Statistics for December 2025
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 December 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, Rijden de Treinen has reported 519 disruptions. On average 16 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 1 month, 5 days, 7 hours, 8 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 3 hours, 13 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 1 hour, 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 train197 disruptions • avg. duration: 52 minutes -
Stranded train69 disruptions • avg. duration: 49 minutes
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Collision32 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes -
Signal failure24 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes -
An emergency call23 disruptions • avg. duration: 57 minutes -
Technical investigation22 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes -
Points failure21 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes -
Person on the railway track20 disruptions • avg. duration: 35 minutes -
Defective railway track13 disruptions • avg. duration: 9 hours
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Problems with the rolling stock12 disruptions • avg. duration: 8 hours, 24 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport44 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 4 hours
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport40 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 1 hour
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL40 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 21 hours
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal31 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 17 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL29 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 17 hours
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal21 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 9 minutes
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Amersfoort - Amsterdam Centraal20 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 38 minutes
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Almere Oostvaarders - Utrecht Centraal19 disruptions • duration: 19 hours, 43 minutes
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Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal18 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 18 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal18 disruptions • duration: 12 hours, 53 minutes
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.
You can also view statistics for a single year or a specific month:
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