What is changing?

Planning a trip soon in the Reizen door Zeeland app? Then you will automatically see suitable travel advice. This looks not only at Flex rides, but also at the available bus, community bus and train connections, and combinations of these options.

This means that on routes where there is a good bus or train connection, you will more often receive travel advice by bus or train, possibly in combination with Flex. As a result, trips longer than 25 kilometers can now also be planned via the Reizen door Zeeland app. Flex plays a crucial role in this system, but as a supplement to the existing bus and train connections.  

So it may happen that a trip you currently often make with Flex will soon be offered via another transport option, or that a combination of transport options will be offered.

Why is this changing?

The vision of Reizen door Zeeland is that combining different transport options leads to better accessibility throughout Zeeland. This vision has been in place since the introduction of Reizen door Zeeland, but until recently the journey planner was not yet able to make smart combinations between Flex, the bus, community bus and train. This meant that the app could only offer Flex trips. That is now different.  

Thanks to this update, we are able to deploy all available vehicles more intelligently and help more travelers.

What does this mean in practice?

For example, do you want to travel between Middelburg station and Vlissingen station? From now on you will immediately receive travel advice by train or bus, because a good connection is already available there.  

Do you want to travel from Hulst to Vlissingen? Then you will get a combination of Flex, bus and train. An option that was not possible before.

For example, do you want to travel from Oostburg to Cadzand? Then you will be offered a direct Flex ride.

Since there are gaps in the fixed timetable, for both the bus and the train, at certain times and/or on certain days, Flex is there to fill that gap. So it may be that you travel a certain route on Monday morning by scheduled bus but on Saturday evening with Flex. This does not mean, by the way, that when there is an incident with the bus or train, Flex then immediately becomes the alternative.

A stronger overall offering

With this adjustment, bus, community bus, train and Flex work better together. This gives you as a traveler more available travel options, and you can plan trips, with the Reizen door Zeeland app, throughout Zeeland, and the way you are transported is always the most suitable solution.