Avoiding tolls
Avoiding tolls in the Netherlands
With a truck in the Netherlands you pay toll in two ways: the Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing) per kilometre on the charged road network, and toll per passage in the Westerschelde Tunnel and the Kil Tunnel. Tolmijden includes both.
Dutch truck charge
The largest item. With Avoid road charges smartly, Tolmijden compares the fastest route with routes using less motorway. See avoid the Dutch truck charge.
Tunnel tolls
If your route passes through the Westerschelde Tunnel or the Kil Tunnel, Tolmijden includes the rate per passage, depending on the height (and for the Westerschelde Tunnel the length) of your vehicle. See Westerschelde Tunnel and Kil Tunnel.
Netherlands only
For now Tolmijden only plans routes within the Netherlands.
Frequently asked questions
Are there toll roads in the Netherlands?
For trucks the Dutch truck charge applies on the charged road network. In addition, the Westerschelde Tunnel and the Kil Tunnel charge a toll per passage.
Read also
- Avoid the Dutch truck charge smartly: Pay less Dutch truck charge with a route using less motorway? Tolmijden weighs the charge, extra driving time and fuel against each other and gives advice.
- Westerschelde Tunnel with a truck: What does the Westerschelde Tunnel cost for a truck? Rates per category, with t-tag and frequent-user discount, and the east tube closure in 2027.
- Kil Tunnel with a truck: What does the Kil Tunnel (Dordtse Kil) cost for a truck? Rate per passage above and below 2.30 metres, cash and with a telecard.
All topics
Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing)
- Calculate the Dutch truck charge for your route
- Dutch truck charge rates per kilometre
- Temporary 22.3% discount on the Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge in 2027
- Dutch truck charge by number plate
- The CO2 emission class of your truck
- Euro class and the Dutch truck charge
- Maximum mass of the combination
- Trailers, semi-trailers and the Dutch truck charge
- Roads with the Dutch truck charge
- Paying the Dutch truck charge
- Exemptions and dispensations
- Vans and the Dutch truck charge
- Electric trucks and the Dutch truck charge
Avoiding the charge
- Avoid the Dutch truck charge smartly
- Avoiding motorways with a truck in the Netherlands
- Avoiding tolls in the Netherlands
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Sources (in Dutch): vrachtwagenheffing.nl: wegen, Westerscheldetunnel: tarieven, Kiltunnel: tarieven.