Ticket and pass types

Single & Return

• You should purchase a Day Return ticket if your outward and return journeys will be on the same day and via the same route.
• If your outward and return journeys will take place on different days, then you will need to purchase two Single tickets.
• If you are going to several towns in one day, you should purchase a ticket that indicates to which destination(s) you will be travelling.
• Single/Return tickets are valid for one day: from 00.00 on the date shown on the ticket to 04.00 the following morning.
• You are allowed to break your journey but only if you complete the entire journey in one day.

Price

• Using the Journey Planner, you can find out the price of your intended journey.  

Where to purchase

• NS self-service ticket machine
• NS Service Desk (additional charge of € 0.50)

Day Travel Card

• Unlimited train travel for one day throughout the Netherlands.
• The best option for a one-way journey, return or round trip that will cover 250 kilometres or more.

Public transport Day Travel Card

• Similar to the Day Travel Card except that for only € 5,50 extra, this card also allows you to use the bus, tram and metro for the day.

Bicycle Day Travel Card

• Bicycles may be taken on the train during off-peak hours.
• To do this you purchase a Bicycle Day Ttravel Card from the ticket machine.
• A Bicycle Day Travel Card allows you to take a (folding) tandem, reclining bicycle or disassembled racing bike on the train.
• A Bicycle Day Card is not necessary for a standard folding bicycle. Passengers may take standard folding bicycles on the train with them free of charge (provided they meet the terms and conditions)

Validity

• Day Travel Card: one day of unlimited travel throughout The Netherlands on all domestic trains listed in the Journey Planner.
• In addition, the OV-Dagkaart (Public Transport Day Travel Card) is also valid on all public transport on which the official national tickets (multi-journey zone tickets and 'Sterabonnement’) are valid.

Where to purchase

• NS self-service ticket machine;
• NS Service Desk (additional fee € 0,50) 

Prices

• Day Travel Card 2nd class full fare: € 49,20
• Day Travel Card 1st class full fare: € 83,60
• Dog Day Travel Card € 3, irrespective of destination.
• Bicycle Day Travel Card € 6, irrespective of destination.

• For children aged 4 to 11 accompanied by an adult (aged at least 18).

Where to Purchase

• NS self-service ticket machine
• NS Service Desk (additional fee € 0,50)

Validity

• A Railrunner ticket is valid for one day on the same route (within the Netherlands) and in the same class as the valid ticket of the accompanying adult.
• On some routes a National Multi-Journey Zone ticket or 'Sterabonnement' serves as a valid ticket on the train.

Price

• Railrunner: €2.50 per child.
• A maximum of three children per accompanying adult are allowed to travel at the Railrunner rate.
• Tickets for additional children may be purchased at a 40% discount.

International train

• On the ICE International you must also pay the supplement for Railrunner(s).
• Railrunner tickets are not valid on Thalys.

Children under the age of 4

Children under the age of 4 travel free of charge provided they do not require a seat

Children aged 4 to 11 not accompanied by an adult

• Children aged 4 to 11 not accompanied by an adult receive a 40% discount on their fare.

You can find out the price of the intended journey using The Journey Planner (under the heading “Reduction.”).

What is the OV-chipkaart?

The OV-chipkaart is the new means of travelling and payment for the public transport system in The Netherlands. The smart card is the size of a bank card and contains an invisible chip. The OV-chipkaart can be loaded with credit in euros with which you can travel within the Netherlands, or with a travel product such as a single or season ticket. You may choose among the personal, anonymous and disposable cards.

For all NS passes you will need a personal OV-chipkaart. You don't need a OV-chipkaart to travel with a Day Travel Card or Railrunner ticket.

For more information, see www.ov-chipkaart.nl or call NS Customer Service at 0900 - 202 11 63 (€ 0,10 per minute; within the Netherlands only) from Monday until Friday from 08.00 am till 22.00 pm and on Saturday from 09.00 am till 17.00 pm.

• Travel within the Netherlands on the ICE International (route Amsterdam - Utrecht - Arnhem and back) requires a ticket supplement of € 2.00.
• You can purchase the supplement from NS ticket machines and NS Service Desks located in the station.
• If you have an NS-Jaarabonnement (NS Annual Pass) or OV-Jaarabonnement (Public Transport Annual Pass), a Jaartrajectabonnement (Annual Route Pass) or Maandtrajectabonnement (Monthly route pass) or a Maandnetabonnement (Monthly Network Pass), you do not have to purchase the supplement IF your pass is valid for some or all of the Amsterdam Centraal - Utrecht Centraal – Arnhem route.