Statistics
Rijden de Treinen keeps track of all train disruptions in the Netherlands since 2011. Disruptions are archived by line and by cause. On this page, you can lookup statistics like the railway line with the most disruptions, the most common causes for a disruption, or the number of disruptions per month.
It may be interesting to know how these statistics are calculated, and how you can be sure that these statistics are statistically valid. See the explanation for more information about how Rijden de Treinen calculates disruption statistics, and what is the best way to interpret them.
See the list with all causes for disruption for statistics about a specific cause.
Summary
Between January 1, 2011 and July 30, 2026, Rijden de Treinen has reported 66,485 disruptions. On average 12 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 20 years, 3 months, 27 days, 10 hours, 48 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 7 hours, 18 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 41 minutes.
Number of disruptions
This graphs shows the number of disruptions within the period you have selected, and the total duration of all disruptions (measured in hours).
Main causes for disruption
In order to better understand the main causes for disruptions, Rijden de Treinen uses categories.
Top 10 disruption causes
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Broken down train20,546 disruptions • avg. duration: 46 minutes -
Signal failure5,277 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 31 minutes -
Points failure4,650 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 29 minutes -
Collision3,688 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes -
Stranded train2,952 disruptions • avg. duration: 50 minutes
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Person hit by a train2,332 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 42 minutes
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An emergency call2,186 disruptions • avg. duration: 47 minutes -
Repair works1,679 disruptions • avg. duration: 6 hours, 21 minutes -
Person on the railway track1,540 disruptions • avg. duration: 34 minutes -
Damaged overhead wires1,372 disruptions • avg. duration: 5 hours, 35 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport2,906 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 8 days, 2 hours
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport2,874 disruptions • duration: 7 months, 9 days, 8 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport2,849 disruptions • duration: 9 months, 30 days, 2 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL2,715 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 7 days, 2 hours
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL2,648 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 29 days, 16 hours
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal2,635 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 18 days, 19 hours
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport2,567 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 10 days, 11 hours
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal2,203 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 19 days, 6 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal2,131 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 18 days, 2 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal2,087 disruptions • duration: 7 months, 13 days, 14 hours
One disruption often impacts multiple railway lines. In those cases, the same disruption is counted for each affected line.
Exact causes for disruption
This graph shows the various causes for a disruption and the number of disruptions with these causes. The causes for disruptions are provided by NS.
Disruptions per weekday
This graphs shows the number of disruptions per day of the week.