Glimble: NS, Arriva and more

Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.

About this app

Glimble: Your Travel App and Trip Planner for Dutch Transport
With Glimble, traveling through the Netherlands is simple – no need for an OV-chipkaart or OVpay. Plan your journey and book bus, train, metro, and tram tickets directly in the travel app. You can pay with iDEAL, credit card, or PayPal. Whether you’re using Arriva, NS, Qbuzz, GVB, or an other Dutch transport service, everything is managed in one travel app.

Plan your trip easily with our trip planner
The trip planner helps you organize your journey with all Dutch transport options, including buses and trains. Simply choose your preferred mode of travel—bus, train, tram or metro. Our trip planner considers your preferences to find the fastest, cheapest, or most eco-friendly trip. Glimble makes it easy to plan for every travel preference.

Live Travel Updates on the Go
With real-time updates, you’ll always know where you are during your trip. The app guides you to the right bus stop or train platform and notifies you when it’s time to get off. This ensures you never miss your stop, whether you’re on the bus or train.

No OV-Chipkaart Needed: Buy Bus Tickets Directly
Purchase bus tickets, train tickets, and more right in the app. Your QR code appears instantly on your phone—no need for an OV-chipkaart. You can even buy Arriva night train tickets and travel on the Drielandentrein. Traveling with a group? The app allows you to book multiple bus or train tickets in one go without extra fees.

Swiping with Arriva
Do you travel in Friesland, Groningen, Brabant or Limburg by Arriva train or bus? Then planning your trip in advance and buying a ticket is not necessary. Discover swiping: the easiest way to travel by public transport. Swipe in at the start of your journey and swipe out at your destination. It's that simple! No hassle checking in and out with an OV chip card or OVpay. With swiping via our OV app, traveling by bus and train is now even easier. You can even swipe to Aachen and Cologne. Train travel to Germany has never been this easy.

Customer Service
For all your questions about the trip planner or tickets, our customer service is available to you every day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ratings and reviews

Junk app. You might get to 100 until you can buy a ticket

Could not buy the correct ticket on Ameland. The search for stops is very bad as it only suggested addresses instead of bus stops, had to click on the map. And why can't I choose a time a little before the trip, so the way by foot does not count as starting time? Also why do I need internet connection to view my ticket? Don't get a confirmation mail or so as backup (pdf)? Also can't do a backup screenshot.Did the developers ever use the app?Try adding passenger and set birthday. Good luck!!!

It's such a useless app!! It doesn't show real-time happenings. The bus stops it shows were often times temporary closed but the app doesn't show that. So i was left stranded a lot of times! If a train is canceled, the app doesn't show it, too. I can't trust the connections it shows me at all.

What’s new

In this version of the glimble app, we have fixed some small bugs.

We are curious how you experience traveling with glimble. Please leave a review in the App Store. If you have any questions call, app or send an email to [e-mail]. Our staff is ready to help you.