Is there catering on Dutch domestic trains?

5/20/2018 10:12:24 PM

Dutch person here!

Generally, on almost any IC (InterCity) or double train with multiple stops (about 7 or more) will have catering services. A guy/girl will speak on the intercom to announce and come by. Pay in cash or by debit card.
No bars/restaurants.

There is no timetable, but as said, almost any IC has this service.
Hope that helps!

2/23/2020 12:57:05 AM

There is catering on some local Intercity trains as well. It used to be served using small trolleys, but a few years ago they switched to backpacks and added more brands like Starbucks.

The NS is not providing structured information about where they are.

“On Intercity’s throughout the Netherlands and on the NS Hispeed train …”

Source (Dutch)

However, you’ll have the greatest chance to find them on the longer IC tracks, e.g.:

  • Utrecht ⇄ Zwolle
  • Zwolle ⇄ Almere
  • Utrecht ⇄ Den Bosch
  • Utrecht ⇄ Deventer
  • Zwolle ⇄ Groningen

There is some info about this on Wikipedia, but I’m not sure how acurate it is.

4/16/2013 6:55:11 PM

On local trains there is no catering. About 20 years ago the trains were specially designed to facilitate catering trolley, but these are all removed.

For train connections between Belgium and the Netherlands there is now a sort of a void. A recent introduction of a high speed link between Amsterdam and Brussels completely failed. On the Thalys there is catering, on the other trains I wouldn’t count on it.

I assume that once a solution is found there will be catering, like it was the case we the good old “beneluxtrain”

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