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Antwerp to Leiden

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Antwerp to Leiden. From $25.84, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $25.84, every fee included. Services cover 159 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $25.84, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 21, 2026

$25.84

  • 159%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Antwerp and Leiden.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $62.25Thu8
  2. about $54.37Fri9
  3. about $39.80Sat10
  4. about $42.84Sun11
  5. about $33.74Mon12
  6. about $34.94Tue13
  7. about $30.09Wed14
  8. about $31.91Thu15
  9. about $33.12Fri16
  10. about $33.73Sat17
  11. about $34.33Sun18
  12. about $33.12Mon19
  13. about $33.12Tue20
  14. about $25.84Wed21
  15. about $28.27Thu22
  16. about $31.30Fri23
  17. about $27.67Sat24
  18. about $28.88Sun25
  19. about $30.09Mon26
  20. about $27.06Tue27
  21. about $29.49Wed28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Leiden. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Leiden for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Leiden Centraal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Antwerp to Leiden

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

  1. $24.0290 days
  2. $26.4460 days
  3. $28.8845 days
  4. $29.4930 days
  5. $29.4921 days
  6. $25.8414 days
  7. $30.097 days
  8. $39.803 days
  9. $62.251 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $24.02.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is $62.25, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$62.25$24.02137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Antwerp to Leiden 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

159 km

104 km as the crow flies, 53% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

529,247 → 119,713

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

GermanyNetherlandsBelgiumEnglish ChannelCologneCologneAmsterdamAmsterdamDüsseldorfDüsseldorfEssenEssenDuisburgDuisburgBielefeldBielefeldBonnBonnMünsterMünsterSouthend-on-SeaSouthend-on-SeaAachenAachenGhentGhentMönchengladbachMönchengladbachLilleLilleKrefeldKrefeldEindhovenEindhovenTilburgTilburgAntwerpAntwerpLeidenLeidenMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 159 km against 104 km in a straight line, a detour of 53 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Utrecht. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

Who runs this route

Leiden is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Leiden Centraal

Most of the points near Leiden Centraal open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Antwerp to Leiden

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 it take to get from Antwerp to Leiden?

Antwerp to Leiden covers 159 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Antwerp to Leiden?

The cheapest fare from Antwerp to Leiden is $25.84, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $33.12. 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 Antwerp to Leiden?

The cheapest way from Antwerp to Leiden is by train, at $25.84 for one passenger on October 21, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Antwerp to Leiden?

Fares from Antwerp to Leiden bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $24.02. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 159 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Antwerp to Leiden?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Antwerp to Leiden, at $29.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Antwerp to Leiden?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Antwerp to Leiden, at $24.02 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 service from Antwerp to Leiden?

2 operators sell services from Antwerp to Leiden across 1 mode: Eurostar, Nederlandse Spoorwegen. 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 Antwerp to Leiden?

0 percent of the services we sell from Antwerp to Leiden are direct. The rest connect at Utrecht, with about 75 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Antwerp to Leiden use?

Services from Antwerp to Leiden by train leave from Antwerpen Centraal and arrive at Leiden Centraal. 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 Antwerp to Leiden?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Antwerp to Leiden allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

Being on the water gives Leiden a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Leiden and across Netherlands

Day trips that leave Leiden in the morning and cover a good part of Netherlands by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Antwerp reaches 59 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 30 to 10,551 km. Leiden reaches 9 places in 5 countries, from 21 to 607 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Antwerp

  • 59Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Leiden

Leaving Leiden

  • 9Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 1Operators

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