Dutch rail (OVapi) train delays, Tuesday 20 October 2026

Delays recorded on this day, in Netherlands local time. Below: how it went, then the whole day as one file to download.

How late the trains were

100% of stops were reached less than 5 minutes late, and half of them within 0 minutes of the timetable.

Trains
7,384
5 min late or more
0% of stops
15 min late or more
0% of stops
Median delay
0 min
Cancelled trains
4 1 announced over a day ahead, 3 later

Recorded from 00:00 to 23:59. The figures use the last delay announced at each of the 63,645 stops that had one, as the operator sent it. Cancelled trains (marked cancelled, or with every stop skipped), skipped stops and values over an hour early or twelve hours late are left out. 100% of the stops of the trains that ran (skipped stops aside) had a delay.

The archive saw 6,243 of the 6,375 trains the timetable planned for this day.

Most delayed trains

LineLeft its first stopWhere it was latestDelay
00:31Den Haag HS120 min
00:02Den Haag HS45 min
00:32Den Haag HS45 min
Stoptrein RB51 Enschede <-> Dortmund Hbf ST2020006:53Dortmund Hbf20 min
00:17Oldenzaal19 min

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This day’s table of final delays has a fixed address. Read it from DuckDB, Polars or curl, with one of your API tokens in place of YOUR_TOKEN:

https://data.train-archive.eu/daily/provider=nl-ovapi/service=TripUpdate/date=2026-10-20.parquet?token=YOUR_TOKEN

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A few rows of the file

15 different trains, each at one stop. The CSV has more columns, listed below.

Stop stop_nameLine routeArrival predicted_arrivalDelay (min) arrival_delay_minStatus trip_status
Den Haag Centraal00:095.4added
BodegravenSprinter Bodegraven <-> 's-Hertogenbosch SPR880007:450scheduled
Alphen a/d RijnSprinter Alphen a/d Rijn <-> Gouda SPR870008:050scheduled
Amsterdam CentraalSprinter Amsterdam Centraal <-> Almere Oostvaarders SPR460009:370scheduled
[Arnhem Centraal] Uitstaphalte bus terminal10:380scheduled
[Driebergen-Zeist] OV busstation12:070scheduled
Amsterdam CentraalSprinter Amsterdam Centraal <-> Hoofddorp SPR820013:090scheduled
BredaIntercity direct Breda <-> Amersfoort Schothorst ICD180015:460scheduled
Den Haag CentraalSprinter Uitgeest <-> Rotterdam Centraal SPR400017:010scheduled
AlkmaarIntercity Alkmaar <-> Maastricht IC270019:330scheduled
[Driebergen-Zeist] OV busstation18:230scheduled
[Ede-Wageningen] P+R achterzijde station19:280scheduled
Maastricht RandwyckStoptrein RS18 Kerkrade Centrum <-> Maastricht Randwyck ST3200021:300scheduled
Eindhoven CentraalIntercity Den Haag Centraal <-> Eindhoven Centraal IC110023:470scheduled
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenAIntercity Utrecht Centraal <-> Rotterdam Centraal IC1140004:220scheduled

What the columns mean

service_date
The day the train was scheduled to run.
route
The line, as the operator names it (for example IC 3 or S2).
trip_id
The operator’s code for this train run. The same train on another day has another code.
trip_start_time
When the train was scheduled to leave its first station.
stop_sequence, stop_id, stop_name
Which stop along the route: its position, code and name.
arrival_delay_min, departure_delay_min
How late the train was at that stop, in minutes. Negative means early. Empty when the operator gave a time but no delay.
predicted_arrival, predicted_departure
The time the operator last announced for that stop, in local time.
observed_at
When that last announcement was seen. After the train has passed, it is what happened.
trip_status
scheduled, cancelled or added (a train that was not in the timetable).
stop_status
skipped when the train did not stop there; empty otherwise.
route_id
The route’s code in the timetable, to join with it.