Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram
Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram is the main public transport operator in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It started in 1905 when they took over the city tram lines from RTM. It currently operates 64 bus lines, 11 tram lines and five metro/light rail lines in Rotterdam and the surrounding municipalities.
An Alstom Citadis tram
A Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus
A Bombardier metro train
The OV-chipkaart is a contactless smart card and integrated ticketing system used for all public transport in the Netherlands. First introduced in the Rotterdam Metro in April 2005, it has subsequently been rolled out to other areas and travel modes. It fully replaced the national strippenkaart system for buses, trams, and metro trains in 2011, and the paper ticket system for rail travel in July 2014.
OV-chipkaart reader in a bus.
Ticket barriers at Amsterdam Centraal railway station.
As all public transport operators use their own card readers for checking in and out, passenger transferring from one operator to another must first check out with the first operator and then check in with the second operator.
Ticket machine at railway station offering the possibility to obtain a disposable OV-chipkaart, comparable to the traditional paper singles and returns.