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Amsterdam to Prague

Amsterdam to Prague

Netherlands to Czech Republic by rail

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Amsterdam to Prague by rail is a ≈ 1,000 km journey done two ways: by day with an ICE to Berlin (5 h 42 since November 2025) and a EuroCity "ComfortJet" down the Elbe valley to Prague, or overnight on the direct European Sleeper — the crowdfunded Belgian–Dutch night train that restored the direct link in March 2024.

Route facts

Duration (day)≈ 11–12.5 h with one change in Berlin; NS International lists from €471
Duration (night)≈ 12 h 17 direct: Amsterdam 22:34 → Prague 10:51, three times weekly2
Distance624 km Amsterdam–Berlin + 388 km Berlin–Prague3
OperatorsDB ICE + ČD EuroCity (day); European Sleeper cooperative (night)4
ReservationsEC seat reservations (€5.50–6.90) recommended; mandatory mid-June–late Aug. Night berths must be booked4
Fares (2026)Through tickets from €47; sleeper from €49 seat / €79 couchette / €109+ sleeper. Book at nsinternational.com / europeansleeper.eu1

Terrain along the route

0100200 Amsterdam — 5 m, km 0Praha hl.n. — 217 m, km 1017 217 m 0 km 1017 km
Terrain elevation sampled along the line — tunnels appear as the ridges they pass beneath. Highest station: Praha hl.n. at 217 m. Computed from Trainmap's route geometry and AWS Open Data terrain tiles.

Scenic highlights

  • Elbe Valley. South of Dresden the line hugs the river Elbe through Saxon Switzerland — the shared scenic highlight of both the day EuroCity and the night sleeper's morning approach. Side to sit: left going south from Berlin, right going north — the river side (Seat 61).4

Stations on this route

  1. Amsterdam
  2. Praha hl.n.

European Sleeper is one of Europe's great rail-revival stories: founded in 2021 by two Dutch rail entrepreneurs, it raised €500,000 in about fifteen minutes of crowdfunding, ran its first Brussels–Berlin train in May 2023, and extended to Prague on 26 March 2024 (Wikipedia). The Berlin–Prague leg's EuroCity ComfortJets cover 388 km in under 4 hours with fares from €18.99.

“A comfortable and operationally robust train.”

— Mark Smith, The Man in Seat 61, on the European Sleeper2

Related routes

Sources

  1. nsinternational.com
  2. seat61.com
  3. seat61.com
  4. seat61.com

Facts last verified 2026-07-18 · About Trainmap · All iconic routes

Rail data: signal.eu.org/osm
Stations: Trainline, Nominatim
Maps: Carto, OpenStreetMap, Stamen, Stadia Maps
3D Terrain: AWS Terrain Tiles, Mapzen
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