Amsterdam
Identification of metropolitan area
Updated : August 21, 2015
Description “Stadsregio Amsterdam” is the name of the Metropolitan region of Amsterdam, a cooperation of 16 municipalities in the Amsterdam agglomeration. It has a population (2013) of 1.465.478 inhabitants (Amsterdam:...
Read more »Responsible authority
Updated : August 21, 2015
Vervoerregio Amsterdam Jodenbreestraat 26 NL-1011 NH Amsterdam - The Netherlands Representative for EMTA: Mrs ingrid de Bruijn (Policy maker Public Transport) Organization A Regional Council (60), elected by...
Read more »Public transport networks
Updated : August 19, 2008
National public transport overview Public transport system Built on a coherent network of 5 major railway corridors coming in from the region surrounding Amsterdam onto the Amsterdam Railway Ring, where...
Read more »Financing/Pricing data
Updated : January 30, 2012
Fares and ticketing The public transport in the Netherlands has abolished the paperbased ‘strippenkaart’; nationwide the rollout of the E-ticket was completed by November 3, 2011. The OV-chipcard is an electronic...
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