enschede Kennispark railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 205 km against 178 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 Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Utrecht. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves The Hague at 06:12 and the last at 17:19, across 18 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 12m | 1h 28m | 44m | €26.74 | 6.8 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 3h 35m | 2h 51m | 44m | €13.38 | 5.5 kg | 6 |
Questions about The Hague to Enschede
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 The Hague to Enschede take?
The Train from The Hague to Enschede takes 2h 12m door to door, of which 1h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 205 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 The Hague to Enschede cost?
The Train from The Hague to Enschede starts at €26.74 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €28.67. 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 The Hague to Enschede?
5 operators run the Train from The Hague to Enschede: European Sleeper, Eurostar, Eurostar International, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Nmbs/sncb. Between them they file around 18 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 The Hague to Enschede use?
The Train from The Hague to Enschede leaves from Den Haag Centraal and arrives at Enschede railway station. 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 The Hague to Enschede?
Travelling from The Hague to Enschede by Coach costs €13.38 and takes 3h 35m door to door, against 2h 12m 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 The Hague to Enschede?
Fares for the Train from The Hague to Enschede bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 135 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from The Hague to Enschede produce?
The Train from The Hague to Enschede produces about 6.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 205 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 The Hague to Enschede?
Operators on the Train from The Hague to Enschede publish Power sockets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 12m 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 The Hague to Enschede on 14 September 2026: 205 km of route against 178 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €26.74, and 2h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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