Train passengers can check in and out using contactless cards & devices from next week

NS is officially implementing OVpay. From January 31, train travelers who travel full fare in second class will be able to pay for their trip with a contactless debit card, credit card, or smartphone. NS, Arriva, and Qbuzz train travelers will no longer have to go to a ticket machine to buy their ticket or top up their OV-chip card balance, NS announced. “From now on, checking in and out of the train is just as easy and fast as paying for groceries without contact,” Tjalling Smit of the NS board of directors said. “Since the gates will also read chips from debit cards, credit cards, or mobile from January 31, we ask our travelers to present the desired payment method separately at the gate.