Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch train

Trains from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch start at €23.98 and take 2h 14m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch starts at €23.98 and takes 2h 14m door to door, run by 2 operators over 196 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 14mDoor to door
  • 1h 30mMoving
  • €25.64 to €77.34From
  • 06:12 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 6.5 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€25.64 to €77.34 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.

Nmbs/sncb runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Bookaway lists departures for Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €77.34Fri18
  2. about €50.39Sat19
  3. about €59.19Sun20
  4. about €34.44Mon21
  5. about €38.29Tue22
  6. about €35.54Wed23
  7. about €50.94Thu24
  8. about €33.89Fri25
  9. about €39.94Sat26
  10. about €32.79Sun27
  11. about €32.24Mon28
  12. about €25.64Tue29
  13. about €28.39Wed30
  14. about €39.39Thu1

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.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Fastest€30.04
  1. Nmbs/sncb N396106:121h 30m07:42Leeuwarden railway stationTrain station 's-Hertogenbosch

Door to door 2h 14mCO2 6.5 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestOn board
European Sleeper€22.342h 8mPower outlets, Sleeper berths, Wi-Fi
Nmbs/sncb€20.692h 9mPower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • European Sleeper
  • Nmbs/sncb

The train gets you into 's-Hertogenbosch. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in 's-Hertogenbosch for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Train station 's-Hertogenbosch and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch

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

  1. €11.7390 days
  2. €10.6360 days
  3. €11.1845 days
  4. €11.7330 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €15.5814 days
  7. €19.437 days
  8. €20.533 days
  9. €26.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 145 percent. The most expensive point is €26.03, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €16.13Sun
  2. €13.38Mon
  3. €13.38Tue
  4. €13.93Wed
  5. €15.58Thu
  6. €16.68Fri
  7. €19.98Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Leeuwarden

Rail
  • Leeuwarden railway station
  • Expeditieknooppunt Leeuwarden
  • Leeuwarden Halte railway station

's-Hertogenbosch

Rail
  • Train station 's-Hertogenbosch
  • 's-Hertogenbosch railway station
  • Expeditieknooppunt 's-Hertogenbosch
The journey

What the journey 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 196 km against 171 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 Amersfoort, Utrecht, Apeldoorn, Almere Stad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 06:12 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.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train2h 14m1h 30m44m€23.986.5 kg6
Coach3h 22m2h 38m44m€11.185.3 kg2

Questions about Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch

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 's-Hertogenbosch take?

The Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch takes 2h 14m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving. The route runs 196 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 's-Hertogenbosch cost?

The Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch starts at €23.98 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €29.76. 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 's-Hertogenbosch?

2 operators run the Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch: 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 's-Hertogenbosch use?

The Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch leaves from Leeuwarden railway station and arrives at Train station 's-Hertogenbosch. 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 's-Hertogenbosch?

Traveling from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch by Coach costs €11.18 and takes 3h 22m door to door, against 2h 14m 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 's-Hertogenbosch?

Fares for the Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 145 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch produce?

The Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch produces about 6.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 196 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 's-Hertogenbosch?

Operators on the Train from Leeuwarden to 's-Hertogenbosch 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 14m 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 's-Hertogenbosch on September 17, 2026: 196 km of route against 171 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.98, and 2h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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