May, 2017 -
RAILWAY TICKET MACHINES DO NOT TAKE NON EU CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS!
After several tries we went to the ticket counter and were told that because of increased security, we had to produce a passport in person to use a non EU credit/debit card or cash. Inconvenient because the memo on the machine said only " there is a problem with your card". Also after looking more carefully at the machines there was an EU before the card logos.
Posted by
Liverpool UK
440 posts
Its always best if you use a card to go to a manned ticket booth I use cash at machines
Posted by
Reading, PA, USA
1637 posts
Why is it best to go to a manned window? When we were in Italy the lines were very long at the manned windows. We used the machines using a credit card and had no problems.
Posted by
New Paltz, NY
9110 posts
Dutch Rail only accepts chip & pin cards at both their machines and the ticket windows. So for most Americans the only way to purchase a rail ticket is with cash at a ticket window, unless you have a lot of coins on you.
Posted by
oklahoma
1022 posts
I never saw the sign but last year (april 2016), mine did not work. We had to go to the window also.
Posted by
Green Bay
21142 posts
I used my Andrews FCU Visa card to buy tickets out of the kiosk at Centraal in January without any problem, but it is a true PIN & chip card.
Posted by
NYC
380 posts
Found this out the hard way myself! My card had a chip, but this was before the US banks started using them so it didn't work. I think I ended up buying from the ticket window.