Fastest€24.54
- Arriva A431611:491h 5m12:54Amsterdam CentraalGroningen railway station
Door to door 1h 49mCO2 4.9 kgChanges 0Refundable
Amsterdam to Groningen train
Trains from Amsterdam to Groningen start at €20.69 and take 1h 49m at their fastest.
The Trains from Amsterdam to Groningen starts at €20.69 and takes 1h 49m door to door, run by 4 operators over 147 km, with around 14 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 49mDoor to door
- 1h 5mMoving
- €20.69From
- 4.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 Arriva | €17.39 | 1h 49m | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
 European Sleeper | €17.39 | 1h 49m | Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
 Nederlandse Spoorwegen | €17.39 | 1h 48m | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
 Nmbs/sncb | €18.49 | 1h 48m | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Groningen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Groningen
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When to book Amsterdam to Groningen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €12.2814 days
- €12.287 days
- €13.933 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.
- €12.28Sun
- €11.18Mon
- €10.63Tue
- €11.18Wed
- €12.83Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €12.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Amsterdam
Rail
- Amsterdam Centraal
- Amsterdam-Centraal
- Amsterdam Doklaan
Groningen
Rail
- Groningen railway station
- Expeditieknooppunt Groningen
- Groningen Noord railway 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
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 147 km against 147 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Leeuwarden, Lelystad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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. 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 Amsterdam at 06:04 and the last at 17:35, across 14 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
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 49m | 1h 5m | 44m | €20.69 | 4.9 kg | 14 |
| Coach | 2h 44m | 2h | 44m | €10.63 | 4.0 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 37.1 kg | 4 |
Questions about Amsterdam to Groningen
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 Train from Amsterdam to Groningen take?
The Train from Amsterdam to Groningen takes 1h 49m door to door, of which 1h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 147 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 Amsterdam to Groningen cost?
The Train from Amsterdam to Groningen starts at €20.69 for one passenger, checked on September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €21.79. 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 Amsterdam to Groningen?
4 operators run the Train from Amsterdam to Groningen: Arriva, European Sleeper, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Nmbs/sncb. Between them they file around 14 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 Amsterdam to Groningen use?
The Train from Amsterdam to Groningen leaves from Amsterdam Centraal and arrives at Groningen 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 Amsterdam to Groningen?
Traveling from Amsterdam to Groningen by Coach costs €10.63 and takes 2h 44m door to door, against 1h 49m 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 Amsterdam to Groningen?
Fares for the Train from Amsterdam to Groningen 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 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Amsterdam to Groningen produce?
The Train from Amsterdam to Groningen produces about 4.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 147 km, which works out at roughly 33 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 Train from Amsterdam to Groningen?
Operators on the Train from Amsterdam to Groningen publish Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 49m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Amsterdam to Groningen on September 13, 2026: 147 km of route against 147 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.69, and 1h 49m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Groningen are the half people leave until last.
Things to do in Groningen
Day trips that leave Groningen in the morning and cover a good part of Netherlands by evening.
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