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 and
A27.
Railway In 1987 Almere was connected to the national railway system (see
NS) with the fully completed
Flevolijn which connected
Weesp to
Lelystad Centrum. Almere currently has six railway stations: •
Almere Poort (opened December 9, 2012) •
Almere Muziekwijk (opened May 30, 1987) •
Almere Centrum (opened May 30, 1987) •
Almere Parkwijk (opened on February 1, 1996) •
Almere Buiten (opened May 30, 1987) •
Almere Oostvaarders (opened December 12, 2004) A seasonal-use 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), 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. There are no remains of the station, although passengers can still see where the platforms once stood from the windows of Flevolijn trains.
Public buses Local bus lines In Almere there are 10 bus lines which service the urban area. 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
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.
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). Due to budget cuts, line 150 was scrapped on July 9, 2016. ==Notable residents==