Connexxion is a large public transport company in the

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, operating in the west, middle, east and southwest parts of the country. It is owned by

Transdev Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020. History The group was formed by the merger of ...

and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Netherlands.

History

Connexxion was formed on 10 May 1999 from a merger between transport companies NZH, ZWN, Midnet and Oostnet. Its name is a mutation of the French word connexion meaning connection. In January 2007, Connexxion took over Utrecht public transport operator GVU and Nijmegen operator Novio. In 2007 Connexxion's 33% shareholding in Syntus was sold. On 12 October 2007, Connexxion was privatised with a 67% stake purchased by Transdev-BNG-Connexxion Holding BV (TBCH), a consortium consisting of

(75%) and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) (25%), beating a

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the ...

/ Rabobank consortium and

FirstGroup FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.Transdev Netherlands, also had another operation called Veolia Transport Nederland. The branding was replaced with the Connexxion in December 2016. As a result, Veolia Transport Nederland's Haaglanden operations were rebranded Connexxion.

Operations

Operating area

Connexxion operate in Amstelland, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Arnhem, Gooi, Haarlem,

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, IJsselmonde, North Holland,

Vechtstreek The Vechtstreek () (Dutch for "Vecht area") is a region in the Dutch provinces of Utrecht and North Holland along the Vecht River between the towns of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Located in the economic heartland of the Netherlands, it is known for ...

, Zaanstreek and Zeeland.

Buses

As at January 2016, Connexxion operated 1,900 buses and coaches. It operates the only trolleybus network in the Netherlands and in 2017 introduced double-deckers on one route. Connexxion also owns bus companies Hermes and Novio. In December 2013 Connexxion commenced operating the

IJsselmonde, Rotterdam IJsselmonde is a borough in the southeastern corner of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of 2006 it has 58,782 inhabitants. The name IJsselmonde is also used to denote the island in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta bordered by the Nieuwe M ...

concession for 10 years. In December 2017 Connexxion will commence operating the Amstelland-Meerlanden concession for 10 years. An order has been placed with VDL for 100 Citeas SLFA

electric bus An electric bus is a bus that is propelled using electric motors as opposed to an internal combustion engine. Electric buses can store the needed electricity on-board, or be fed continuously from an external source. The majority of buses ...

es. This will make it the largest operator of electric buses in Europe.

Rail

Connexxion is contracted to operate the Arnhem to Doetinchem concession until December 2020 and the Vallei line concession until December 2021. Connexxion held the Almelo to Mariënberg concession from December 2006 until December 2013, however its operation was sub-contracted to Syntus.Protos EMU order
'' Railway Gazette International'' 1 April 2006 It operated the Sneltram between Utrecht and

Nieuwegein Nieuwegein () is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the ...

until December 2013. The fleet comprises five 2-car Protos electric multiple units, nine 3-car Stadler GTWs diesel multiple units and two 3-car Stadler Flirts.

Ferries

Connexxion operated a ferry route from Velsen to IJmuiden and Amsterdam Centraal station with Voskhod hydrofoils until 31 December 2013.

Taxis

As at March 2015 Connexxion operated 3,500 taxis.Large-scale e-taxi trial for Dutch Connexxion Taxi and Nissan
Taxi Intelligence 1 March 2015

References

External links

Official website
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