Good afternoon,
I visited NL last September and had a difficult time purchasing rail tickets from NS, as my debit card didn't have a chip and pin feature.
Does anyone know if NS accepts American chip and pin cards? Is there more than one chip and pin standard that NS machines won't accept?
Also, are day passes still available?
Thank you.
My experience this week: My US chip cards are just chip and signature. I can't use them in the machines to top up my card. I can go to a service desk and use my chip and signature card to buy and top up. I'm using the OV-chipkaart.
Thanks.
I wonder why USA chips won't work in NL?
Can you load (via ticket agent) multi day passes for GVB Amsterdam public transport AND train travel?
Thank you.
Our experience in April: We were unable to use our Schwab ATM card, which is chipped and has PIN, to buy tickets from the NL machines. We were later told that the NL ticket machines use the Maestro system, which Schwab is not on (it has Interlink, PLUS and Moneylink logos). The card did work for machines for French train tickets and for the Vlissingen Ferry.
As an aside, someone was there to advise me to get the "error message" printout (silly me, I was thinking of that as something to show to someone to view the computer problem). This was at Middleburg and we were going to Leiden, with no ticket agents in the station. This happened to be the only time we were ever asked for tickets on a Dutch train, fortunately we had the statement.
