Editing Almere (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Schouwburg Almere.jpg|right|thumb|Kunstlinie Almere Flevoland (formerly known as "Schouwburg Almere")]]
The traffic infrastructure in Almere is recognisable because of its
separate infrastructure for cycles (which, in most cases, have separate cycle paths), cars
and buses (the buses drive on a separate bus lane in most parts of the city).
Almere is connected to the motorways [[A6 motorway (Netherlands)|A6]] and [[A27 motorway (Netherlands)|A27]].

===Railway===
In 1987 Almere was connected to the national railway system (see
[[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|NS]]) with the fully completed
[[Flevolijn]] which connected [[Weesp railway station|Weesp]] to [[Lelystad Centrum railway station|Lelystad Centrum]].

Almere currently has six railway stations:
*[[Almere Poort railway station|Almere Poort]] (opened December 9, 2012)
*[[Almere Muziekwijk railway station|Almere Muziekwijk]] (opened May 30, 1987)
*[[Almere Centrum railway station|Almere Centrum]] (opened May 30, 1987)
*[[Almere Parkwijk railway station|Almere Parkwijk]] (opened on February 1, 1996)
*[[Almere Buiten railway station|Almere Buiten]] (opened May 30, 1987)
*[[Almere Oostvaarders railway station|Almere Oostvaarders]] (opened December 12, 2004)

A seasonal-use station, [[Almere Strand railway station|Almere Strand]], was set up for certain events, such as Libelle Zomerweek. The station was made up of iron platforms. It was opened in May 1996 under the name ''Muiderzand''. The station was closed after June 1996 but re-opened in June 1999 under the name ''Muiderstrand'' and closed again in July 1999. It re-opened again in 2001 under the name ''Almere Strand'' as an official seasonal-use station, meaning it was now open certain seasons every year. Because of the rapid development of the adjacent borough Almere Poort, it was decided to open an official station there (see [[Almere Poort railway station|Almere Poort]]), thus making the station of Almere Strand obsolete. Almere Poort station opened on December 9, 2012. Therefore, Almere Strand station was officially closed just after the summer of 2012 and its iron platforms were torn down in the weekend of October 6–7, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=almerestrand&vraag=almere%20strand |title=Archived copy |website=www.stationsweb.nl |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406232711/http://www.stationsweb.nl/station.asp?station=almerestrand&vraag=almere%20strand |archive-date=6 April 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There are no remains of the station, although passengers can still see where the platforms once stood from the windows of Flevolijn trains.{{clarify|date=March 2016}}

===Public buses===

====Local bus lines====
In Almere there are 11 bus lines which service the urban area.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Line #
! Route
! Notes
|-
| M1
| Almere Centrum Station – Almere Haven De Marken or Almere Haven De Gouwen – Almere Haven Centrum
| Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays). The bus line changes into M2 at Almere Centrum
|-
| M2
| Almere Centrum Station – Almere Buiten station - Almere Oostvaarders station - Almere Stripheldenbuurt

| Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays). The bus line changes into M1 at Almere Centrum
|-
| M3
| Almere Centrum Station - Almere Beatrixpark - Almere Muziekwijk
| Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays).

|-
| M4
| Almere Centrum Station – Almere Literatuurwijk – Almere Gooisekant-West – Almere Poort Homeruskwartier – Almere Poort Station

| Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays).
|-
| M5
| Almere Centrum station - Almere Filmwijk - Almere Danswijk - Almere Parkwijk station

|Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays).
|-
| M6
| Almere Centrum Station – Noorderplassen

| Runs every 7 minutes Mon-Fri (every 15 minutes on Saturdays and every 30 minutes on Sundays).
|-
| M7
| Almere Centrum station - Almere Parkwijk station - Almere Buiten station - Almere Oostvaarders station

|Runs every 5 minutes Mon-Fri during daytime hours (every 7.5–15 minutes on evenings and Sundays). 
|-
| 22
| Almere De Vaart/PIA – Almere Buiten Station
| Mon-Fri only; does not run on evenings and weekends. Has 2 request stops
|-
| 24 	
| Almere Poort Station - Almere Duin
| Only on Mon-Fri in rush hours. During the summer months also on weekends
|-
| 25
| Almere Sallandsekant - Almere Nobelhorst

| Only on Mon-Fri in rush hours

|-
| 525
| Almere Sallandsekant – Almere Nobelhorst

| Mon-Sat outside rush hours only
|}

Monday to Friday, most city buses run about every 5 minutes (10 times every hour) during daytime hours. Saturdays, only a few city bus lines run every 7.5 minutes during daytime hours; most of them run every 12–15 minutes. Sunday, most of the city buses run every 15 minutes (with some buses running extra runs during certain hours) and M6 which only runs every 30 minutes.

There are a few overnight bus lines (Mon-Sat nights only): N21, N22 and N23. They run under the Keolis internal name nightGo (but are operated by [[R-net]] branded regional buses).

The bus company running almost all buses is Keolis Netherlands. Local buses (city buses) run under the name allGo. In the buses one can use the [[OV-chipkaart|national transportation chipcard (smart card)]], subscriptions or one can buy bus tickets of allGo in the bus or at TVM's (the latter only Downtown).

====Regional bus lines====
Besides the local bus lines, there are regional and rush hour bus lines to towns and cities in the area.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Line
! Route
! Notes
|-
| 323
| Almere Parkwijk station - Almere Poort Station – Muiden P+R - [[Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station|Amsterdam Bijlmer]]

| Mon-Fri between 5.30 AM and 10.30 AM and between 14.00 PM until the end of the day. Sat only after 18.00 PM and Sun all day long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.ovinnederland.nl/wiki/Lijn_323_Almere_Station_Parkwijk_-_Amsterdam_Bijlmer_ArenA|title = Lijn 323 Almere Station Parkwijk - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA - OV in Nederland Wiki}}</ref>
|-
| 324
| Almere Parkwijk Station – Almere Filmwijk - [[Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station|Amsterdam Bijlmer]]

| Mon-Fri, rush hours-only, express bus without stops in Amsterdam

|-
| 326
| Almere Centrum Station – Busstation 't Oor – Almere De Kemphaan – Blaricum Carpoolplaats
| Mon-Fri only; does not run on evenings and weekends.
|-
| 159
| Almere Centrum Station – Almere Veluwsekant – Almere De Kemphaan – Almere Hout – [[Zeewolde]] – [[Harderwijk]]

| Mon-Fri only; does not run on evenings and weekends. The last two buses of the day terminate halfway at Zeewolde Kwartiermakerslaan. Closed-system in Almere.

|-
| 160
| Almere Centrum Station – Busstation 't Oor – Almere De Kemphaan – [[Zeewolde]] De Eemhof – [[Amersfoort]] Vathorst Station
| Runs 7 days a week, but only every 2 hours and only between 10 AM-10:30 PM. This bus is actually part of the OV Regio IJsselmond concession, but Keolis operates it under contract with Syntus Overijssel-branded buses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.ovinnederland.nl/wiki/Lijn_160_Almere_Station_Centrum_-_Amersfoort_Station_Vathorst|title = Lijn 160 Almere Station Centrum - Amersfoort Station Vathorst - OV in Nederland Wiki}}</ref>
|-
| 322
| Almere Parkwijk Station – Almere Flevoziekenhuis – Almere Gooisepoort – Almere Poort Station – [[Muiden]] P+R – [[Diemen]] Diemerknoop – [[Amsterdam Amstel railway station|Amsterdam Amstel]]
| Is allowed to use the emergency lanes on the highway parts of the route to manoeuvre past traffic jams.
|-
| 327
| Almere Haven Centrum – Busstation 't Oor – Muiden P+R – Diemen Diemerknoop – [[Amsterdam Amstel railway station|Amsterdam Amstel]]
| Is allowed to use the emergency lanes on the highway parts of the route to manoeuvre past traffic jams.
|-
| 328
| Almere Haven Centrum – Busstation 't Oor – Muiden P+R – Diemen Diemerknoop – [[Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station|Amsterdam Bijlmer]] 
| Closed-system in Amsterdam. Is allowed to use the emergency lanes on the highway parts of the route to manoeuvre past traffic jams.
|}

''Line 159 is operated by the bus company [[Connexxion]].''

Since April 2012, there was a rush hour route, 150, to [[Utrecht]] which connected Almere directly with the University Area of Utrecht called [[De Uithof]]. (This was previously done by former bus line 295<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.ovinnederland.nl/wiki/Lijn_295_Almere-Stad_Station_Centrum_-_Utrecht_AZU|title=Lijn 295 Almere-Stad Station Centrum - Utrecht AZU - OV in Nederland Wiki|website=wiki.ovinnederland.nl}}</ref>). Due to budget cuts, line 150 was scrapped on July 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/1484019/|title=Snelwegbus Utrecht-Almere stopt ermee - RTV Utrecht|website=www.rtvutrecht.nl|date=7 June 2016 }}</ref>