Statistics for May 2017

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 May 1, 2017 and May 31, 2017, Rijden de Treinen has reported 380 disruptions. On average 12 disruptions per day.

The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 1 month, 3 days, 14 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 1 hour, 30 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 9 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. Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL
    25 disruptions • duration: 3 days, 1 hour
  2. Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal
    24 disruptions • duration: 3 days
  3. Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS
    21 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 11 hours
  4. Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport
    18 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 19 hours
  5. Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport
    15 disruptions • duration: 13 hours, 59 minutes
  6. Eindhoven - Tilburg
    13 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 16 hours
  7. Breda - Tilburg
    13 disruptions • duration: 23 hours, 28 minutes
  8. Arnhem Centraal - Frankfurt (M) Hbf
    12 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 1 hour
  9. Arnhem Centraal - Düsseldorf Hbf
    12 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 1 hour
  10. Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL
    12 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 10 hours

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.