A regional transport strike has been announced for Wednesday 14 October 2026 in the Netherlands. Parts of your journey may be disrupted. According to NS, NS trains will run to their normal timetable, as will replacement buses operating for NS trains.
What has NS announced?
NS says the strike will not affect its train services. Its notice also says city transport in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague will continue to operate. The warning concerns regional transport; NS directs passengers to their operator for information about individual routes.
The NS notice was updated at 17:42 on 13 October. It does not provide a complete list of affected routes or departures. It should therefore not be read as an announcement that all buses and trains across the country will stop running.
Check the whole journey
Your NS train may run normally while a regional bus or another connection changes. Check every part of your trip, including the journey to the station and any connection at your destination.
Plan your journey again shortly before departure and check the latest information from the operator of your regional service. If you are travelling to an airport, check the final connection too and allow time for an alternative if your departure is cancelled.
If your trip uses only NS trains, this strike notice alone does not indicate that your services will be cancelled. Check the live journey planner for your particular departure: engineering works and other disruptions can still affect services independently of the strike.
Archive note (22 October 2026): this article concerns 14 October 2026. The original NS notice is no longer available at its source URL; the attribution and original verification date are retained below.
Credits
Source: NS, regional transport strike on Wednesday 14 October (updated 13 October 2026, 17:42). Photo: Gijsz / Wikimedia Commons, NS ICNG trains at Amsterdam Centraal (1 July 2023), CC BY-SA 4.0. Archive photograph; display size may vary.
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