The OV-chipkaart is a card you can use to travel on every mode of public transport in the Netherlands. You must top up the balance on your card in order to travel. If you have an NS-Business Card, then you do not need to top up the balance, because there will be billed afterwards instead. You do need to check in and out when you travel.
Which OV-chipkaart options are there, and where can you purchase one?
You can choose between apersonal or anonymous OV-chipkaart, both of which cost € 7.50. If you sign up for a 1-year NS season ticket, you'll receive a free personal OV-chipkaart (except for Flex Basis and Flex Weekend Voordeel).
You can also opt for a single-use chipkaart, which is a paper ticket with a chip.
The anonymousOV-chipkaart and single-use chipkaart can be bought at the NS-ticket machine.
The personal OV-chipkaart can only be purchased online via www.ov-chipkaart.nl; they cannot be bought from NS directly. This website also provides information about the status of your order.
You can choose between a personal or anonymous OV-chipkaart, both of which cost € 7.50. If you sign up for a 1-year NS
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season ticket, you'll receive a free personal OV-chipkaart (except for Flex Basis and Flex Weekend Voordeel). You can also opt for a single-use chipkaart, which is a paper ticket with a chip.
With this smart card you can pay for your trip in the Netherlands using all forms of public transport: bus, train, tram or metro. There is no separate OV-chipkaart for tourists.
You can book a single ticket for your entire journey from the departure station in the Netherlands to your destination abroad. If you are entitled to free travel or a 40% discount on the domestic leg of the route, please communicate that fact when booking the ticket.
For travel within the Netherlands, you can also use your OV-chipkaart or a single-use smart card chip on the following NS International trains: Intercity Brussels: Intercity direct supplement needed on the route Schiphol Airport - Rotterdam Central.
If you do not check out, you will pay the full boarding fare. If you are unable to check out, due to a defective card reader for example, you can request a refund for any overpayment from your public transport company. You can request a refund of your balance via www.uitcheckgemist.nl.
The card can be fully personalized, but it's not a requirement. Since there is no separate OV-chipkaart for tourists, a visitor to our country may use a disposable chip card or an 'anonymous OV-chipkaart'.
An anonymous OV-chipkaart is not personal. That's why you can't add subscriptions to this card. You can share an anonymous card with multiple people, but not simultaneously.
OVpay ⟩ Check in and out with your contactless debit card, credit card or mobile to travel by bus, tram, metro or train. No registration is necessary. You pay the same travel fares you would if you were using an OV-chipkaart. When you check into a bus, tram or metro, you always pay a boarding fee of €1,08.
The payment is processed automatically; You'll see the amount with the description NLOV on your statement the next day. The price you pay will be the same as a standard ticket or trip with the OV-chipkaart without subscriptions or discounts.
Transport. A national 'OV-chipcard' (smartcard) for public transport was introduced in 2012. Since then, we use this OV-chipcard for public transport everywhere in the Netherlands. Regardless of whether you take the bus, tram, metro or train, you can use this card to pay for any trip you make.
It's easy to buy an OV-chipkaart at a station. Just follow the on-screen prompts at the yellow ticket machines, or ask for one at a service desk. At Schiphol, the ticket machines are located right next to the escalators that descend to the train platforms.
The OV-chipkaart is valid on a few bus lines that cross the border, eg from Maastricht to Aachen in Germany. There are several railway stations in Germany that have OV-chipkaart equipment. From the beginning of the OV-chipkaart two stations in Lower Saxony have had OV-chipkaart equipment: Weener and Leer.
You can top up the balance on both anonymous and personal OV-chipkaarten. You can pay with a debit card or credit card, and in some cases also with coins.
Hold your OV-chipkaart against the card reader to the right of the gate. This will both open the gate for you and check you in for your journey. You will hear one beep when you check in. At the end of your journey, simply check out using the same procedure.
So do not forget to check-out! - If you've checked in on the bus, tram or subway and you've forgotten to check out, a standard (full) fee of € 4,00 is charged from the Chip Card. - When checked in on the train and you've forgotten to check out, a standard (full) fee of € 20,00 is charged from the Chip Card.
It's easy to buy an OV-chipkaart at a station. Just follow the on-screen prompts at the yellow ticket machines, or ask for one at a service desk. At Schiphol, the ticket machines are located right next to the escalators that descend to the train platforms.
Prepurchased public transport travel cards (OV-chipkaart ) are significantly cheaper than buying your ticket on the tram or bus, but they have a one-time price (application fee) of €7.50 and are complicated to order. Therefore, for visitors it is more convenient to opt for one of the other payment methods.
The anonymous OV-chipkaart and single-use chipkaart can be bought at the NS-ticket machine. The personal OV-chipkaart can only be purchased online via www.ov-chipkaart.nl; they cannot be bought from NS directly. This website also provides information about the status of your order.
A personal OV-chipkaart costs € 7,50 and is valid for five years. You will receive your new card within six working days. Please note: there is no mail delivery on Mondays.
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