Schiphol Airport station is a major passenger railway station in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, beneath the terminal complex of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station's six platforms are accessible via twelve escalators and three elevators located in the main concourse of the airport (Schiphol Plaza). The original station was opened in 1978, and the current station in 1995. It connects the airport to Amsterdam and other cities in the Netherlands, as well as to Belgium and France.
Former entrance of the railway station in 1989, demolished in 1995Rail tunnel and underground platforms of the station under construction in 1992
The original railway station at Schiphol was partly at street level and opened on 21 December 1978.
Initially, passengers could only travel as far as Amsterdam's Zuid WTC and RAI stations, as well as south bound towards Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam. For trips to Amsterdam Centraal station, passengers had to travel to RAI and transfer to a local train. A direct link was created with the construction of the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway in 1986.
A newly built underground station opened in 1995; the former building was demolished. As Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which surrounds the railway station, is the largest airport within the Netherlands and the primary international gateway, Schiphol railway station changed into a major hub in the Dutch railway network.
The station was renamed Schiphol Airport on 13 December 2015 to make the station more recognizable to international travelers.[1]
Station layout
There are 3 island platforms with a total of 6 tracks. What is special about this station is that the platforms are not only accessible via the usual escalators (3 per platform), fixed stairs (1 per platform) and elevators (1 per platform), but also via ramps (4 per platform). The ramps were intended for passengers to take their luggage on luggage trolleys. These were placed on the platforms for this purpose. The use of these trolleys on the platforms was later prohibited and made impossible by obstacles in the form of poles at the top of the ramps. Because air passengers started using roller suitcases on a large scale over the years, luggage trolleys were no longer as important as they used to be.
Since 2006, island platforms 1/2 and 5/6 have had flexible arrival and departure tracks, i.e., it is determined just a few minutes in advance on which of the two tracks (1 or 2, or 5 or 6 respectively), and thus on which side of the platform, a train will arrive and depart.
Reservations are obligatory to board Eurostar trains. For Intercity Direct trains to Breda a supplemental fare is required for the high-speed stretch to Rotterdam.
Train services
There are several types of train series in the Netherlands:
Intercity Direct These are Intercity Services using the high speed network.
InterCity These are express trains calling at major stations. The fastest type of regular train in the Netherlands.
Sprinters These are trains calling at all stations and mostly are operated by SNG or SLT 'Sprinter' train sets.
Schiphol Airport is a station for many national and international connections. These following trains will stop at Schiphol in the 2025 timetable:
The following bus services depart from the bus platform outside the airport building. Italics indicates stops within the Schiphol area. All services are daily unless otherwise stated.
Timetable as of 2025:
1 Schiphol - Rozenburg Logistic Hub
3 Schiphol - Schiphol P3
180 Circular line Schiphol P30 – Schiphol – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol Oost - Oude Meer - Schiphol Zuid - Rozenburg - Schiphol P30
181 Circular line Schiphol Knooppunt Noord – Schiphol P40 – Schiphol – Schiphol P30 - Rozenburg – Schiphol Zuid – Oude Meer - Schiphol Oost - Schiphol Knooppunt Noord
Travelers have access to Schiphol Plaza, the airport's landside shopping centre, accessible to both air travelers and local customers. In addition to several smaller stores, Schiphol Plaza also contains two medium-sized supermarkets, Food Village and Albert Heijn. These supermarkets are open until midnight seven days a week. Soft-drink and snack machines are available on the platforms, as in most Dutch train stations.
Schiphol Plaza is getting an extension. This will create space for a separate train passenger area that will only be accessible via access gates. The renovation should start in 2022 and be completed in 2025,[2] but has not yet started as of 2024.
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