The OV (Public Transport) card is now the standard way to access public-transport throughout the Netherlands, and by next year, will be the only way that you can pay for domestic travel.
The card works on both the trains and the buses, however be aware that if you fail to check-out at the end of your journey you will be charged €4 on the bus or tram, and €20 on the train, so it can be an expensive mistake to make. There is a way to claim this back from the www.ov.nl site, however I have never tried it, and suspect it may be difficult.
You should also note that before you can use your card to pay for train travel it must have a minimum of €20 credit on it and you have to go the ticket office at certain stations and they will enable the card.
If you are a heavy user of the card it is a good idea to go to the OV Chipcard site (http://www.ov-chipkaart.nl/) and order an auto-loading card with your photo on it. You start by ordering the forms and then you can upload a digital (passport-type) photo for use on the card. The card is linked to your NL bank account and payments are taken automatically every month, so you never have to worry about having insufficient credit.
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