🇳🇱 Netherlands
- NS – ✅
- Eurostar – ✅
- DB – ✅
- European Sleeper – ❌
- Arriva Netherlands – ❌
- Breng – ❌
- Connexxion – ❌
- Keolis Netherlands – ❌
- Qbuzz – ❌
- Abellio Rail – ❌
- RET-Hoekse Lijn – ❌
- Germany :Bentheim, Emmerich, Herzagenrath, Venlo, Weener
- Belgium: Roosendaal, Visé
National state-owned railway company of Netherlands.
✅ Booking at the ticket office (see list of stations)
❌ Booking by telephone
❌ Bookings on the website
❌ Booking on board
In NS International express trains (designated ‘D’ in the Netherlands timetable), holders of FIP reduced rate tickets must pay a supplement which may be settled on the train. No supplement is payable if using FIP coupons.
EC Bruxelles – Rotterdam – Amsterdam – Lelystad:
- On both the Eurocity Direct ECD and Eurocity EC services on this route, the NS supplement is payable if travelling between Rotterdam – Schiphol.
- If travelling using FIP discounted tickets, then the ticket prices are different for Eurocity Direct ECD and Eurocity EC and are not interchangeable.
From Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Rotterdam:
- Supplements are payable on FIP reduced rate tickets.
- No supplement is payable if you are using FIP free coupons.
FIP discounted tickets cannot be bought on train. FIP discounted tickets may only be purchased at full service and full-service light stations with ticket desks.
As hese are:
- Amsterdam Centraal
- Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Amsterdam Zuid
- Arnhem Centraal
- Breda
- Den Haag Centraal
- Eindhoven Centraal
- Enschede
- Haarlem
- Leeuwarden
- Leiden Centraal
- Maastricht
- Rotterdam Centraal
- Schiphol Airport
- Utrecht Centraal
- Zaandam
- Zwole
FIP coupon holders are issued with a NS gate pass barcode coupon for opening barriers at NS stations.
The NS gate pass barcode coupon is valid only in combination with an FIP country coupon for NS. It is a gate pass, not a travel pass.
It is valid for use on 8 separate days (00:00 to 23:59) within a 3-month period from the date of first use. The first presentation at a gate sets the start date.
Within each day:
- you can enter 6 times and exit 6 times at the same station
- you can enter 12 times and exit 12 times nationally in total
Eurostar is the company that operates the high-speed trains linking the United Kingdom to France, Belgium and the Netherlands via the Channel Tunnel. It also operates continental trains between Paris, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.
✅ Booking at the ticket office
✅ Booking by telephone
❌ Bookings on the website
❌ Booking on board
You can buy tickets at any SNCF ticket office or Eurostar shop, or by telephone via the SNCF booking centre, which can be reached using this number: +33 1 84 94 36 35
Yes, it’s compulsory
National state-owned railway compagny of Germany.
