Students can now check in virtual NS

Since January students are obliged to check-in, even during the days in which they travel for free. The NS promotes not only the physical check in, but also the virtual one. From today onward you can use social media to deal with the public transport.

In the first weeks of the national campaign “# ikcheckin” there are prizes for those who check in virtually. The first prize is a train trip to Paris for two persons, but there is also a subscription for renting a bicycle at the train stations. You can check-in via many social media, such as Foursquare, Twitter and Facebook.

The last campaign of the NS, entitled “Hopefully you will not forget tomorrow” aimed at reminding students to have tickets for their trips, said Willem Dudok. Dudok is co-founder of JohnnyWonder, the marketing agency behind the new social media campaign of the NS.