Dutch private train operator GoVolta will stop running trains from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Hamburg in Germany, train spotter Martijn van Vulpen reports.
Since 19 March 2026, GoVolta runs trains every other day from Amsterdam to Berlin, or to Bremen and Hamburg, and back. Initially, the train to Berlin-Gesundbrunnen only runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, the train will run from Amsterdam to Bremen and Hamburg-Harburg and back.
“GoVolta has an option on a further forty NMBS / SNCB carriages. With these, the company wants, from July, to increase the frequency to Berlin to daily, among other things. If the Belgian infrastructure manager, Infrabel, agrees, GoVolta also wants to start running services via Antwerp and Ghent to Paris from December this year”, Van Vulpen reports.
“The frequency of trains to Berlin will indeed increase to five trains per week as of 30 June 2026. The trains will run every Monday and from Wednesday to Saturday. At the same time, from mid-June, no more trips to Bremen and Hamburg can be booked. It appears that GoVolta is not deploying a second train for the frequency increase to Berlin, but is suspending the Amsterdam – Hamburg connection until further notice.”
In another post, Van Vulpen reports GoVolta not only uses Belgian I10 carriages, but also former Deutsche Bahn WRmz134.5 carriages from HappyTrain.
Indeed, on the GoVolta.nl website it’s impossible to scroll further than June when you pick Hamburg as destination.
Belgium and France
And for trains to Belgium and France, we’ll have to wait and see.
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