Dutch railways

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barrydidit replied

21 January 2014, 08:33
Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

Dutch Poor Waggon? Is that really what they call their railways?

A commendable lack of turd polishing if that's the case. I wish Northern Rail would adopt a similar approach.
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Mich the Tester replied

21 January 2014, 08:27
Originally posted by expat View Post

How does paying for a train ticket work in NL these days?

Used to be (apart from Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal) a choice of only 2:

1. pay with your Dutch bank card.
Oh dear, you're not Dutch?
2. Go get cash out of a cash machine at rip-off charges; queue at counter because machines don't take notes; pay an extra fee for paying in cash.

Any progress for non-Dutch people on Dutch railways yet?

They didn't really think about this when they set up the OV Card thingummy. That's normal; the NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) don't seem to be very good at 'thinking'.
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petergriffin replied

20 January 2014, 21:39
Yes, you can only pay with I-Deal. It's a sort of ethnic control on foreigners.

The good news is that I've stopped buying train tickets because I've never found a ticket controller on board, but I'm in the South.

Anyway you don't need to be Dutch to have a Dutch bank account.
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expat started a topic Dutch railways

20 January 2014, 17:01
Dutch railways

How does paying for a train ticket work in NL these days?

Used to be (apart from Schiphol and Amsterdam Centraal) a choice of only 2:

1. pay with your Dutch bank card.
Oh dear, you're not Dutch?
2. Go get cash out of a cash machine at rip-off charges; queue at counter because machines don't take notes; pay an extra fee for paying in cash.

Any progress for non-Dutch people on Dutch railways yet?
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