Travel to Leiden

Every way to reach Leiden: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Leiden is reachable from 18 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin is 41 km away.

Checked October 2, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Leiden

Every mode that actually calls at Leiden, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train36€11.881h 11m164 km1
  • 18Places you can arrive from
  • 18Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 1Operators

Leiden is small enough to walk across, so almost anywhere downtown works. We still do not sell the room.

A hotel room

A room in Leiden for the night the train gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km36100%Dordrecht, 41 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Leiden that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Netherlands36100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Leiden

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Leiden

Rail
  • Leiden Lammenschans
  • Leiden goods station
  • Station Leiden Heerensingel
Bus
  • Station
Ferry
  • Steiger 1
  • Steiger 2
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Leiden

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Leiden, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Almere Stad to Leiden train€11.881h 19m54 km
Amersfoort to Leiden train€11.881h 19m61 km
Breda to Leiden train€11.881h 23m66 km
Utrecht to Leiden train€11.881h 13m44 km
Dordrecht to Leiden train€11.881h 12m41 km
Hilversum to Leiden train€11.881h 12m47 km
Purmerend to Leiden train€11.881h 16m50 km
Nieuwegein to Leiden train€11.881h 11m43 km
Zeist to Leiden train€11.881h 15m51 km
Waalwijk to Leiden train€11.881h 21m66 km
Soest to Leiden train€11.881h 18m54 km
Tiel to Leiden train€11.891h 23m71 km
's-Hertogenbosch to Leiden train€12.991h 30m75 km
Tilburg to Leiden train€12.991h 30m79 km
Apeldoorn to Leiden train€16.291h 41m101 km
Arnhem to Leiden train€16.291h 39m99 km

A day in Leiden hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Leiden Lammenschans

Most of the points near Leiden Lammenschans open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Leiden

Common questions about Travel to Leiden

How can I get to Leiden?

Leiden is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 18 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Leiden?

The cheapest way into Leiden is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 18 origins we sell into Leiden over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Leiden?

The fastest journey into Leiden is by Train, at 1h 11m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 41 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Leiden have?

Leiden has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Leiden Lammenschans, Leiden goods station, Station Leiden Heerensingel. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Leiden from within 200 km?

36 of the routes we sell into Leiden start within 200 km. The nearest is Dordrecht, 41 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Leiden in Netherlands?

Leiden connects to 18 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 164 km away in a straight line. Netherlands routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Netherlands

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Leiden is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Leiden and across Netherlands

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

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