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The OV-chipkaart is a collaborative initiative of five large public transport operators in the Netherlands: the main rail operator NS, the bus operator Connexxion and the municipal transport operators of the three largest cities: GVB (Amsterdam), HTM (The Hague) and RET (Rotterdam), though all public transport operators in the Netherlands now use the system.
OVpay is a payment and integrated ticketing system for public transport in the Netherlands, currently only for journeys at the full OV-chipkaart fare. [1]With the introduction of the system in mid-2022, it will be possible to check in and out in several ways.
OV-chipkaart: Trans Link Systems: 2005 (Rotterdam), 2006 (Amsterdam), 2009–2010 (East area), 19 May 2011 (Whole area except the Caribbean Netherlands)
A common fare system applies nationwide with NS ticket machines, although individual concessionaires have separate fares. The OV-chipkaart (public-transport card) permits ticket integration and price differentiation. Travellers must be aware of the different operators; for off-peak pass subscribers, a station requiring an operator change may ...
It was designed as a nationwide scheme but is being phased out (see section on validity, below) and replaced by the OV-chipkaart. With the abolition of the strippenkaart (strip card) on 3 November 2011, only the sterabonnement (Star subscription) remains organized under the national tariff system.
Studentenreisproduct is loaded as a product on the OV-chipkaart, a contactless travel card. Students can choose either free transport on weekdays and a 40% discount on the weekend, or vice versa. [ 1 ]
9522 – This sported a white/magenta livery advertising the OV-Chipkaart. 9524 – This carried advertising liveries for Mamma Mia and The Lion King. As well as that, it sported a completely white/magenta livery, advertising the OV-chipkaart similar to unit no. 9522. 9525 – This carried the adverts for the NS/Olympic partnership.
Such cards have been used in many notable systems, including Oyster card, CharlieCard and OV-chipkaart. By 2009, cryptographic research had reverse engineered the cipher and a variety of attacks were published that effectively broke the security.