Fastest€28.39
- Nmbs/sncb N458706:351h 16m07:51Leeuwarden railway stationNijmegen railway station
Door to door 2hCO2 5.7 kgChanges 0Refundable
Leeuwarden to Nijmegen train
Trains from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen start at €25.09 and take 2h at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Leeuwarden to Nijmegen on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen starts at €25.09 and takes 2h door to door, run by 2 operators over 174 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 2hDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €25.09 to €48.74From
- 06:26 to 07:30First and last departure
- 6Per day
- 5.7 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 28, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€25.09 to €48.74 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 €41.04Mon14
- about €34.99Tue15
- about €36.64Wed16
- about €39.94Thu17
- about €48.74Fri18
- about €37.19Sat19
- about €41.04Sun20
- about €25.09Mon21
- about €27.84Tue22
- about €28.93Wed23
- about €36.64Thu24
- about €30.04Fri25
- about €35.54Sat26
- about €29.49Sun27
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 September 28, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | On board |
|---|---|---|---|
 European Sleeper | €21.24 | 1h 59m | Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi |
 Nmbs/sncb | €19.59 | 2h | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Nijmegen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Leeuwarden to Nijmegen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.3890 days
- €11.1860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €10.0730 days
- €11.1821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €15.587 days
- €22.733 days
- €18.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €22.73, 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.
- €14.48Sun
- €11.73Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €15.03Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €18.33Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Leeuwarden
Rail
- Leeuwarden railway station
- Expeditieknooppunt Leeuwarden
- Leeuwarden Halte railway station
Nijmegen
Rail
- Nijmegen railway station
- Nijmegen Lent railway station
- Nijmegen Goffert railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 174 km against 151 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 Zwolle, Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Almere Stad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Leeuwarden at 06:26 and the last at 07:30, across 6 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 | 1h 16m | 44m | €25.09 | 5.7 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 3h 12m | 2h 28m | 44m | €11.73 | 4.7 kg | 2 |
Questions about Leeuwarden to Nijmegen
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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen take?
The Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen takes 2h door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 174 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen cost?
The Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen starts at €25.09 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €27.57. 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen?
2 operators run the Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen: European Sleeper, Nmbs/sncb. Between them they file around 6 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen use?
The Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen leaves from Leeuwarden railway station and arrives at Nijmegen 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen?
Traveling from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen by Coach costs €11.73 and takes 3h 12m door to door, against 2h 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen?
Fares for the Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 126 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen produce?
The Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen produces about 5.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 174 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen?
Operators on the Train from Leeuwarden to Nijmegen publish Power outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 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 Leeuwarden to Nijmegen on September 13, 2026: 174 km of route against 151 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €25.09, and 2h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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