Public transport zones in Amsterdam 

How season tickets work
A season ticket is valid for a particular set of travel zones and for a given period - one week, one month or one year. The area it covers is based upon a selected zone plus a "star value". That indicates how many additional zones in each direction from the nominated zone the ticket is valid in. The number of the selected zone and the star value are printed on the ticket.


How to choose your season ticket.
When deciding the star value of your season ticket, consider the following.

• The route you wish to take. This must be entirely within the area covered by your season ticket.
• The selected zone. This is what determines the area covered. The zones in which you can travel are counted outwards in every direction from the selected zone, the number depending upon the ticket's star value. See the example below.

In the diagram above, the journey from A to B passes through five zones. But these are all adjacent to zone 7406. So for this journey, you would need a two-star season ticket with 7406 as the selected zone (7406 + one zone).

As the example shows, your regular journey need not actually include the selected zone. But you are also entitled travel in it, and in the other adjacent zones, in this case 7407 and 7408. Note that travel in zone 7408 is permitted since it does border zone 7406 at one point (circled in blue).