Not many visitors to the Netherlands find the information about special trains that run in the winter to ski destinations in France, Austria and Switzerland. These trains start running at the beginning of December and continue weekly service until around the end of March. Many are high speed trains with few stops and plenty of luggage space for your ski luggage.

The popular line for winter wonderlands in the French Alps is known as the Ski-Thalys. This sleek train runs from December 18th until March 20th, leaving every Saturday. Direct connections include the ski hubs of Chambéry, Albertville, Moûtiers Aime-la-Plagne, Landry, and Bourg St Maurice. Add to that a list of other ski resorts reachable via a bus transfer, all of which make the Ski-Thalys an easy and useful way to take a ski trip starting from somewhere in the Netherlands.

Read the full details of the Ski-Thalys and other ski trains on the NSHispeed website. As is always the case with Thalys trains, if you book a month in advance it is far cheaper then if you book less then a week before your departure.