Statistics for August 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 August 1, 2017 and August 31, 2017, Rijden de Treinen has reported 282 disruptions. On average 9 disruptions per day.

The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 21 days, 23 hours, 26 minutes. This translates to an average of 16 hours, 29 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 1 hour, 52 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
    18 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 5 hours
  2. Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport
    16 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 1 hour
  3. Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS
    14 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 10 hours
  4. Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal
    14 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 4 hours
  5. Arnhem Centraal - Winterswijk
    13 disruptions • duration: 21 hours, 45 minutes
  6. Leiden Centraal - Utrecht Centraal
    13 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 3 minutes
  7. Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL
    12 disruptions • duration: 22 hours, 5 minutes
  8. Dordrecht - Rotterdam Centraal
    12 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 17 minutes
  9. Dordrecht - Geldermalsen
    9 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 1 hour
  10. 's-Hertogenbosch - Utrecht Centraal
    8 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 1 hour

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.