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Old Mar 23, 2016 | 2:49 am
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Originally Posted by DaydreamingDays
You can check out the Dutch Railways website
http://www.ns.nl/en

You might be able to print out tickets - I did look and you can't buy tickets for May yet. The site will also tell you about possible delays

http://www.amsterdamtips.com/tips/ov-chipkaart.php
This site explains everything quite clearly about how to go about public transport here.

Also about creditcards maybe not working. In the Netherlands we use the chip on debit and credit cards to pay so you do need your pincode.
Banks debit card are actually the most used in the Netherlands, but credit cards are being used more and more so it'll be accepted in more and more places. I haven't been to Amsterdam in a while, but I'm guessing that they are used more there than in the tiny town I come from.
You can buy tickets online from the NS, but only if you have iDeal, which defeats the point for most visitors. The Belgian Railways take creditcards and can issue the same tickets for the same prices, if not cheaper due to the absence of surcharges.
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