Despite the various strikes in regional transport, various discount promotions are currently being offered for the bus, train, tram or metro.
Strikes in regional transport have recently been announced for 15 days by the unions. This concerns the staff of regional transport companies Arriva, Transdev (incl. Breng, Overal, OV region IJsselmond), Qbuzz (incl. U-OV), EBS, Keolis (incl. Syntus Utrecht and Allgo), RET Bus, Hermes and Connexxion. The staff of NS, GVB, HTM and RET metro/tram are not on strike anyway. These days are announced by the unions and there will be no strikes on other days. The unions have indicated that they will continue to strike until an agreement is reached for a better collective labor agreement.
This concerns the following days: Thursday 2 March, Friday 3 March (no national strike but possibly a local strike on the Vechtdal lines Emmen and Zwolle and MerwedeLinge line Dordrecht-Geldermalsen), Monday 6 March Wednesday 8 March, Friday 10 March, Tuesday 14 March Wednesday March 15, Monday March 20, Wednesday March 22, Friday March 24, Wednesday March 29, Thursday March 30, Monday April 3, Wednesday April 5, Friday April 7.
Despite the strikes in regional transport, various discount promotions are currently being offered for the bus, train, tram or metro. With carrier Connexxion you currently get a ticket for € 0,10. The Evening Out ticket is valid in the areas Amstelland-Meerlanden, Haarlem-IJmond, Noord-Holland Noord, Gooi- en Vechtstreek and Zaanstreek. You can transfer between Connexxion/Transdev/Overal lines. You can buy this ticket from Connexxion until April 10, 2023 for €0,10 if you travel after 20:00 in the evening. With this ticket you can travel after 20.00:XNUMX and transfer between bus lines operated by Connexxion and Transdev. You will receive your ticket by email. Show your ticket (via your smartphone) to the driver or check in with the barcode scanner. The tickets are not valid on night lines. You can buy multiple tickets on different dates at one email address. Are you traveling with several people? Then everyone orders their own ticket.
9292 currently offers a 15% discount if you buy a ticket via the 9292 app for a train journey with NS during off-peak hours. The discount applies until Sunday 5 March 2023. You also regularly receive discounts for your trip in the 9292 app, so it is interesting to purchase your trips via this app. At Blauwnet Keolis they have Pamper Tuesdays and Pamper Wednesdays. On Tuesday March 7, 2023 and Tuesday March 14, 2023 (note: a strike has been announced by the unions for March 14, 2023 and there are fewer or no regional trains running this day) you will receive a 75% discount on an e-ticket from Blauwnet ( valid all day). On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (note: a strike has been announced by the unions for March 5, 2023 and fewer or no regional trains will run on this day) and Wednesday, March 15, 65+ will receive an extra 50% discount in the off-peak hours at Blauwnet.
