Train season ticket holders are to be offered up to €500 to avoid travelling in rush hour in an effort to reduce overcrowding, the Telegraaf reports on Tuesday.

Four-month trials of the rebate scheme will run in five areas: Arnhem-Nijmegen, Roermond- Maastricht, greater Amsterdam, Overijssel and Gelderland, the paper says, quoting trade publication OV magazine.
People with an annual season ticket will ‘earn’ €3 every time they avoid morning or evening rush hour and €7 if they stay off the train in busy periods all day.
The trials, which will cost €7m and involve 35,000 season ticket holders, are being run by the NS and regional train firms Syntus and Veolia. It will start in September.

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