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Eurolines Coach Service Amsterdam to London
Eurolines has numerous international coach services arriving into Amsterdam from all over Europe. The coaches arrive and depart from the Eurolines terminal next to Amsterdam Amstel NS train station in the south of the city. From the UK there is a Eurolines service from London Victoria. There are four daily buses to Amsterdam, two travelling by day and two overnight - plus an extra summer-only daily service. |
The London - Amsterdam journey takes around 11 hours and each Amsterdam bound service makes slightly different stops - including Gillingham and Dover in UK and Breda, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht in Netherlands. Most of the coaches cross the channel by Eurotunnel - where you remain on board the coach during the train crossing which takes 40 minutes. One of the night services uses a P&O ferry from Dover and this takes roughly 90 minutes.
Eurolines operates "Plus" coaches for the London-Amsterdam route - these are slightly longer coaches with extra legroom and a DVD player on board. Seats recline and there is a toilet on the bus. Eurolines will accept 2 medium size suitcases up to 20kg per passenger which is stored in the hold and one piece of hand luggage.
Buying from UK: If you book the ticket in advance you may find online 'funfares' available from £12 each way plus £3 booking fee. While this is quite cheap bear in mind that it is probably the most uncomfortable way of travelling to Netherlands and you will lose a whole day travelling.
Other fares include "Promo" fares (7 day advance purchase, non-refundable, not valid Friday or Sunday) which start at £25 single, £45 return; "Regular" fares (1 day advance purchase, refundable, changeable) £38 single, £56 return; "On-The-Day" fares are £41 single, £61 return. A peak fare surcharge of £4 applies for travel on Friday, Sunday and certain blackout dates. Discounts are available for children up to 12, youths 13-25 and seniors over 60.
If you are travelling from outside London you can buy a UK-wide connection via National Express to London Victoria for £15.
Note there are also Eurolines services from London to Heerlen via Brussels, Den Bosch and Eindhoven.
Buying from Netherlands: From Amsterdam you can purchase super promo fares to London Victoria from €15.
Eurolines also has an extensive European network so it is possible to travel by bus from Amsterdam to most Euro destinations and even as far as Morocco, Ukraine or Scandinavia - but you will have to make connections in other cities. They do occasionally have some cheap deals to Brussels (from €9), Paris (from €15) and Prague (from €15).
There are 2 Eurolines sales offices in Amsterdam - one in the centre (at Rokin 10 near Dam Square) and the other at the Amstel station terminal (at Julianaplein 5 - exit the station on the eastern side and turn south).
From Amstel station you can easily take the Amsterdam metro lines 51, 53 or 54 to Amsterdam Central station. Note that the new OV chipkaart ticket is now mandatory for travel on public transport in Amsterdam which means strippenkaarts are no longer valid.
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