Train from Schiphol airport and other Amsterdam, Netherlands Transportation Tips

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Getting TO/AROUND: The train from Schiphol airport to Amsterdam's Centraal station should be easy, but we first had a problem using the ticket machines and then proceeded to get on the wrong train! The ticket machines, located inside the baggage area and near the escalators for the train platforms, have menus in English and take several forms of payment but they require a PIN to use your credit card and it wouldn't accept my debit card. We tried again at a different machine and I used the PIN I have for cash advances on my credit card and that worked. I read there is also a ticket desk if you don't have luck with the machines. Same day 2nd class round trip tickets are 6.40E (a little more than 1/2 that if you go one way), trains leave frequently and the trip takes less than 20 minutes.

Well, less than 20 minutes IF you get on the right train, it must have been that we got up too early in the morning because neither one of us thought to look if it was the right train until after it already started moving and I noticed that we were heading to Eindhoven. Fortunately there was a stop at another Amsterdam station, we got off, headed back to Schiphol and started over. There are several tracks at the Schiphol train station, the overhead signs will tell you if the train is going to Amsterdam Centraal.

No need to purchase 1st class tickets, the ride is short and there are plenty of seats in 2nd class.

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