Statistics for April 2014

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 April 1, 2014 and April 30, 2014, Rijden de Treinen has reported 205 disruptions. On average 7 disruptions per day.

The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 24 days, 6 hours, 49 minutes. This translates to an average of 18 hours, 48 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 51 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 lines with disruptions

  1. Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal
    12 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 20 hours
  2. Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport
    11 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 14 hours
  3. Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport
    10 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 10 hours
  4. Rotterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    10 disruptions • duration: 9 hours, 43 minutes
  5. Eindhoven - Tilburg
    9 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 36 minutes
  6. Den Haag Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    9 disruptions • duration: 10 hours, 1 minute
  7. Arnhem Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    8 disruptions • duration: 15 hours, 13 minutes
  8. Leiden Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    8 disruptions • duration: 13 hours, 48 minutes
  9. Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal
    7 disruptions • duration: 15 hours, 45 minutes
  10. Arnhem Centraal - Winterswijk
    7 disruptions • duration: 11 hours, 25 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.