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| Location | The Netherlands |
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| Launched | 2005 |
| Technology |
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| Operator | Trans Link Systems |
| Manager | NS, Connexxion, GVB, HTM and RET |
| Currency | Euro (€4, €10 or €20 depending on travel mode minimum load, €150 maximum load) |
| Stored-value | Travel on credit ('reizen op saldo') or travel product ('reisproduct') |
| Auto recharge | Automatic reload ('automatisch opladen') |
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| Website | OV-chipkaart.nl |
The OV-chipkaart (short for openbaar vervoer chipkaart, meaning public transport chipcard) is a contactless smart card and integrated ticketing system used for all public transport in the Netherlands. First introduced in the Rotterdam Metro in April 2005, it has subsequently been rolled out to other areas and travel modes. It fully replaced the national strippenkaart system for buses, trams, and metro trains in 2011, and the paper ticket system for rail travel in July 2014.
The OV-chipkaart is available in disposable form (for occasional passengers, such as tourists) and reusable versions (for frequent travellers, either in anonymous or personalised forms).
- ^ The OV-Chipcard cannot be used on the Wadden islands (see arriva.nl Archived 2014-10-22 at the Wayback Machine and texelhopper.nl) and the BES-islands.