Taxi Breukelen to Schiphol

Breukelen sits right beside the A2, which keeps the route simple. The driver joins the A2 towards Amsterdam and either transfers at the Holendrecht or Amstel interchange onto the A9 and then the A4 to the Schiphol exit, or runs via the A2 and the southern A10 ring instead.

The 36 kilometres pass in around 36 minutes outside the peaks. The A2 itself usually flows freely; congestion concentrates around Amsterdam, on the A9 near Ouderkerk and Amstelveen or on the A10-south by the Zuidas, both of which fill during the morning and evening rush.

In those windows the ride can lengthen to about fifty minutes. Your driver chooses the fastest variant for the time of day and folds the rush hour into the pick-up time.

Because Breukelen sits right beside the A2, you are on the motorway in no time, and that part of the ride usually flows well. It only gets tricky near Amsterdam. The A9 near Ouderkerk and Amstelveen and the A10-South along the Zuidas fill up in the morning and evening peaks, and that's where the extra minutes come from. Outside those windows the 36-kilometre ride takes 36 minutes; inside them, 52 minutes.

Translated into pick-up times, it looks like this. For a European flight at 07:00 Schiphol wants you there at 05:00, so you leave Breukelen at 04:05. A long-haul flight at 19:00 asks for three hours, meaning 16:00 at the airport, and because you'll drive through the afternoon rush, that gives 14:50.

Both sums include 15 minutes of margin. If you live in Kockengen, Nieuwer Ter Aa or Loenen aan de Vecht, put your own address in the booking; the driver comes to your door and chooses between the A9 and the A10-South depending on the hour. An early or late hour costs nothing extra. There is no night, weekend or peak surcharge, and Comfort stays at €60.

Collection spans Breukelen and the surrounding Stichtse Vecht villages: the town itself with its core on the Vecht, the hamlets along the river and nearby places such as Kockengen, Nieuwer Ter Aa and Loenen aan de Vecht.

Note the full address including the village at reservation and the driver comes to the door. Breukelen station lies on the Utrecht-Amsterdam line with a link towards Schiphol, though usually with a change; with baggage or at dawn, door-to-door tends to be more comfortable.

A pick-up at a company on one of the business parks along the A2 is equally possible.