The Netherlands also has something similar: a country-wide public transit card. You put money on the card and then you can use it for all forms of public transport, checking in and out using that card. When it was introduced there was a lot of skepticism about whether it's a good thing, but now 10-15 years later I can't imagine not having it.
Likewise, there's a country-wide public transit planner, 9292.nl. It works across all public transit companies. Seeing how fractured other countries' public transit are, it's amazing how 9292 came to be. I have no idea why Dutch public transit companies decided to work together to make it possible.
We do have a single transit card, but the cost is outrageous imo. To travel 25km from Weert to Eindhoven in the south costs €6.70 one way during "rush hour". So to commute to work, I need to pay €13.40 per day, not included the bus transfer from the central station to my office (another few euros).
Now before you mention it, yes I know employers have to pay for transportation to and from work, but that doesn't solve the problem for self employed people or visitors/tourists or occasional travelers.
A few weeks ago, my wife and I wanted to go to Den Bosch to see some friends. It was cheaper and faster to drive from the edge of Limburg to Den Bosch & pay for fuel/parking than it was to take the train from our local station (for 2 people). I can live with the extra time required, but the cost was too much.
If the government wants to incentivize more train travel, I shouldn't need to pay for than the cost of a many eurozone plane tickets to travel from Eindhoven to Amsterdam by train.
Likewise, there's a country-wide public transit planner, 9292.nl. It works across all public transit companies. Seeing how fractured other countries' public transit are, it's amazing how 9292 came to be. I have no idea why Dutch public transit companies decided to work together to make it possible.