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 460 disruptions. On average 16 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 1 month, 7 hours, 4 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 2 hours, 49 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 1 hour, 38 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 train173 disruptions • avg. duration: 53 minutes -
Stranded train59 disruptions • avg. duration: 52 minutes
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Collision29 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 27 minutes -
An emergency call22 disruptions • avg. duration: 56 minutes -
Signal failure21 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes -
Points failure21 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes -
Technical investigation20 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 3 minutes -
Person on the railway track19 disruptions • avg. duration: 36 minutes -
Defective railway track13 disruptions • avg. duration: 9 hours
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Problems with the rolling stock11 disruptions • avg. duration: 6 hours, 54 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport39 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 21 hours
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport35 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 22 hours
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL34 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 17 hours
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal25 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 14 hours
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL25 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 14 hours
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal19 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 24 minutes
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Amersfoort - Amsterdam Centraal18 disruptions • duration: 14 hours, 20 minutes
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Almere Oostvaarders - Utrecht Centraal17 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 51 minutes
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Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal16 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 7 hours
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Dordrecht - Rotterdam Centraal15 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 1 minute
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.
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