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Amsterdam Centraal by sleeper train

You step out onto the Damrak and into the old city, with free ferries across the IJ just behind the station.

Stay: Two or three daysAmsterdam
Why stop off

Reasons to get off here

  • Dam Square and the Royal Palace are straight down the Damrak
  • Free GVB ferries to Amsterdam Noord, the EYE Film Museum and NDSM leave from behind the station
  • The Cuyperspassage tunnel is lined with Delft Blue tiles showing maritime scenes
  • De Wallen and the Oude Kerk, the oldest part of the city, are close by
Near the station
  • Dam Square: 5 to 10 minutes' walk down the Damrak
  • EYE Film Museum: under five minutes by free F3 ferry, then about three minutes' walk
  • Anne Frank House: about 15 minutes on foot
Onward connections
  • Eurostar to London St Pancras in about four hours from the new terminal
  • Eurostar to Brussels and Paris, and ICE to Germany
  • Metro lines 51 to 54 and seven tram lines
Sleeper trains calling here

When the night train calls

TrainDirectionArrivesLeavesRuns
European Sleeper Brussels–Prague · ES 453Brussels → Amsterdam → Berlin → Prague22:1722:34Departs Monday, Wednesday and Friday
European Sleeper Brussels–Prague · ES 452Prague → Berlin → Amsterdam → Brussels06:2606:31Departs Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday

Local times from each operator’s published timetable; see each route page for sources.

Check your date before travelling.

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Questions

Amsterdam Centraal, answered

European Sleeper Brussels–Prague.

Times in both directions are below.

ES 453 (Brussels–Amsterdam–Berlin–Prague): arrives 22:17, leaves 22:34; ES 452 (Prague–Berlin–Amsterdam–Brussels): arrives 06:26, leaves 06:31.

Times are local and can change for engineering works.

You step out onto the Damrak and into the old city, with free ferries across the IJ just behind the station.

We would allow: two or three days.

Usually only by booking two separate journeys: most sleeper fares are for one train on one date, and you cannot get off and rejoin the same ticket the next night.

Check the fare rules with the operator when you book.