Coach to Amsterdam from London

A coach trip to Amsterdam is cheap, reliable and flexible.

Before the Eurostar and advent of low-cost airlines, getting a coach to Amsterdam from London was the cheapest and most popular option. There are other cross country train routes with various changes, but boarding a luxury coach and relaxing whilst someone else does the driving, was and still is a good choice for the budget conscious traveller.

Coach tours to Amsterdam from London have always proven popular with groups and couples. Amsterdam is a popular stag and hen destination and even compared with low-cost airlines, coach travel remains a very cheap way to get to Amsterdam, presuming you are not in a hurry. 

If you’d like to explore other ways to get to Amsterdam then you can use our comparison page of all the travel options to Amsterdam.

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Compare coach, Eurostar and flight costs to Amsterdam

From a purely financial perspective, the following gives you a guide to the kind of costs involved, to help you choose the best way to get to Amsterdam from London. This just looks at the actual tickets and not the additional costs of your transfers from home to station or airport.

By coach

Coach to Amsterdam from London one-way using FlixBus – from £25

By air

London to Amsterdam one way (low budget airline) – from approximately £45

Learn about arriving in Schiphol Airport and transfers.

By Eurostar

London to Amsterdam – an advanced booking one way starts from £40.

Learn more about using the Eurostar to Amsterdam.

Is coach to Amsterdam from London the cheapest

There are a huge number of factors involved when travelling by any form of transport. It would be easy to initially assume that coach travel would be the cheapest form of travel but depending on your booking time, it can be relatively similar in cost to the low-budget airlines or it can be vastly cheaper. Hunting around for the best prices and booking well in advance is the best way to find the cheapest prices.

Coach from UK to Amsterdam has longer journey times

It is impossible to argue that coach travel will be quicker than either trains or flights. A coach to Amsterdam from London will usually run overnight and take 12hrs 45 mins.

Environmentally friendly

The plus side to coach travel is that it is more environmentally friendly than air travel, with lots of people sharing the carbon output of a modern eco-coach. The seats are luxurious, there is more space than a low budget airline and you can take more luggage. The other advantage is that the coach will drop you off directly into Amsterdam, so there are no additional transfers to consider from the airport. 

Tickets for coach to Amsterdam from London

Victoria Coach Station in London

If you are booking a coach to Amsterdam from London then you’ll find yourself leaving from the London Victoria Coach Station. This is where all the UK tours and scheduled coach journey’s across the UK and Europe from London originate. There are other major UK cities that travel direct to Amsterdam including Manchester for example.

Victoria coach station is a big bustling hub for coach transfers and is very close to Victoria train station, so is easy to get to using trains and public transport. If you arrive from Amsterdam to London by coach you can easily make your way to the rest of London using public transport.

Victoria Coach Station is located in the central district of Victoria along Buckingham Palace Road. Unsurprisingly Buckingham Palace is on this road and you can walk there, though probably not recommended with lots of suitcases. Green Park and Hyde Park tubes are close to the Palace too.

Victoria Coach Station is open 24-hrs with the ticket office open between 8am and 9pm daily.

It is recommended to arrive for your coach early, although some coaches only require you to be there no later than 10 minutes before departure. For a European destination, you’ll definitely need to be there earlier than 10-minutes for passport checks etc, so do check your ticket for exact information on checking in.

Get to Amsterdam by coach and arrive at Sloterdijk station

Coach services are often rebranded or taken over. Eurolines was once the prevalent company but was taken over by Flixbus, expanding it’s network in the process. There are additional companies such as National Express in the UK and BlaBlaBus which used to be OuiBus. These are the main coach services that serve Amsterdam.

Nearly all the coach services stop or end at Sloterdijk Station. This is in the west of Amsterdam and only 5 minutes by metro from Centraal Station, the main transport hub of Amsterdam. Therefore you can arrive into Amsterdam on your coach and be exploring the historic city in just a few minutes.

It is more likely that if you are taking a coach from London (as an example), that you will be staying in a hotel for at least a night. There are hotels near to the station but as Amsterdam is a compact city, it really does not matter if you decide to stay somewhere else in the city. It is just as easy to return to Sloterdijk station after your break, using the public transport from most places in Amsterdam.

Where to stay in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is broken up into neighbourhoods or areas, each with it’s own intrinsic attractions. We have a page on the Areas of Amsterdam to help you find the best place to stay.

If you are on a budget, then Amsterdam has you covered with a plethora of cheap hotels in the city centre.

If you like staying in a well-known chain hotel, perhaps as a member or because of previous good experiences then we also have a page focussing on popular chain hotels in Amsterdam.

Finally, we love luxury and if you do too and want to start or end your short break in style, we have reviewed some of the best luxury hotels in Amsterdam.