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 June 9, 2023, Rijden de Treinen has reported 46,816 disruptions. This is an average of 10 disruptions per day.

The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 14 years, 3 months, 2 days, 11 hours, 41 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 3 hours, 30 minutes with train disruptions per day.

The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Number of disruptions and total duration

This graphs shows the number of disruptions within the period you have selected, and the total duration of all disruptions (measured in hours).

Top 10 lines with disruptions

This list shows the railway lines with the highest number of disruptions.

1. Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport
   2,102 disruptions • duration: 7 months, 11 days, 18 hours
2. Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport
   1,938 disruptions • duration: 5 months, 24 days, 10 hours
3. Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport
   1,892 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 5 days, 3 hours
4. Breda - Rotterdam Centraal
   1,827 disruptions • duration: 4 months, 29 days, 21 hours
5. Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport
   1,813 disruptions • duration: 4 months, 21 days, 11 hours
6. Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal
   1,718 disruptions • duration: 5 months, 17 days, 5 hours
7. Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport
   1,703 disruptions • duration: 5 months, 12 days, 7 hours
8. Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal
   1,526 disruptions • duration: 4 months, 13 days, 23 hours
9. Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
   1,492 disruptions • duration: 4 months, 25 days, 12 hours
10. Den Haag Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    1,465 disruptions • duration: 5 months, 12 days, 11 hours

One disruption often impacts multiple railway lines. In those cases, the same disruption is counted for each affected line.

Main causes for disruption

In order to better understand the main causes for disruptions, Rijden de Treinen uses categories. You can see how disruptions are categorized.

This graph shows the number of disruptions per category.

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.