2005 - photo of wide city view over the earthworks and construction sites in the area Oosterdijkseiland, along the water Oosterdok in Amsterdam city, including high building-cranes. Free download image CC0 in high resolution photo, by Dutch photographer Fons Heijnsbroek.

Cambridge to Amsterdam

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Cambridge to Amsterdam. From $36.16, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $36.16, every fee included. Services cover 396 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $36.16, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026

$36.16

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Cambridge and Amsterdam.

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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 $87.73Thu8
  2. about $80.45Fri9
  3. about $60.43Sat10
  4. about $60.43Sun11
  5. about $59.22Mon12
  6. about $53.15Tue13
  7. about $48.30Wed14
  8. about $52.54Thu15
  9. about $53.15Fri16
  10. about $54.37Sat17
  11. about $48.90Sun18
  12. about $49.51Mon19
  13. about $39.20Tue20
  14. about $37.38Wed21
  15. about $49.51Thu22
  16. about $50.72Fri23
  17. about $47.69Sat24
  18. about $44.05Sun25
  19. about $36.16Mon26
  20. about $38.59Tue27
  21. about $39.80Wed28

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Amsterdam for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Amsterdam 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam

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

  1. $36.1590 days
  2. $41.0260 days
  3. $37.9845 days
  4. $37.9830 days
  5. $39.8021 days
  6. $37.3814 days
  7. $48.307 days
  8. $60.433 days
  9. $87.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $36.15.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is $87.73, 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.
$87.73$36.15137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cambridge to Amsterdam and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

396 km

325 km as the crow flies, 22% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

145,674 → 741,636

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

The route

United KingdomGermanyBelgiumNorth SeaEnglish ChannelLondonLondonBirminghamBirminghamCologneCologneRotterdamRotterdamDüsseldorfDüsseldorfEssenEssenManchesterManchesterAntwerpAntwerpDuisburgDuisburgBristolBristolThe HagueThe HagueLeicesterLeicesterBrentBrentNottinghamNottinghamReadingReadingHullHullCambridgeCambridgeAmsterdamAmsterdamMap 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 396 km against 325 km in a straight line, a detour of 22 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at London, Norwich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

The fare from AMS into Amsterdam is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Amsterdam

Settled in advance, so the ride into Amsterdam costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Amsterdam Centraal

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

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Questions about Cambridge to Amsterdam

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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

Cambridge to Amsterdam covers 396 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

The cheapest fare from Cambridge to Amsterdam is $36.16, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $61.96. 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

The cheapest way from Cambridge to Amsterdam is by train, at $36.16 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Cambridge to Amsterdam?

Fares from Cambridge to Amsterdam bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $36.15. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 143 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cambridge to Amsterdam, at $39.20. 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cambridge to Amsterdam, at $36.15 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

3 operators sell services from Cambridge to Amsterdam across 1 mode: Eurostar, Greater Anglia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

0 percent of the services we sell from Cambridge to Amsterdam are direct. The rest connect at London, Norwich, with about 46 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam use?

Services from Cambridge to Amsterdam by train leave from Cambridge railway station and arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol AMS. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Cambridge to Amsterdam?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Cambridge to Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Amsterdam and across Netherlands

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

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The two ends, compared

Cambridge reaches 30 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 74 to 8,726 km. Amsterdam reaches 223 places in 63 countries, from 22 to 12,142 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Cambridge

  • 30Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Amsterdam

Leaving Amsterdam

  • 223Places you can leave for
  • 63Countries
  • 99Operators

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