Passing the gates at NS stations » General Information
Many Dutch stations have gates that can only be opened with a valid ticket.
At present, passengers can open the gates with the following international tickets:
Mobile tickets issued by NS International, most other carriers and distributors, and Eurail.
Homeprint tickets issued by NS International, most other carriers and distributors, and Eurail.
Single use chip card from NS.
The gates can also be opened with Homeprint tickets issued by:
Belgian Railways (NMBS)
Danish Railways (DSB)
German Railways (DB)
French Railways (SNCF)
Eurail
The gates can also be opened with:
An OV-chipkaart (public transport smart card)
An NS-Business Card
A KeyCard (on paper or digital)
A valid debit card with which you can pay contactless.
valid credit card with which you can pay contactless.
With some tickets, he gates can not be opened (for example a bicycle ticket or separate seat reservation), even if they have a square barcode. You open the gates with your international ticket. If you do not have a working square barcode on your international ticket, have not received a KeyCard or have lost your ticket, please report to:
an Information column at the gates and press the blue button for help;
an NS service employee, if one is present at the station.
When you have lost your international train ticket before your journey has started, you need to purchase a new international train ticket.
Visiting a station without travelling
It remains possible to pick someone up, see someone off or shop at a station with entrance gates.
Anyone with an OV-chipkaart (with a product or sufficient balance) can open a gate at the station. If you check in and out within 60 minutes, no money will be deducted from your balance. This also applies to the NS-Business Card or if you check in and out with your debit card.
At the NS ticket machine at a number of stations it is possible to load a free one-time station passage product onto the OV-chipkaart. This way you can spend 60 minutes at that station on that day. For more information, go to Passing through the gates without travelling | NS |.