The Netherlands moves toward nationwide contactless transit ticketing
Take one consortium, a joint venture, smart card suppliers, and even Hong Kong’s successful Octopus Cards Limited and you have the makings of a smartcard that’s going to link the Netherlands’ various public transportation vehicles. Or as Jeroen Kok, chairman of Trans Link Systems (the Dutch transit venture running the project) put it: “Eventually, passengers will be able to travel from one end of the country to the other using just one smart ticket.”
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