- published: 12 Dec 2015
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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 merger 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), 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.
Tram in Utrecht.
Bus at Beverwijk.
Connexxion Voskhod hydrofoil
Protos-train near Barneveld
I've seen so many places and so many faces,
Left behind so many traces of my soul.
I carry all these voices with the ringing in my ears,
Some girl's tears and the rhythm of the road.
Sometimes my life takes more than I can give.
That's when I gotta go
Where no one's around
But the silence and the sound
Of "Three Little Birds" for company.
I got a sip of something strong,
A secondhand "Old Man and the Sea",
Out here with me,
Me and Marley,
Me and Marley
God knows I love my life and I thank Him every night
But sometimes I feel the knife of responsibility.
And the struggle and the strife, what's wrong and what's right
Has got me searching for the light and my place of peace.
Where no one's around
But the silence and the sound
Of "Three Little Birds" for company.
I got a sip of something strong,
A secondhand "Old Man and the Sea",
Out here with me,
Me and Marley,
Me and Marley
We all live in chaos, noise and negativity
But I still believe in one love bigger than you and me,
You and me,
You and me and Marley,
You and me and Marley
I hear redemption's song,
A whisper on the sea,
Out here with me,
Out here with me,
Me and Marley,
Me and Marley,
Me and Marley,
Me and Marley
I hear redemption's song,
Me and Marley,