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Does the Eurostar from London to Amsterdam not run on all Sundays?

Posted by (Pacific Northwest) on

I am trying to buy two sets of tickets:
March 13 - Paris to London. I can buy those no problem.

March 17 - London to Amsterdam. I cannot buy those. Every time I try, Eurostar, RailEurope and Trainline will only sell me a ticket for March 16 or March 18.

The Trainline site shows that there are no tickets being sold for the 15th, 16th or 17th. Eurostar shows no weekend tickets for that route after November 1 and up through April.

I can put a Sunday ticket in my cart for a random October date but not for much later.

Am I missing some key information? I'd like to buy these tickets while I can get the really cheap price.

Thank you!!

Posted by
2625 posts

It seems weird, though, that I can buy for the 18th but not the 17th, doesn't it?

Posted by
5535 posts

Because track work is often scheduled on the weekends, I suspect that they are waiting until those schedules are firm before releasing tickets.

Posted by
6408 posts

I just did a dummy booking for that date and this is the error message. I got:

Sorry, no trains are available on this date. This could be because the train is sold out, the service is not running, or because tickets are not yet on sale. Please try a different travel date, or check back later.

Posted by
2625 posts

I have a workaround - I can just flip the trip around so that they're going from Amsterdam to London. I just want to make sure I get those $75 Eurostar tickets for the London/Amsterdam and London/Paris routing because the price goes up so much.

Posted by
4888 posts

Valerie, we ran into much the same situation the last time we took the Eurostar. Even though I was within 6 months, I couldn't get a ticket for Sunday. So we travelled on Monday instead. I did look again about a month out, and the trains were scheduled to run on the Sunday, but we just stuck with our Monday travel.

Posted by
2625 posts

@CJean - That's an interesting tip. Nice to know but darnit, I want those cheap tickets and I don't think I'll get them so close.

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