Train tickets

Where can you buy train tickets?

NS train tickets
Tickets should be purchased before boarding the train. There are various places where these tickets can be bought:

  • At every NS station you will find at least one NS self-service ticket machine, where tickets can be purchased for travelling in The Netherlands, 24 hours a day.
  • At the NS ticket offices tickets as well as season tickets can be purchased, with the exception of the 'NS Jaartrajectabonnement' (Annual Route Pass), the 'NS Jaarabonnement (NS Annual Pass) and 'OV-Jaarabonnement' (Public Transport Annual Pass).
  • At Wizzl, the NS convenience shop, tickets can be purchased seven days a week.
  • Sometimes a NS kiosk can be found near a railway station or in town without a railway station where NS products can be purchased or information about travelling by train can be obtained.

Arriva train tickets
Arriva provides train transportation in the north of The Netherlands and on the line Dordrecht-Geldermalsen, the so-called Merwede-Lingelijn. Arriva uses the same tickets and has set the same prices as the NS does. Arriva also provides additional kinds of tickets for its various target groups. At the Arriva and NS ticket offices tickets, as well as season tickets can be purchased. Various tickets can also be ordered by using a telephone ordering service. Tickets cannot be purchased on the Arriva trains.

» Go to Arriva website (in English)

Connexxion train tickets
Connexxion provides train transportation on the lines Almelo-Mariënberg and Amersfoort-Ede Wageningen (the Valleilijn) and uses the same tickets and has set the same prices as the NS does.

Syntus train tickets
Syntus B.V. provides public transport in the east of The Netherlands 'De Achterhoek', on the line Tiel-Arnhem and in a part of the Dutch province called 'Twente' (the area around the section Zutphen-Hengelo-Oldenzaal). Syntus also provides its own tickets, which are (normally) only valid in the busses and trains within the Syntus areas.

Veolia train tickets
Veolia provides transport on the lines Roermond-Nijmegen and Maastricht-Kerkrade, and uses the same tickets and has set the same prices as the NS does.