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).
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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.
The nine Dutch public transport carriers ('Carriers') and Translink are jointly introducing a new option to travel by public transport by means of purchasing a Ticket by checking in and out using your Debit Card or Credit Card.
Whether you travel by bus, train, metro or tram, everything is possible. In many regions in the Netherlands, OVpay is already available and so you can already check in and out with your debit card. For example, the bus, metro or tram in Amsterdam, but also in Groningen and Eindhoven.
The cheapest way to travel around Amsterdam is walking but if you need to get somewhere fast, the use of an OV chip card is the answer. Being used on trams, buses and metros, the OV chip card (OV-chipkaart) is the easiest way to pay for all your travel about town.