Cheapest€10.07
- BlaBlaCar BB453114:201h 50m16:10BusstationStation
Door to door 2h 34mCO2 3.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Leeuwarden to Zaanstad bus
Buses from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad start at €10.07 and take 2h 30m at their fastest.
The Buses from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 30m door to door, run by 2 operators over 123 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 30mDoor to door
- 1h 46mMoving
- €10.07From
- 3.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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Rooms within reach of Zaandam railway station
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When to book Leeuwarden to Zaanstad
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €10.637 days
- €11.183 days
- €14.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 44 percent. The most expensive point is €14.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €10.08Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.63Wed
- €11.18Thu
- €10.63Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Leeuwarden
Bus
- Busstation
- Blauwe Tent
Zaanstad
Bus
- Station
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 123 km against 107 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 Utrecht, Zwolle, Lelystad, Amersfoort. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Leeuwarden at 06:07 and the last at 14:40, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 39m | 55m | 44m | €16.84 | 4.1 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 2h 30m | 1h 46m | 44m | €10.07 | 3.3 kg | 4 |
Questions about Leeuwarden to Zaanstad
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad take?
The Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving. The route runs 123 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 Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad cost?
The Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 21, 2026. A typical fare is €10.91. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad?
2 operators run the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 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 Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad use?
The Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad leaves from Busstation and arrives at 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 Coach the best way from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad?
Traveling from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad by Train costs €16.84 and takes 1h 39m door to door, against 2h 30m by Coach. 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 Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad?
Fares for the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 44 percent, measured on September 21, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad produce?
The Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad produces about 3.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 123 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad?
Operators on the Coach from Leeuwarden to Zaanstad publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 30m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Leeuwarden to Zaanstad on September 12, 2026: 123 km of route against 107 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Zaanstad and elsewhere in Netherlands. None of it is ours to sell.
What to book in Zaanstad before you go
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Zaanstad, with free cancellation on most of it.
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