How to use contactless payments on all Public Transport in The Netherlands

This video explains using contactless payment on all Dutch transit. This includes the metro and tram in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, domestic NS train travel, local bus transport, etc. You can use it on all forms of public transportation, nationwide.

This video shows traveling and paying with an Apple Watch smartwatch. But it works the same with your iPhone, Android Smartphone or bank card. Apple Pay, Google Pay and many types of debitcard and creditcard are supported.

Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Plan your trip
00:59 Train & metro
02:01 Tram & bus
02:53 Costs & invoice
03:23 Points of attention
05:16 Outro

Useful links:

Notes:
• Using a bank card, all journeys of the previous day will be summed up, and shown as one bank transfer. Using Google / Apple pay, each journey will be immediately shown as individual transaction.
• For the trams in Utrecht, you have to check in and out on the platform, not in the vehicle.
• The mentioned supplement is only required for the so-called "intercity direct" between Schiphol and Rotterdam. All other intercities and all other routes have no supplement. Some outdated prices have been blurred in the video; see NS travel advice for actual prices.
• If your card is not supported, there is a fallback option: you can always buy a separate ticket. Also using non-contactless foreign debit or creditcards (with PIN). Use the ticket machine at each station or ask the tram conductor. However, this is comes with a surcharge, e.g. €1 extra for a train ticket.

Thanks to the subtitle translators:
- Luisella Premoli (Italian)
- Tijmen Holleman (French)
- Daniel Khokhlovych (Ukrainian)
- Evelyn Jimeno Martinez & Delia González Pavón (Spanish)

[barendnu]

Notice: the mentioned supplement is only required for the so-called "intercity direct" between Schiphol and Rotterdam. All other intercities and all other routes have no supplement :)

[bangi]

I was in the Netherlands a few days ago and this system is perfect. Thank you Netherlands. By the way, people are very kind, pleasant and relaxed.

[stephenvincent]

My wife and I hope to travel to the Netherlands within the next 12-18 months and this information is clear, precise and thorough and is the best video I have found on this topic. Congratulations and thank you.

[paddyh]

👍🇳🇱 Well done, we have a small hotel and I forward your video to all our guests who want to travel with the Dutch public transport.

[ColinGallagher]

thanks, man. Don't know why the OV website doesn't have a real life video like this

[freitas]

Thank you for this video! Way better than buying a ticket at a kiosk. I'll sure use contactless payment during my visit to The Netherlands next month.

[alanjrobertson]

Excellent and clear video, looks like a great system - look forward to using it later this month. I love how contactless is spreading to public transport around the world!

[ems]

i love how organized and clear this video is, thank you!!!

[jobroadbent]

Thank you very much. It's particularly useful to know you have to touch in and touch out on buses/ trams - that's not how it works in London, so helpful to have that clarification.

[nghiaho]

We are sure can use this information on our trip to Amsterdam in this April. Great and clear information. Thanks!

[RenanBorges]

I was still not sure if it was already working in trams and buses, thanks for letting me know!

[lgustavovn]

Very helpfully. The best video about this subject. Thank you!!

[LIBREPUB]

This is a great video, right to the point

[guyekstein]

Useful and informative
Thanks a lot! Saved me some headaches

[GoPyrate]

Thanks a lot! I just got to Amsterdam and I read trying to figure this out.

[sorgification]

Contsctless payments in public transport are great. I Czech republic we have at at least 5 years and it is vety comfortable

[tsbarone]

thank you. I'm going to have a tour by train and it's very uefull.

[grandmaster]

Vielen Dank für die einfache Erklärung

[leonpaelinck]

Holy shit this is VERY convenient for tourists

[Lunavii_Cellest]

Really good video, the only thing to note is that there are some tramlines that have the card reader on the platform instead of in the tram like in Utrecht