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Post by waterhazardjack on Mar 15, 2013 1:04:35 GMT
Hi guys, recently made another trip to The Netherlands after a gap of some years...for posterity, here are the transport charges that I paid...
Weert - Eindhoven - €11.10 return Eindhoven - Den Bosch - €6.40 Den Bosch - Amsterdam Centraal - €14.60 Amsterdam Amstel - Utrecht €6.10 Utrecht - Eindhoven - €13.70
(Some of these include 50c fee for buying from office rather than machine)
Amsterdam 24 hour travel card - €7.50 Eindhoven Airport Bus €3.50 (#401, every 9 minutes)
Correct as of January 2013...
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 15, 2013 4:03:27 GMT
I don't know what that's supposed to cost, but those prices don't seem very expensive. Thanks for the good, recent info.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 6:46:49 GMT
If they are charging more for getting the tickets from the ticket office, I imagine that means that the ticket machines take cards at last. I remember that even years after you could use a Visa card in just about anything other train ticket machine in Europe, those machines in Amsterdam Centraal were still cash only!
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Post by bjd on Mar 15, 2013 7:46:29 GMT
I haven't been in the Netherlands for a few years now, but I remember it as a place where I had a hard time finding an ATM where I could use my Visa card. Has that changed?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 8:07:06 GMT
I remember that, too -- MasterCard ruled in about 90% ot the ATMs but things have improved since then. When you come from France, it is really strange because right from the start Visa and MasterCard worked together in the same system so that every card works automatically in every ATM.
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Post by waterhazardjack on Mar 15, 2013 23:58:02 GMT
I don't know what that's supposed to cost, but those prices don't seem very expensive. Thanks for the good, recent info. Bix, that's what I thought too...before I went I checked them on 9292.nl ...the prices seemed very reasonable so I double-checked with some of the knowledgeable people on TT and had them confirmed...being used to similar travel in Germany, it was a pleasant surprise to find the Dutch p[rices are a little more reasonable...however, there don't seem to be many deals available...the price is what it is... If they are charging more for getting the tickets from the ticket office, I imagine that means that the ticket machines take cards at last. I remember that even years after you could use a Visa card in just about anything other train ticket machine in Europe, those machines in Amsterdam Centraal were still cash only! Kerouac, I don't believe it has...my recollection is of not being able to use my card and sometimes banknotes either...some of the ticket machines exclusively use €2 coins which means importuning shop and kiosk owners for change...there is a Dutch railway card (OV chip-card) that costs €7.50 and is loadable thereafter and all machines seem to be primed for this...so, for the casual visitor it's the office or coins in the machine... The only place this might be an issue is local transport, which, if I understand it correctly, requires a chip-card to buy tickets, apart from a day-ticket like the one I bought in Amsterdam... These were my experiences anyway...
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Post by nautiker on Mar 20, 2013 21:20:28 GMT
just spotted an interesting campaign - the Dutch currently have their 'bookweek', and since NS is one of the sponsors, they offer a smart deal: if you buy a book (for at least 12,50) this week, you'll get a free book by Kees van Kooten (a comedian) along with it. now, this book entitles you to unlimited rail travel across the Netherlands this Sunday (highspeed trains require a surcharge, not valid on Thalys), for more see here: www.nstijdvoorlezen.nl/
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