Besides Intercity services and high-speed train connections, you can also travel across the border with domestic all-station trains. These connections are offered by domestic service providers.
You can travel from Roosendaal to Antwerp and from Maastricht to Liège once an hour with the Belgian railway service NMBS. For travelling via these connections we offer, besides the regular Flex tariff, also the following discounts:
Both discounts can be combined with your NS-subscription or RAILPLUS card, so that you receive the discount that you are entitled to with your subscription for the Dutch stretch. The fares can be booked online, via the NS International counter in the Service shop, by phone at the NS International Customer Service or a travel agency. For the route Maastricht-Liège the so-called Euregio ticket is available, a special day ticket that allows you to travel through the entire Euregio.
More information about Euregio ticket
A season ticket for travelling with the stopping train via Roosendaal is possible by combining an NS Flex Traject Vrij (border point Roosendaal) with a Belgian season ticket that is valid until the border. At NMBS there are also season tickets available that are valid until Roosendaal and Maastricht.
The VIAS Rail all-stations train will run once an hour between Arnhem Centraal and Düsseldorf Hbf. In the Netherlands, the train will only call at Arnhem and Zevenaar. In Germany, the train will call at the stations of Emmerich, Praest, Millingen, Empel Rees, Haldern, Mehrhoog, Wesel-Feldmark, Wesel, Friedrichsfeld, Voerde, Dinslaken, Oberhausen- Holten, Oberhausen- Sterkrade, Oberhausen Hbf, Duisburg Hbf, Düsseldorf Flughafen and final destination Düsseldorf Hbf. Passengers travelling from Arnhem and Zevenaar can buy a ticket at the ticket machine of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) at their departure station or in the online ticketshop of VRR. Passengers departing from another station can buy a ticket here. Please note that your VIAS Rail ticket is not valid for travelling with ICE International between Arnhem and Düsseldorf.
You can travel with the all-stations train from Arriva once an hour to Herzogenrath and Aachen. For this you can simply check in and out at Arriva, also in Germany there are posts to do this. You can also buy tickets at the ticketmachine from DB at the station of Heerlen or Heerlen de Kissel station. If you want to travel further than Aachen, you can buy tickets here. The so-called Euregio ticket is also available, a special day ticket that allows you to travel through the entire Euregio.
More information about Euregio ticket
Once an hour a Keolis train runs from Venlo to, among others, Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf and final destination Hamm. Passengers from Venlo can buy tickets at a DB ticket machine at their departure station or at the online ticketshop from VRR. Passengers departing from another station can buy tickets here.
You can travel once an hour with DB Regio to Münster and to Dortmund from Enschede. Passengers from Enschede can buy tickets at the ticketmachine from DB of their departure station. Passengers departuring from another station can purchase tickets here.
You can travel from Groningen to Leer once an hour with Arriva. You can purchase tickets for this journey here, but you can also check in and out using your OV-chip card at the going domestic rate.
From Hengelo to Bielefeld you travel once an hour with Keolis. Travelers from Hengelo and Oldenzaal can buy a ticket from the ticket vending machine on the train. Travelers departing from another station can buy a ticket for this slow train here.
Do you often travel to Belgium or Germany? With NS Flex Traject Vrij in combination with a foreign subscription is something for you. With NS Flex Traject Vrij it is possible to buy off the Dutch part of your route. With this subscription you can travel unlimited on a fixed route in the Netherlands up to the border with Belgium or Germany.
NS Flex Traject Vrij is available to or from the following border points:
NS Flex Trajectory Vrij is also available to a number of stations across the border, such as Weener, Leer, Gronau, Emmerich, Herzogenrath and Aachen.