Bus Transfers To and From Schiphol Airport

Schiphol airport is only a 20 minute journey by bus from the city center and there are numerous city bus connections covering Amsterdam, its surroundings and towns nearby.

Passengers who stay at one of the airport hotels will usually be able to board one of the many shuttle services provided by the hotels. There are courtesy buses leaving from the area just outside the Arrivals Hall at the Schiphol Plaza. Some of the hotels providing this service are the Hotel Dorint, the NH-Schiphol, the Hotel Hilton-Amsterdam, Hotel Ibis and Hotel Mercure.

City buses are offered by several operators. The Schiphol Sternet buses from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol run at frequent intervals, starting early in the morning and finishing late in the evening. Some night buses from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol run once per hour throughout the night.

The bus stop for all Amsterdam Airport Schiphol buses is located at Schiphol Plaza, just in front of the departure and arrivals halls. Additional buses operate at rush hour to help transport commuters as well as tourists.

City center buses to Amsterdam – Leidseplein from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are operated by the Lines 197, the night bus N97 and night bus 358.

Passengers also have the option of even faster travel via the Zuidtangent express buses. This bus operator is permitted to use specially designated bus lines that avoid the rush hour traffic. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol buses from Line 300 link the airport with the districts of Haarlem, Vijfhuizen, Hoofddorp, Amstelveen, Ouderkerk and Amsterdam Zuidoost. The buses operate at least six times per hour and there is one service per hour at night time.

The Zuidtangent express buses from Zuidtangent express buses are clean, comfortable, fast and well equipped for passengers with luggage.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol buses from the Line 310 run between the airport and the districts of Nieuw Vennep, Hoofddorp, Amsterdam Buitenweldert. The service operates twice per hour, but there is also a four times per hour service which operates between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and the district of Nieuw Vennep.

Night bus N72 and Line 198 leave the airport for Aalsmeer and another service to Amstelveen, albeit not quite as fast, are operated via the Lines 186 and 199. Buses from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lisse and Sassenheim are offered by Line 61 and Line 370 goes to Leimuiden, which is an Interliner Service, where extra charges may apply. This is also true for the Sassenheim Line, another Interliner Service.

For more information on time tables and bus lines, passengers should call the Helpline on +31 (0) 900 9292 (calls are charged at EUR 0.70/min).

There is incidentally no need to travel to Amsterdam Centraal railway station in the city center - Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has its own major train station from where passengers can board trains to domestic destinations like Rotterdam, Eindhoven or Groningen or take Intercity or high speed trains to major cities in other European countries such as Belgium, France or Germany.

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