Dutchflyer


Dutchflyer is an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Formerly known as Amsterdam Express, Dutchflyer is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by Stena Line, the Dutch state railway operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Rotterdam metro and bus company Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram and NS’ UK subsidiary Greater Anglia.

History

The Dutchflyer service is a successor to former boat trains such as the London & North Eastern Railway Hook Continental service, which operated between London and the Netherlands from 1927 to 1987.
Originally, the Dutchflyer brand was only used to market the service to passengers starting in the UK, while in the Netherlands the service was advertised as "GoLondon". Nowadays the Dutchflyer brand is not used as prominently and the service is sold through the Dutch Stena Line website.

Booking

The Dutchflyer service lets passengers travel from any UK railway station served by Greater Anglia to , cross the North Sea by Stena Line ferry, and continue, after arrival at to any station in the Netherlands. Trains to and from London and are timed to meet the ferry.

Train services

After arriving in Hoek van Holland, passengers disembark right into the railway station, which is now part of the Rotterdam Metro. In Rotterdam passengers may change trains to go anywhere in the Netherlands. An example is shown in this table for a connection by rail from Hoek van Holland to Rotterdam and then to The Hague or Amsterdam, or stations in between.
OperatorTrain TypeRouteRolling StockFrequency
Greater AngliaLocal train – Class 321/Class 3601 per hour
Greater AngliaBoat train – Class 321/Class 3604 per day
Greater AngliaBoat train/ – Class 7552 per day
Stena LineShipHarwich International harbour – Hoek van Holland harbourStena Hollandica
Stena Britannica		2 per day
Rotterdam Metro Line BMetro – Flexity Swift3 per hour
Nederlandse SpoorwegenIntercity – VIRM4 per hour
Nederlandse SpoorwegenIntercity Direct – Traxx + ICR5 per hour