How does P+R work?
Park your car at one of the 270 P+R facilities. This way you avoid traffic jams or high parking costs. You park for free or with a discount if you also travel by train that day.
How to park at a P+R facility
Want to park at a P+R location? Check in advance how many available parking spaces there are by searching for a parking lot.
Entering a P+R facility
- Drive up to the gate. Your license plate will be scanned.
- The gate will open and you can park your car.
Exiting the P+R
- Drive up to the gate. Your licence plate will be scanned and the amount will appear on the display.
- Hold your OV-chipkaart against the card reader to receive the daily rate special traveller's discount*. The discount will be calculated automatically.
- Then pay with your debit card, credit card, mobility card or OV-chipkaart with your NS Flex season ticket (use the scanner with the NS Flex logo).
- The gate will open, and you can drive away. You can also choose to print a receipt .
* You do not get a discount on the price per hour, but on the maximum amount you pay for one day. The discount is valid in combination with a domestic train journey made on the day of departure and does not apply to international train journeys.
Parking with a discount
Are you also travelling by train within the Netherlands on the same day with an OV-chipkaart or e-ticket? Then you will receive a discount or you can park completely free of charge at paid P+R sites. The special price varies per location, but is always a maximum of €9 per day.
This discount applies to train journeys with all carriers, so not only if you travel with our trains.
Good to know
- You must have used the e-ticket to check out at the station, so the P+R machine can recognise your train journey and calculate the discount.
- The traveller's discount only applies if you would be charged the normal daily rate.
- Paid P+R parking facilities that are not equipped with license plate recognition technology are not managed by NS. So you cannot use the daily rate special traveller's discount at these facilities.
NS Flex season ticket and paying for P+R
If you have an NS Flex season ticket, then you can pay for parking at a P+R facility via your monthly invoice. The costs will be displayed on your Flex invoice in Mijn NS. They will be deducted from your bank account every month via direct debit, along with your travel costs for train travel or other mode of transport.
Frequently asked questions about P+R
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How many days can I park at a discount?
You will also receive a discount if you park for several days, as long as you leave the P+R site on the same day as your return journey on the train. You can park for a maximum of 28 consecutive days with a discount.
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Which ticket gives me a discount?
You will receive the special day rate with these tickets:
- personal or anonymous OV-chipkaart
- NS Business Card
- e-ticket or ticket from the machine
So you will not receive a discount if you have traveled with your debit card.
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I have not received the traveller's discount
Fill in the ‘P+R traveller's discount’ refund form.
If your question is not listed, please view all frequently asked questions about P+R.
Do you have an NS Business Card?
Then see how to park your car with an NS Business Card.
