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Paper tickets phased out in Amsterdam

Thursday 03 June 2010

Passengers using buses, trams and the metro in Amsterdam will have to travel using a public transport smart card, or ov-chipkaart, from Thursday.

The greater Amsterdam region is now the second area of the country to have stopped the use of paper tickets. Rotterdam made the change last year.

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So, what will this mean for tourists? Will we pay more now to ride the tram?

By Don Pratt | June 3, 2010 8:02 PM

We were just up in Amsterdam and used the new chip cards. They are easy to find and use. However, they are more expensive than the old strips. We had a large group and ended up having to buy 8 24 hour cards, which each cost roughly the same as an old 15 trip card. To do the traveling we did, would have probably required 3 strips, instead of 8 cards and if there were any trips left over we could have kept them. Instead the new cards expire. So yes, they are more expensive overall.

By Jay | June 4, 2010 7:31 AM

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