# NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Plans door-to-door trips across rail, bus, ferry and biking, with frequent intercity trains and a good on-time rate. Critics say it is getting more expensive and less attractive.

## Why people recommend it

- Good on-time and reliability record (2 comments): "our train infrastructure is considered world class across multiple metrics, including reliability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270888)) "it had a 93.9% on time rate. That is quite good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46420307))
- Route planning across many transport modes (2 comments): "ns.nl supports all rail services, bus, ferry, biking, bike share, scooter share, walking, and even driving directions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48232773)) "I learnes the hard way to use https://ns.nl instead of Google Maps." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48229754))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amtrak](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amtrak.md): 25 recommend
- [SBB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sbb.md): 11 recommend
- [ÖBB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bb.md): 8 recommend
- [SNCF TGV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tgv.md): 6 recommend
- [Swiss Federal Railways](https://hackerapproved.com/p/swiss-federal-railways.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.ns.nl/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ns/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).