Statistics for 2025
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 January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025, Rijden de Treinen has reported 155 disruptions. On average 22 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 12 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes. This translates to an average of 1 day, 19 hours, 20 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 1 hour, 57 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 train40 disruptions • avg. duration: 55 minutes -
Collision20 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes -
Points failure12 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 18 minutes -
Technical investigation9 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes -
Garbage on the railway track9 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
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Damaged overhead wires8 disruptions • avg. duration: 5 hours, 26 minutes -
Tree on the track8 disruptions • avg. duration: 3 hours, 5 minutes
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Disruption elsewhere7 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 43 minutes
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Signal failure7 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 6 minutes -
An object in the overhead wires5 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 4 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Den Haag HS - Rotterdam Centraal13 disruptions • duration: 22 hours, 17 minutes
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport8 disruptions • duration: 23 hours, 56 minutes
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Den Haag Centraal - Leiden Centraal8 disruptions • duration: 18 hours, 21 minutes
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport8 disruptions • duration: 17 hours, 25 minutes
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Dordrecht - Rotterdam Centraal8 disruptions • duration: 7 hours, 1 minute
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL7 disruptions • duration: 19 hours, 49 minutes
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport7 disruptions • duration: 16 hours, 54 minutes
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Leiden Centraal - Utrecht Centraal6 disruptions • duration: 9 hours, 49 minutes
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Eindhoven - Venlo6 disruptions • duration: 8 hours, 47 minutes
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Breda - Rotterdam Centraal HSL6 disruptions • duration: 5 hours, 35 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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