Summer jam the Hague

[Joost Schuttelaar]

On Jun 30, 2010, at 23:26 , Andrew Tarpinian wrote:

> Have been trying to reacquaint myself the with train situation in NL, last time I was there was 2 1/2 years ago. Is this the best place to play with schedules n stuff - http://www.ns.nl ? Also just confirming you can't use US(no chip) credit/debit cards in the machines if anyone knows? I know if did not work in Paris for me but I forget if it worked in NL.

Yeah, this is very annoying. The ticket machines (except at Schiphol airport) don't accept credit cards. You need to use a European ATM card (Maestro), and it will work... probably have to buy the ticket at the counter when you're not at Schiphol. The chip is not necessary anywhere in NL by the way, we just started with those this year (major annoyance, never works properly).

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL