Cards available to short term visitors
Card | Means of transport | Validity | More info |
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I Amsterdam City Card | Buses, Trams and Metros | Only on GVB lines in and around Amsterdam - including bus 69. Not valid on bus 397 as this bus is run by Connexxion. Not valid on trains. | |
OV-Chipkaart (anonymous version) |
Buses, Trams and Metros |
Througout The Netherlands |
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GVB 1 hour disposable card |
Buses, Trams and Metros |
Only on GVB lines in and around Amsterdam - including bus 69. Not valid on bus 397 as this bus is run by Connexxion. Not valid on trains. |
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GVB Day cards |
Buses, Trams and Metros |
Only on GVB lines in and around Amsterdam - including bus 69. Not valid on bus 397 as this bus is run by Connexxion. Not valid on trains. |
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Amsterdam Travel Ticket | Buses, Trams, Metros and Trains (between Schiphol Airport and most railway stations in the Amsterdam area). | On trains between Schiphol and Amsterdam, public transport in Amsterdam and bus 397 (Amsterdam Airport Express) or nightbus N97. This card is ideal for travellers arriving at Schiphol for a short stay in Amsterdam | |
Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket | Buses, Trams and Metros | The Amsterdam & Region Travel Ticket entitles you unlimited travel in Amsterdam and its whole region – day and night – on train, bus, tram and metro, from € 11,00 per day! |
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Holland Travel Ticket (NEW) | Buses, Trams, Metros, Trains | A one-day ticket that is valid in the train, tram, bus and metro throughout the Netherlands! |
When using a 'Chip-kaart' it is important to remember to check in when you embark a bus or tram and check-out when you disembark.
For trains this works a little different. You check-in when you enter the train-station and you check-out when you leave the station.
The fare is calculated over the distance between the station where you checked in and the station where you checked out.
For safety reasons transport companies decided to abolish cash transactions when buying tickets from the driver in buses and trams in a transition period running from March 2017 to somewhere mid-2018.
The situation at present ( september 2017):
Connexxion buses (eg 197 and N97): cash payments still possible at least until first half 2018
GVB (buses and trams Amsterdam area): No cash payments possible in buses. You can buy tickets at GVB Servicepoints. Trams will follow suit starting with line 26 since July 7.
The GVB makes use of the services of iLost to enable passengers to retrieve anything they might have forgotten while disembarking here.
As there is also a AKO Bookstore at Schiphol you can buy your GVB tickets at Schiphol as well. At the AKO Bookstore at Schiphol also combi-tickets to Keukenhof are sold.
GVB Tickets & Info, Stationsplein CS:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 21:00 and
Saturday and Sunday: 08:00 - 21:00.
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Bijlmer ArenA:
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 18:00 and
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Lelylaan
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 18:00
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
GVB Tickets & Info, Station Zuid
Monday to Friday: 07:00 - 18:00
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00