If you are going to travel by train, bus, tram or metro just once, you can buy a ticket at Schiphol or pay on public transport with your bank card, credit card or mobile.
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As of 2023, all domestic trains, metros, trams, and buses in Amsterdam (and nationwide) accept payment from contactless methods including credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more. As long as your card has an OV chip in it, you should be able to use it to pay for your fare.
How much is the bus from Amsterdam airport to city centre? A single ticket costs 5€ (open return ticket costs 10€). You can buy tickets straight from the bus driver or from the Amsterdam Airport Express ticket desks and Info booths near the bus stop.
The train from Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Centraal Station is the fastest and cheapest way to the city center. The train runs 24 hours a day, with departures scheduled for every 10–15 minutes between the hours of 6 a.m. and 1 a.m. (they depart every hour during other times).
You can pay for bus, metro, and tram rides by purchasing a ticket from a ticket machine, drivers, or conductors, or you can use an OV-chipkaart or smartphone via OVpay. If you are travelling by tram or bus, don't forget to use the stop buttons, or else the driver may pass through your stop.
The receipt is your ticket. With this receipt, you can check out when you leave the bus and if you want to change buses you can use it to check in with on the other bus. See which debit and credit cards you can use to pay on the bus. Please note: It is no longer possible to pay with cash on the bus.
The benefitsYou can now check in and out on the train, bus, tram and metro throughout the Netherlands with your debit card, credit card or mobile phone. Pay for your trip just as easily as your groceries in the store. Handy, because: you no longer need a separate OV-chipkaart.
Paying for public transport is easy: simply use your contactless debit card, credit card or mobile phone to check in and out using OVpay or a public transport chip card (in Dutch: OV-chipkaart).
You can buy e-tickets straight from the travel advice in the 9292 app. The affiliated public transport services for bus, tram, metro and ferry are Arriva, Breng, Connexxion, EBS, Hermes, HTM, Keolis, RET, U-OV and Waterbus.
In Amsterdam and throughout the Netherlands, the public transport chip card (OV-Chipkaart) is a rechargeable card used for travel on trams, buses, metros and trains. Residents typically own a personalised card that can be loaded up with credit.