Connexxion
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| Type | Naamloze vennootschap |
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| Industry | Public Transport, Taxi Service |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Hilversum, Netherlands |
| Products | Bus Transport, Rail Transport, Ferry Service, Taxi Service |
| Website | www.connexxion.nl |
Connexxion is the largest public transport bus company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and far northern part of the country. It was formed in 1999 as result of a fusion between the public transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French word 'connexion' meaning "connection". Connexxion also owns the bus companies Hermes, Novio and GVU.
Besides bus services, it also operates the train lines Almelo-Mariënberg and Amersfoort-Ede-Wageningen, the tram line between Utrecht and Nieuwegein (until December 2011),[1] a few ferry routes and a taxi service.
Trains use rail infrastructure supplied by ProRail. For trains there is partly a common tariff system with the other four public transport railroad companies in the country.
In 2007, Transdev bought a 66% stake in Connexxion, with an option to purchase the whole within 5 years. It has since merged into Veolia Transdev.
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[edit] Gallery
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Tram in Utrecht.
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Bus at Beverwijk.
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Connexxion Voskhod hydrofoil
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Protos-train near Barneveld
[edit] See also
- Transportation in the Netherlands
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of railway companies
- List of bus companies
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