Dutchflyer is the name given in the UK to an integrated passenger service between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Formerly known as Amsterdam Express, Dutchflyer is a rail/sea/rail service operated jointly by Stena Line

Stena Line

Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,...

, National Express East Anglia, and Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...

 (Dutch Railways). It is a cheaper, but much slower, way of travelling between Britain and the Netherlands compared with taking the Eurostar

Eurostar

Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between England and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel....

 high-speed international train and changing trains at Brussels.

For passengers starting in the Netherlands the service used to be called GoLondon. Nowadays it does not have a brand name and this service operates under the Dutch Stena line website.

The Dutchflyer service lets passengers travel from any railway station serviced in the UK by National Express East Anglia to (formerly Parkeston Quay), cross the North Sea

North Sea

In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 by Stena Line ferry, and continue, after arrival at to any station in the Netherlands serviced by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

The reverse service allows for the same, but when booked and travelling from the Netherlands: on the Dutch side from any Dutch station to Hoek van Holland Haven and on the UK side passengers may travel directly from Harwich International railway station to or other stations serviced by National Express East Anglia. Trains to and from London and are timed to meet the ferry.

This service is an outgrowth of such former named trains as the Hook Continental.

Train services

After arriving in Hoek van Holland, passengers disembark right into the railway station from where there is frequent rail service to Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 Central Station. From there passengers may choose to change trains to go anywhere in the Netherlands. An example is shown in this table for a connection by rail from Hoek van Holland to Rotterdam and then to The Hague

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...

 or Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, or stations in between.

Series	Train Type	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
National Express East Anglia	Boat Train	–	Class 321 British Rail Class 321 The British Rail Class 321 alternating current electric multiple units were built by BREL York in three batches from 1988-91. The design was successful and led to the development of the similar Class 320 and Class 322 units for use by Strathclyde PTE and Stansted Express respectively...	Twice Daily
National Express East Anglia	Boat Train	–		Daily
National Express East Anglia	Boat Train	–		Daily
Stena Line Stena Line Stena Line is one of the world's largest ferry operators, with ferry services serving Scotland, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Denmark, Norway, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and Poland. Stena Line is a major unit of Stena AB, itself a part of the Stena Sphere, a grouping of Stena AB,...	Boat	Harwich Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...  International harbour – Hoek van Holland Hoek van Holland The Hook of Holland , also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality of Rotterdam as a district of that city...  harbour	Stena Britannica, Stena Hollandica	Twice a day
4100	Sprinter	– – – – – – – –	SLT	Twice an hour	To March – November
2100	Intercity	– Den Haag HS Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station The Den Haag Hollands Spoor railway station, also known as Den Haag HS, is the oldest railway station in The Hague, Netherlands. It was opened in 1843, when the Amsterdam–Haarlem railway, the oldest railway line in the country, was extended to The Hague. This line was further extended to Rotterdam...  – – –	VIRM NS VIRM The NS DD-IRM, full name Dubbeldeksinterregiomaterieel, Electric Multiple Units trains were built by De Dietrich or Talbot between 1994 and 2009. They operate in the Netherlands and are operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen.-First generation:...	Twice an hour