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The trial started in Den Bosch because public transport bicycles are widely used here.

The Dutch Railways has started a trial in the bicycle shed at Den Bosch station. Recently you can hear a voice through a loudspeaker saying: 'close the lock'. This voice wants to remind travelers to close the lock of the OV-fiets before they leave the bicycle shed. If you forget to do this, the rental of the bicycle will continue and the costs will increase. The bicycles at Den Bosch station and 45 other bicycle parking facilities are equipped with a new lock. With the new OV bicycle lock, you can easily rent an OV bicycle with your OV chip card. Make sure you have a free OV-fiets subscription or Flex subscription on your OV-chipkaart. With the new bicycle lock, your public transport chip card is the key to the bicycle. You hold your OV chip card against the ring lock, the ring lock opens and the rental starts. You can go right away.

“With this test, we want to offer travelers an extra reminder to close the lock after returning the OV-fiets. The rental of the OV-fiets will be stopped after the lock has been closed. If that does not happen, the rent will continue automatically and that is of course a waste of money. In the bicycle shed in Den Bosch, there are a total of 400 public transport bicycles that are equipped with the electronic lock. We chose Den Bosch because public transport bicycles are very popular here. That is why we can properly test here whether the broadcaster works well for travelers”.

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With the new OV bicycle lock, you can easily rent an OV bicycle with your OV chip card.

When you arrive at your destination, you can OV bike lock with the chain by pressing the button on the lock for 3 seconds, this releases the chain lock and you can attach it to something. Then press the button on the lock for another 1 second to close the ring lock. You can only open the ring lock with your chip card, you open the chain by pressing the button again for 3 seconds. When you return to the rental location, place your OV-fiets in the OV-fietszone and close the bicycle's ring lock by pressing the button for 1 second. The rental stops automatically after the lock is closed. If you have linked the OV-chipkaart to the NS app, you will receive a message in your app that your journey has been successfully completed. So doubting whether you have locked the bike is no longer necessary. The trial started in Den Bosch because public transport bicycles are widely used here. There are 400 public transport bicycles with an electronic lock in Den Bosch. The trial will last one month.

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