U-OV Max - Day

Travel easily and affordable with U-OV Max (day)

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Valid for all U-OV buses and trams within the province of Utrecht

Never pay more than € 6,50 or € 10,00 for a day of travel

Valid for travel on the same bank card, OV-pas, credit card or contactless payment card on your smartphone

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Travel easily and affordable with U-OV Max (day)

With U-OV Max you can travel easily and cheaply every day on all U-OV buses and trams in the province of Utrecht. You don’t need to buy a separate ticket or season pass – just check in and out with your debit card, credit card, mobile phone or the new OV-pas (OVpay).

Price

You’ll never pay more than €10 per day.
Are you between 12 and 18 years old? Then you’ll never pay more than €6,50 per day. Just make sure you link your payment card first – you can read how to do that below.

If you travel less, you also pay less. No registration needed: just check in and go!

Promotion

If you travel with U-OV between 21 September and 20 November 2026 using your bank card or OV-pas, a 50% discount applies automatically. You then pay a maximum rate of €5 per day instead of €10. Are you between 12 and 18 years old and have you linked your age to your card? Then you pay a maximum of €3.25 instead of €6.50 per day.

How U-OV Max (day) works

You’ll pay no more than €10 (or €6,50) per day if you:

Always check in and out with the same payment card or new OV-pas
Make complete journeys (so always both check in and check out)
Don’t miss any check-in or check-out. If you do miss one, you can correct it yourself
Travel with U-OV– trips with other operators do not count towards your daily cap

Signing up for U-OV Max (day) for ages 12–18

Would you like to add U-OV Max to your debit card? All the steps are clearly explained in our step‑by‑step guide in English or Arabic. After that, you can travel every day for a maximum of €6.50 per day and €65 per month.

Good to know

U-OV Max is only valid on daytime lines. Night buses are not included. For a journey on the night bus you pay a fixed fare of €5.

Even more benefits

Create a free MyU-OV account and link your payment card. Then you’ll never pay more than:

€100 per month (adults)
€65 per month (ages12–18)

If you travel less, you also pay less. Once you’ve reached the monthly cap, you travel free for the rest of that month.

Travel without worries – you’ll never pay more than necessary.

Frequently asked questions

No. At the end of each day, your journeys are added up to a maximum of € 10,00 (or € 6,50) and then debited from your account.
OVpay is the new way of checking in and out on public transport. You can travel using your debit card, credit card, mobile phone or an OV-pas. Want to know more? Visit the OVpay website.
No. For U-OV Max, only trips made with the same card will be tallied up. A physical card and a mobile card are not the same, even if they’re linked to the same bank account.
Unfortunately, no.
You don’t need to activate anything. As long as you always check in and out with the same payment card, U-OV Max (day) works automatically.
Are you between 12 and 18 years old? Then register once for free via OVpay, activate age-based discount and after that you’ll travel for a maximum of € 6,50 per day.
U-OV Max is valid on all U-OV daytime lines, from the start to the end of service. Night lines are not included. U-OV Max is valid on lines 90 and 395 operated by U-OV, but not with Qbuzz.
Your fare is calculated including age-based discount. That way, your total is capped at a maximum of € 10,00 per day. Are you between 12 and 18 years old? Then your maximum is € 6,50 per day.
To make use of this age discount, you must first link your payment card once for free via your personal myU-OV account. The daily cap of € 6,50 does not yet work in combination with the new OV-pas.
Then the amount for that day is recalculated, again up to a maximum of € 10,00 (or € 6,50).
Yes. You must always check in and out, even if you’re travelling for free for the rest of the day. Otherwise you may receive a fine.
To add an OVpay product to your child's (digital) payment card, first make a trip with that (digital) card. Use the payment reference of that trip to validate your payment card. The following steps:
- Step 1. Go to mijn.u-ov.nl and click Request Account. If you already have a U-OV account, go to mijn.u-ov.nl and proceed to step 5.
- Step 2. Fill in your details, accept the terms, and click Next.
- Step 3. Complete your information. When done, click Create Account.
- Step 4. Your request is confirmed. We sent you an email. Click the link in that email to confirm your account.
- Step 5: Log in and go to your Profile Data. Here you can add a profile for your child. Fill in your child's details.
- Step 6. Then choose Add Card.
- Step 7. Indicate whether you have already traveled with the (digital) payment card on which you want to add the travel product. You'll use the payment reference from that trip shortly to validate your payment card.
- Step 8. Enter the details of the trip you made with your (digital) payment card. The trip can be at most 30 days old. You can find these details on your bank statement. The payment reference always starts with ‘NLOV’. Use it along with the trip price to validate your payment card. If you traveled with both your physical and mobile card, make sure to select the correct payment number. When done, click Add Payment Card.
- Step 9. Your (digital) payment card is now in your account! You now automatically travel for up to €10 per day on all U-OV buses and trams. If you travel less, you pay less. Want to add more products? Click Products.
- Step 10. Click Order now on the desired product.
- Step 11. Name your payment card and agree to the terms. Then click Confirm Order.
- Step 12. Check your details and click Confirm Order.
- Step 13. You will receive a thank you for activating the product.