Cheapest€31.69
- Eurostar International EI247506:401h 58m08:38Lille EuropeAmsterdam Centraal
Door to door 2h 42mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Lille to Amsterdam train
Trains from Lille to Amsterdam start at €34.99 and take 2h 36m at their fastest.
The Trains from Lille to Amsterdam starts at €34.99 and takes 2h 36m door to door, run by 2 operators over 266 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 2h 36mDoor to door
- 1h 52mMoving
- €34.99From
- 8.8 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.
Fastest€38.84
- Eurostar E203506:311h 52m08:23Lille EuropeAmsterdam Centraal
Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.8 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
| Eurostar | €34.44 |
 Eurostar International | €31.69 |
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When to book Lille to Amsterdam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.5490 days
- €27.8460 days
- €27.2945 days
- €27.8430 days
- €34.9921 days
- €45.9914 days
- €55.897 days
- €52.043 days
- €72.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €72.94, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €45.99Sun
- €36.09Mon
- €34.99Tue
- €39.39Wed
- €50.94Thu
- €43.24Fri
- €45.99Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Lille
Rail
- Lille Europe
- Lille-Flandres
- Gare de Lille-CHR
Amsterdam
Rail
- Amsterdam Centraal
- Amsterdam-Centraal
- Amsterdam Doklaan
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
- 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 266 km against 231 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 Rotterdam, Antwerp, Gent, The Hague. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Lille at 06:31 and the last at 14:44, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Lille 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 the Train from Lille to Amsterdam take?
The Train from Lille to Amsterdam takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 266 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 Lille to Amsterdam cost?
The Train from Lille to Amsterdam starts at €34.99 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €38.02. 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 Lille to Amsterdam?
2 operators run the Train from Lille to Amsterdam: Eurostar, Eurostar International. Between them they file around 8 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 Lille to Amsterdam use?
The Train from Lille to Amsterdam leaves from Lille Europe and arrives at Amsterdam Centraal. 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.
When should I book the Train from Lille to Amsterdam?
Fares for the Train from Lille to Amsterdam bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Lille to Amsterdam produce?
The Train from Lille to Amsterdam produces about 8.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 266 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 Lille to Amsterdam?
Operators on the Train from Lille to Amsterdam publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
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.
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 Lille to Amsterdam on September 12, 2026: 266 km of route against 231 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €34.99, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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