{"id":1809,"date":"2019-05-23T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:51:57","slug":"trial-passengers-positive-train-travel-payment-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/news\/trial-passengers-positive-train-travel-payment-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial passengers positive about train travel using a payment card"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The first experiences of participants in the \u2018Travel with your payment card\u2019 trial have been predominantly positive. This is shown by customer research covering the first months of the trial on the Leiden\u2013The Hague railway route.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Reizen-met-betaalpas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Young woman checks in with OV chip card at the NS entrance gate at a busy station, with other travelers in the background.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Reizen-met-betaalpas.jpg 1268w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Reizen-met-betaalpas-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Reizen-met-betaalpas-1024x357.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.betaalvereniging.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/Reizen-met-betaalpas-768x268.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1268px) 100vw, 1268px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since January, around one thousand trial passengers on this route have been able to check in and out with NS using their debit or credit card. The trial will continue until the summer.<br>The research shows that participants find travelling with a payment card just as easy as travelling with the Dutch OV-chipkaart public transport card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-need-to-top-up-a-balance\">No need to top up a balance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passengers see it as an advantage that they do not need to load a balance onto a card: their travel costs are debited from their bank account at the end of the day. They also find it convenient that they already carry their \u2018travel pass\u2019 and do not need to buy an OV-chipkaart. Trial passengers can also make suggestions. They would like to be able to check in and out at more gates than are currently available for the trial, and would like the process to be slightly faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nieuws.ns.nl\/testreizigers-positief-over-reizen-met-betaalkaart\/\"><em>Read the full article from NS (in Dutch)\u2026<\/em> <span class=\"icon inline-block ml-1 w-[0.875em]\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"#000000\" viewBox=\"0 0 256 256\"><path d=\"M228,104a12,12,0,0,1-24,0V69l-59.51,59.51a12,12,0,0,1-17-17L187,52H152a12,12,0,0,1,0-24h64a12,12,0,0,1,12,12Zm-44,24a12,12,0,0,0-12,12v64H52V84h64a12,12,0,0,0,0-24H48A20,20,0,0,0,28,80V208a20,20,0,0,0,20,20H176a20,20,0,0,0,20-20V140A12,12,0,0,0,184,128Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trial passengers on the Leiden\u2013The Hague route are positive about checking in and out for train travel using a debit or credit card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"btv_subject_tax":[16],"class_list":["post-1809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","btv_subject_tax-card-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reizen met de betaalkaart: Eenvoudig en Snel - Dutch Payments Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Reizen met de betaalkaart maakt in- en uitchecken eenvoudig. 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