My husband and I will go to the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany in September.
We have a Benelux - Germany Rail Pass. How can we pass through the automatic/turnstile gates at train stations in Amsterdam and Brussels?
Thanks.
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Basel, Switzerland
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Stations in Europe generally do not have automatic turnstiles. Anybody can walk off the street and on to the platform and up to the train. Tickets ( or passes) are checked on the train as it is travelling between stations. If found on a train without a ticket expect a very large penalty fare (fine).
In the UK (where there are barriers), there is always a manned gate or somebody on duty for cases like people in wheelchairs who cannot use the automatic barriers.