GVU (Utrecht)

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GVU
Gemeente vervoerbedrijf Utrecht logo.svg
GVU Bus-Van Hool.jpg
A GVU Van Hool articulated bus
Founded1904
Locale Utrecht
Service typeUrban bus service
Routes37
Fleet194 (2007)
Website www.gvu.nl

Gemeente vervoerbedrijf Utrecht (GVU)(English:Utrecht municipal transport) was the operator of city buses in Utrecht, Netherlands until December 2013. It is replaced by Qbuzz.

Utrecht City and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands

Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and had a population of 345,080 in 2017.

Netherlands Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Qbuzz public transport bus company

Qbuzz is a public transport company in the Netherlands that operates services in Utrecht, Drenthe and Groningen. Founded in 2008, it had been a 100% subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen between 2013 and 2017, but is presently owned by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

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History

Connexxion took GVU over on 1 January 2007. Since December 2013 Qbuzz took over the operation of city services in Utrecht. In 2000 GVU carried 30 million passengers and this figure continues to rise with 39 million passengers in 2006. GVU used 25m long Van Hool AGG300 buses on routes 11, 12, 12s and occasionally 31. For these routes changed to the road layouts were made[ citation needed ].

Connexxion is a large public transport company in the Netherlands, operating in the west, middle, east and south-west parts of the country. It is owned by Transdev and Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Netherlands.

Van Hool AGG300

The Van Hool AGG300 is a 25-metre long bi-articulated bus built by Belgian coachbuilder Van Hool.

Fleet

GVU used mostly Van Hool buses, along with a number of former Connexxion.

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