Statistics for April 2019
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, 2019 and April 30, 2019, Rijden de Treinen has reported 520 disruptions. On average 17 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 1 month, 7 days, 4 hours, 11 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 5 hours, 33 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 1 hour, 46 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 disruption causes
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Broken down train135 disruptions • avg. duration: 36 minutes -
Stranded train72 disruptions • avg. duration: 33 minutes
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Points failure64 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour -
Signal failure40 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes -
Person hit by a train28 disruptions • avg. duration: 12 hours, 56 minutes -
An emergency call20 disruptions • avg. duration: 23 minutes -
Damaged overhead wires17 disruptions • avg. duration: 3 hours, 22 minutes -
Over-running engineering works17 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 7 minutes -
Level crossing failure16 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 49 minutes -
Disruption elsewhere15 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 22 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL60 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 4 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport52 disruptions • duration: 2 days, 3 hours
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal35 disruptions • duration: 23 hours, 46 minutes
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL34 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 6 hours
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Den Haag Centraal - Den Haag HS28 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 52 minutes
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport23 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 5 hours
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Brussel-Zuid/Midi - Rotterdam Centraal HSL21 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 11 minutes
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Paris-Nord - Rotterdam Centraal HSL21 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 11 minutes
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Dordrecht - Rotterdam Centraal19 disruptions • duration: 12 days, 7 hours
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Den Haag Centraal - Leiden Centraal19 disruptions • duration: 22 hours, 42 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.
You can also view statistics for a single year or a specific month:
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