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 September 1, 2026, Rijden de Treinen has reported 67,082 disruptions. On average 12 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 20 years, 5 months, 23 days, 4 hours, 48 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 7 hours, 22 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 train20,731 disruptions • avg. duration: 46 minutes -
Signal failure5,343 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 32 minutes -
Points failure4,668 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 29 minutes -
Collision3,721 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 5 minutes -
Stranded train2,992 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 call2,200 disruptions • avg. duration: 47 minutes -
Repair works1,687 disruptions • avg. duration: 6 hours, 21 minutes -
Person on the railway track1,562 disruptions • avg. duration: 34 minutes -
Damaged overhead wires1,383 disruptions • avg. duration: 5 hours, 35 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport2,932 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 9 days, 13 hours
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport2,894 disruptions • duration: 7 months, 10 days, 6 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport2,871 disruptions • duration: 10 months, 1 day, 3 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL2,734 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 7 days, 19 hours
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL2,671 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 30 days, 19 hours
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal2,662 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 21 days, 18 hours
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport2,591 disruptions • duration: 8 months, 12 days, 17 hours
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal2,218 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 20 days, 11 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal2,156 disruptions • duration: 6 months, 19 days, 16 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal2,119 disruptions • duration: 7 months, 17 days, 22 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.