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Transport agencies in the Netherlands, the first major country to launch acceptance of open-loop fare payments nationwide, are having a harder time rolling out a complementary piece to the system–a new closed-loop card. The agencies have set a new deadline for that launch.
• Chart: Percentage of open-loop taps by mode, Nov. 2024
• Chart: Open loop share total trips, through Nov. 2024
• Table: OVpay, key stats, through Nov. 2024
• Translink Sys. (Netherlands)
• Thales DIS
• NS (Netherlands)
• GVB (Amsterdam)
• RET (Rotterdam)
• Keolis (Netherlands)
Transport agencies in the Netherlands, the first country of any size to accept open-loop fare payments nationally, are having a more difficult time with a complementary piece of their new system–shutting down their 20-year-old closed-loop OV-chipcard.
The group of Dutch transport agencies coordinating both the open- and closed-loop rollouts recently said it expects to finish the migration of a new “OV-pas” closed-loop card by the end of 2026. That means all bus, tram, metro and ferry operators in the country would stop accepting the aging but still popular OV-chipcard (OV-chipkaart in Dutch) by Jan. 1, 2027.
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