Amsterdam ferries
The Amsterdam ferries operate mainly on the IJ in the north of the Dutch capital Amsterdam . The operator has been GVB Veren BV , a company of GVB Holding NV , since 2006 .
history
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The ferry service between Amsterdam Centraal (CS) station and the customs house (Tolhuis) in Amsterdam Noord has been operated by the Amsterdam Municipal Ferry (GV) since 1897 . During the 20th century, several connections were added, such as the ferry to the IJplein and various small IJ ferries. In 1943, Gemeentetram ( Amsterdam tram ) and Gemeenteveeren (municipal ferries) merged into the Gemeentevervoerbedrijf , or GVB Amsterdam for short .
There were also ferry services on the Amstel , the longest between the Amsteldeich and the Zuidergasfabriek. With the opening of the Utrecht Bridge, traffic was stopped.
With the construction of tunnels and bridges above and below the IJ, the ferries played an increasingly smaller role; Pedestrians and cyclists make up the main traffic.
In 2016, 21.0 million passengers were carried, which was an average of 55,950 passengers a day. 32,500 vehicles were transferred every month. There were 115 employees.
GVB ferry lines
Today there are a total of eight ferry connections that connect the Amsterdam metropolitan area with each other or with other cities. There are three ferry connections to and from Amsterdam Central Station. The crossing is only permitted for pedestrians, cyclists, moped and scooter drivers and light vehicles and is free of charge. The Hempont ferry is an exception; motor vehicles for which the crossing is subject to a fee are allowed here. Most of the ferry services operate daily. The Buiksloterweg ferry and the Hempont ferry also operate continuously at night. The departure times are between 6 and 30 minutes, depending on the route and time of day. Due to the high number of passengers, a third ferry is used between the beginning of April and the beginning of December during rush hour on the Buiksloterweg line, which is by far the most frequented route, which increases the frequency from 6 to 4 minutes.
The cycle, lines and mooring points are constantly being adapted to requirements. The aim is to better connect the north of Amsterdam to the center and to counteract overloading of the Buiksloterweg ferry during rush hour.
The following relations are served (as of September 2015):
| line | relation | Operating times | Clock peak hours | Clock NVZ | Night traffic cycle | Travel time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 Distelwegveer | Distelweg - Houthavens | Mon – Fri approx. 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. | approx. 20 min | 30 min | no duty | approx. 9 min |
| 901/907 Buiksloterwegveer | Buiksloterweg - Centraal Station | continuous | 4 min | 6 min | 6 min | approx. 3 min |
| 902 IJpleinveer | IJplein - Centraal Station | Mo – Sa approx. 6: 20–24: 00; around 9:00 a.m. to midnight | 7 min | 15 minutes | no duty | approx. 5 min |
| 903 Houthavenveer | Westerdoksdijk - NDSM | Mon – Fri approx. 6:30 am to midnight; Sat / Sun approx. 9:00 a.m. - midnight | 20 min | 30 min | no duty | approx. 9 min |
| 905 Nachtelijk Westveer | NDSM - Westerdoksdijk - Centraal Station | Fri / Sat at night approx. 0:00 am - 3:00 am | no duty | no duty | single trips | 6-14 min |
| 906 NDSM veer | NDSM - Centraal Station | Mon – Fri approx. 7:00 am to midnight; Sat / Sun 9:00 a.m. - midnight | 15 minutes | 30 min | no duty | approx. 14 minutes |
| 909/913 Hempont | Hempontplein - Zaandam | continuous | 20 min | 20 min | 20 min | about 6 minutes |
| 915 Oostveer | Zamenhofstraat - Azartplein | approx. 6:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. | 20 min | 20 min | no duty | about 6 minutes |
Distelweg Ferry
The Distelweg ferry takes you from the old wooden harbor (Oude Houthaven) on the Tasmanstraat to the Distelweg in Amsterdam-North. Motor vehicles were still carried on this line until March 30, 2007. Since then, this connection has only been approved for pedestrians, cyclists and moped drivers, and the ferry only runs twice an hour instead of three times before. Operation on this route is suspended on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Buiksloterweg ferry
This connection, which is by far the most used, is also the shortest at 300 meters. Only the newer double-ended ferries 50-56 are used on this line , which have entry and exit points on both ends of the ship. The turnaround time of a vehicle is 12 minutes with normal traffic. It operates around the clock. One vehicle is used during the night, two ferries during the day and three ferries during rush hour between April and December, resulting in a cycle of twelve, six and four minutes.
Wooden harbor ferry
A pedestrian and cyclist ferry runs every 20 minutes between the old wood harbor and the former NDSM shipyard. This connection was temporarily suspended.
Hem ferry
The Hem ferry runs from the western port area to Zaandam . It was operated by Connexxion until June 30, 2013 . In 2012, the license to operate this and the other ferry connections via the North Sea Canal was awarded to GVB until June 30, 2017. Pedestrians travel free, trucks and cars are chargeable. All trucks with dangerous cargo are transported with this ferry , as they are not allowed to drive through the Coentunnel .
vehicles
At the moment, ferries 32–35 and 50–56 are available for the aforementioned connections, as well as the reactivated car ferry 21. GVB also operates several ferry connections across the North Sea Canal, for which other vehicles (similar to ferry 21) are available . Ferry 61 entered service in 2017.
It is planned to replace existing ferries with diesel engines with zero-emission ferries ( electric ferries ) by 2025 . To this end, the engineering office C-Job Naval Architects in Hoofdorp developed a 41-meter-long double-ended ferry that is designed for a payload of 245 tons. Up to 400 passengers, four trucks or 20 cars can be carried.
Currently in Amsterdam a. a. vehicles in use:
IJ-Fähre 21 (former car ferry, built in 1957)
IJ ferry 32 (YOC 1985)
IJ-Ferry 33 (YOC 1988)
IJ-Ferry 50 (YOC 2002)
IJ-Ferry 51 (YOC 2002)
IJ-Ferry 52 (YOC 1995)
IJ ferry 53 (YOC 1995)
Ij-Ferry 54 (left, built in 1995)
IJ-Ferry 56 (YOC 2010)
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Historic IJ ferries
Of the earlier small IJ ferries, which only carried passengers, the IJveer XI and XIII operate as museum ferries from De Ruyterkade to the NSDM island and to Nieuwendam from May to October. The ferries are also used on public holidays and at events such as Sail Amsterdam .
Fast ferries
In addition to these ferries, there was also a fast ferry, the Fast Flying Ferries, between De Ruyterkade and Velsen . This route was served by a Russian hydrofoil . The operator was the international transport company Connexxion , which discontinued the ferry connection on January 1, 2014.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report 2016 by GVB Veren ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 15, 2018
- ↑ Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: Holland also wants all-electric ferries in the future · Engineering office presents future-oriented design · Amsterdam wants "zero-emissions operation" by 2025 . In: Daily port report of January 30, 2018, p. 2
- ↑ Fast Flying Ferry stops January 1, 2014 ( Memento from April 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Report on water.connexxion.nl (Dutch), accessed on October 27, 2015.
