TRAINS in the Netherlands

People travelling by train to the ICCM Europe conference here are some helpfull tips

• Use the train to travel to the DOETINCHEM train station,
  DO NOT travel TO Doetinchem De Huet! this is a different station!
  
  

We will pick you up by car and take you to the Betteld where the conference is to be held.

• For travel information go to http://www.ns.nl/en/
  This will give you information about travelling by Dutch trains. If you have flown into Amsterdam, put in SCHIPHOL (this is the Amsterdam airport) and DOETINCHEM. This should give you a travel plan with places where you change trains and also the track numbers.
• Ticket vending machines
  In Schiphol there are plenty of ticket machines to buy the tickets from (you need coins to use these and credit cards may not work), there is also a ticket office where you can talk to a person and buy a ticket this is located right by Starbucks and the Police in the main area of the airport. Please make sure you do buy a train ticket before getting in the train otherwise you might end up paying a fine. You should be able to use banknotes if you go to the ticketoffice next to Starbucks. If you plan to travel back to Schiphol by train buy a second one way ticket for the return trip while you are buying your ticket to get to the conference. It should be possible to buy a ticket for an other date or even without a date. This will save time and trouble getting the train after the conference, because Doetinchem is a small train station there might not be so many facilities there.
  • Purchasing tickets explaned, Dutch railway site in English
  • Nice link: Test a ticket vending machine in Rotterdam online
    For example use 'S' and 'C' to buy a ticket from Rotterdam to SChiphol airport.
• Call us if you get close
  If your mobile phone works in Europe please call us once you are close to Doetinchem. Please be aware that US mobile phones might not work in Holland!! And there are very few public phones. So if your phone might not work please call us from Schiphol before you catch your train (in Schiphol you are more likely to be able to find a public phone that you could use and/or somebody to help you figure this out ) so we know when to pick you up at the Doetinchem station. The phone number is not yet known but will appear here closer to the conference date.
• Foreign credit cards
  Please be aware of the fact that in Europe you often need a PIN number to use your credit card!! We have had people travelling Europe not being able to access their money due to the fact that they did not have a PIN number for their credit card!! It is a bit unclear what the limitations are. Let us know if you have any information on this.
  On the internet we found the following link: (Please know we are not responsible for this information)
  Ending the International Credit Card PIN Confusion

If you have any trouble figuring this out please let us know.
Once you have figured out train times please send us an e-mail (registration(AT)iccm-europe.org) with your flight numbers and travel plans for the train. This will give us some idea of when people should be coming into Doetinchem!!

Feel free to add your own tips for others traveling to ICCM: