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==Transport== [[File:EindhovenAirport-Terminal-20071224.jpg|thumb|[[Eindhoven Airport]]]] [[File:Airport Eindhoven.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Eindhoven Airport]] ===Air traffic=== [[Eindhoven Airport]] is the closest airport, located approximately {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=off}} from the town centre. The airport serves as a military air base and a civilian commercial airport. Eindhoven Airport is the second-busiest in the Netherlands (after [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol]]).{{Update|date=November 2021}} [[Ryanair]] serves [[London Stansted Airport]], Dublin, [[Kyiv]], Rome, [[Milan]], [[Pisa]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Marseille]], Glasgow, [[Madrid]], [[Valencia]], Stockholm, [[Kaunas]], [[Malta]], [[Sofia]] and [[Barcelona]]. [[Wizz air]] serves [[Belgrade]], [[Brno]], Bucharest-Otopeni, [[Budapest]], [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Debrecen]], [[Gdańsk]], [[Katowice]], Prague, [[Riga]], [[Sofia]], [[Timișoara]], [[Vilnius]], [[Wrocław]]. In the summer season, [[Reykjavík]] is served with 2 weekly flights operated by [[Iceland Express]]. [[Transavia]] services [[Alicante]], [[Antalya]], [[Athens]], [[Bodrum]], [[Corfu]], [[Dalaman]], [[Faro, Portugal|Faro]], [[Gran Canaria]], [[Innsbruck]], [[Málaga]], [[Mallorca]], Munich, [[Prague]], [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] and [[Salzburg]], though some destinations are served only seasonally. Eindhoven Airport served more than 6.2 million passengers in 2018. [[File:Station Eindhoven Centraal (2023).jpg|thumb|[[Eindhoven Centraal railway station|Eindhoven Central Station]]]] === Rail traffic === Eindhoven is a rail transport hub. [[Eindhoven railway station|Eindhoven Centraal railway station]] is the main station in Eindhoven. It has connections in the directions of: *[[Tilburg]] – [[Breda]] – [[Rotterdam]] – [[Delft]] – [[The Hague]]<ref name="ns.nl">{{cite web |url=http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv4.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402143354/http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv4.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> *[['s-Hertogenbosch]] – [[Utrecht]] – [[Amsterdam]] – [[Alkmaar]]/[[Enkhuizen]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv2.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115817/http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv2.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> *[['s-Hertogenbosch]] – [[Utrecht]] – Amsterdam Zuid – [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol Airport]]<ref name="autogenerated1"/> *[[Helmond]] – [[Venlo]]-(international connections into Germany)<ref name="ns.nl"/> *[[Weert]] – [[Roermond]] – [[Sittard]] – [[Maastricht]]/[[Heerlen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv3.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132322/http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/ehv3.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> Eindhoven Centraal is served by both intercity and local services while the smaller station, [[Eindhoven Strijp-S railway station|Eindhoven Strijp-S]] is only served by local trains. Towards 's-Hertogenbosch, Utrecht and Amsterdam trains run every ten minutes, on every day of the week. [[Eindhoven Stadion railway station|Eindhoven Stadion]] is a small station that serves [[Philips Stadion]] in the event of football matches or other special events at the stadium. It is located 900m west of the [[Eindhoven railway station|main station]]. Up until [[World War II]], a train service connected Amsterdam to [[Liège]] via Eindhoven and [[Valkenswaard]], but the service was discontinued and the line broken up. Recently,{{when|date=November 2021}} talks have resumed to have a service to [[Neerpelt]], [[Belgium]] via [[Weert]]. === Roads and highways === The [[A2 motorway (Netherlands)|A2]]/[[European route E25|E25]] motorway from [[Amsterdam]] to [[Luxembourg]] passes Eindhoven to the west and south of the city. The A2 connects to the highway [[A58 motorway (Netherlands)|A58]] to [[Tilburg]] and [[Breda]] just north of the city. Just south of Eindhoven, the A2 connects to the [[A67 motorway (Netherlands)|A67]] / [[European route E34|E34]] between [[Antwerp]] and [[Duisburg]]. In 2006, the [[List of motorways in the Netherlands|A50]] was completed connecting Eindhoven to [[Nijmegen]] and [[Zwolle]]. === Local public transit === The public transport of Eindhoven consists of more than 20 [[Transit bus|city bus]] lines, which also serve neighbouring villages such as [[Veldhoven]], [[Geldrop]] and [[Nuenen]]. Nine of these buslines (400–408) are marketed as [[Bus rapid transit|high quality public transport]] and run with 43 electric articulated buses. Two specially built separated busways (HOV1 & HOV2) are used by lines 400 to 408. Line 401 to the airport runs almost completely on separated busways. Apart from the city lines there are some 30 regional and [[Rush hour|rush-hour]] lines. ===Bicycle infrastructure=== Akin to [[Cycling in the Netherlands|all large Dutch cities]], Eindhoven has an extensive network of [[bicycle path]]s. Since 2012, the Eindhoven bicycle path network has incorporated the [[Hovenring]].
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