Do I have to check in and out if I make an international journey with an NS-Business Card?
If you have an international ticket for the whole journey, you do not have to check in and out with your NS-Business Card.
You can open the gates at the station with the square barcode on your ticket.
Are you travelling with an international ticket with discount from the NS-Business Card in the Netherlands?
Take your NS-Business Card with the NS seasonticket on it with you while travelling. So you can show that you are entitled to a discount when your ticket is checked. You can open the gates at the station with the square barcode on your ticket.
Are you travelling with an NS-Business Card as far as the international departure station in the Netherlands and onward with an international ticket?
1. Open the gates with your NS-Business Card at the station where you depart from.
2a. Check out with your NS-Business Card at the changeover zone (the check-in and check-out posts) on one of the platforms of the station that the international train departs from.
2b. If there are no changeover zones, check out with your NS-Business Card at the gates of the station where you change trains. Open the gates with the square barcode on your international ticket.
Are you travelling from another country with a ticket as far as the international arrival station in the Netherlands and onward with an NS-Business Card?
1a. Check in with your NS-Business Card at the changeover zone (the check-in and check-out posts) on one of the platforms of the station where the international train arrives.
1b. If there are no changeover zones, open the gates with your NS-Business Card at the station where you change trains.
2. Check out with your NS-Business Card at the gates at your final destination.