The request for tender was put out by the provinces of Flevoland and Overijssel.
Four other companies also submitted a tender. OV Regio IJsselmond scored well for quality and price and its regional brand, which is a perfect match for the region and the overall concept.
Key figures
- Start date of concession: 8 December 2013
- Concession period: 10 years
- Concession end date: End of 2023 service year
Special characteristics of tender
- This was the third tender for this region. As the two previous requests for tender were unsuccessful, Connexxion now operates under a one-year transitional concession until 8 December.
- Connexxion submitted the tender through Regio IJsselmond NV, a regional company in IJsselmuiden specifically created for this concession. Its director is Juul van Hout.
- Routes and timetables for the new concession are based on the current transportation network and tailored to the new railway line between Lelystad and Zwolle, which opened last year.
- During the concession, the transport network will be further developed by a development team representing the provinces and municipalities. OV Regio IJsselmond will make an additional contribution here by providing knowledge about the development of the OV-chipkaart (the public transport chip card) and multimodal transport services.
- OV Regio IJsselmond will be investing more comfort for travellers. This will include new comfortable buses with free Wi-Fi and USB connections, as well as providing AEDs on a number of vehicles.
- It has been decided to deploy twenty existing buses to ensure flexibility in responding to future developments.
- The new vehicles will be painted blue, which is the brand colour of both contract-awarding parties, the provinces of Flevoland and Overijssel.
- A service shop will be set up at a public transport hub still to be determined.
- OV Regio IJsselmond offers a range of customised services, such as post-paid travelling and travel bundles, which can be bought from our online shop.
- We’re making it easier for passengers to plan their journey by providing innovative travel information, such as 50 new flexPapers (up-to-date information on stops in electronic format) and theOVerstApp (a smartphone app with updates on transferring between lines).
ABOUT TRANSDEV
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