Notification
Discounts
Price benefits
- Travelling together is cheaper
- Youths travel with additional benefits
- The fares for children are really attractive
- Additional benefits for regular customers
Discount options
Did you know that children and youths profit from considerable price reductions and thus can travel abroad by train on the basis of favourable fares? We are also happy to offer our regular customers some extra reduction with RailPlus!
An overview of available discounts
- Youth tickets- Benelux
- Youth tickets - Paris / Thalys
- Youth tickets - Round trips
- Children's discount
- RailPlus - for regular customers
- DB Bahncard - Travelling in Germany
| Youth tickets Benelux |
Conditions |
|---|---|
| This is how it works: you choose your destination and then travel there at your own pace. | For passengers 25 years or younger |
| Exceptions are the trains for which seat reservations are mandatory. In that case, your youth ticket is only valid for the train, date and time you have booked. | Extra cheap tickets with a discount of 35% on the Belgian and Luxemburg routes |
| Single or return journey within the Benelux | |
| Not valid weekdays before 09.00hrs (with the exception of New Year’s day, Ascension Day, Easter Monday, Pentecost, Christmas day, Boxing day and weekdays in July and August) | |
| Valid for two months (the domestic NS routes up to or from the Dutch border should be travelled within a single day) | |
| Only valid for second class travel |
| Youth ticket Paris / Thalys |
Conditions |
|---|---|
| Thalys has a special youth fare to Paris | For passengers 25 years or younger |
| Extra cheap fares for both the Comfort 1 as well as the Comfort 2 classes | |
| For more information please see the Thalys fare conditions |
| Youth ticket Round trips |
Conditions |
|---|---|
| For passengers 25 years or younger | |
| InterRail One Country Pass | For round-trips within a single country |
| InterRail Global Pass | For round-trips through multiple countries over a longer period of time |
| Scanrail | For round-trip through Scandinavia |
| Children's tickets | Discount per country |
|---|---|
| Children 5 years or younger may travel along for free. However, they do not have the right their own seat. TIP: If you want your child of 5 or younger to be guaranteed a seat, purchase a children's ticket. |
The Netherlands: Up until the Dutch border children between 4 and 11 years who are accompanied by an adult may travel for € 2 - a special NS Hispeed children's fare. This rate is only applicable on international joureys. If you are travelling on a Fyra train, you must purchase a ticket supplement as well as the NS Railrunner. |
| Children between the ages of 6 and 11 years may travel with a children's ticket, which is 50% of the full fare. | Belgium: There is a special children's fare - children between the ages of 6 and 11 years pay € 2 for a one-way ticket. |
| Children older than 12 years must pay the full fare. | Germany: Children younger than 5 years may travel for free. Children between 6 and 11 may travel for free if accompanied by a parent or grandparent. Children travelling alone must pay 50% for the full fare. |
| High-speed trains: like Eurostar, Thalys and certain night trains offer special children discounts. |
| RailPlus Regular customers |
Condtions |
|---|---|
| Travel discounts to no less than 23 different countries in Europe, with the international RailPlus Off-peak Discount Pass! | Receive a 25% discount on the full fare for single or return cross-border travel |
| Holders an Off-peak Discount Pass, a Route Pass, a Student OV-chipkaart or an Annual Pass may buy a RailPlus pass because they are a regular customer. | The RailPlus discount does not only apply in the Netherlands: you may also use this discount when you buy a cross-border ticket in a foreign country. |
| A RailPlus pass costs € 15 a year and will be valid in the same period as your other pass. If you have an Off-peak Discount Pass and are 60 years or older you will even receive the RailPlus free of charge! | RailPlus does not apply to trains such as the Thalys and Eurostar, but RailPlus customers can get a discount for the continuation of their journey after using the Thalys or Eurostar. |
| In which countries does RailPlus apply and for whom? Please note: Not all foreign destinations are available from the Netherlands. |
For everyone in: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great-Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Joegoslavië, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine. |
| For passengers 25 years and younger: countries mentioned above plus France, Spain, Norway and Sweden | |
| For passengers of 60 years of age or older in: countries mentioned above plus France, Spain, Ireland, Norway and Sweden | |
| To get discount: On the Preferences page of the bookings module on NSHispeed.nl, check the box "Railplus card" and you will receive the discount price which will be visable to you in step 3 Overview. | Please note: RailPlus Discount can only be given to someone with a RailPlus Pass and does not give travel companions access to the discount. |
| DB Bahncard Travelling in Germany |
Conditions |
|---|---|
| If you have a DB Bahn Card 25, 50 or 100 you will get discount on the German leg of your international journey. You will also automatically get a RailPlus discount on your trips abroad. | The discount is not valid in combination with the Mid-Flex or Low-Fixed ticket offers. |
| To get discount: On the Preferences page of the bookings module on NSHispeed.nl, check the box "DB Bahn Card" and you will receive the discount price which will be visable to you in step 3 Overview. | The discount is only valid on the German leg of your international journey. |
| You can only buy a DB Bahn Card with DBBahn.de |
