Zuidtangent (

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for "south

tangent In geometry, the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point. Leibniz defined it as the line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve. Mo ...

") is the former name of the bus rapid transit service between Haarlem, Hoofddorp, and Amsterdam in the

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. The Zuidtangent has been established in 2002 and was rebranded as R-net (

Randstad The Randstad (; "Rim" or "Edge" City) is a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the central-western Netherlands, consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht); their suburbs, and many tow ...

-net) in 2011 when it became part of its eponymous regional service. Across the entire R-net network vehicles will be painted into the original Zuidtangent colour palette of dark grey and red. The two lines that formed the Zuidtangent network have been adopted by R-net without change and are still operated by Connexxion: * Line 300 from Haarlem via

Hoofddorp Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the Haarlemmermeer municipality in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained. His ...

Schiphol Airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol , known informally as Schiphol Airport ( nl, Luchthaven Schiphol, ), is the main international airport of the Netherlands. It is located southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer in the province ...

and

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages ...

to Amsterdam-Zuidoost. * Line 397 from

Nieuw-Vennep Nieuw-Vennep is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It's located near the capital city Amsterdam as well as Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. It has a population of 31,415 (2021), and is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, which ran ...

via Hoofddorp and Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam City Centre. The Zuidtangent buses run on dedicated bus lanes from Haarlem to Schiphol Airport (25 km; line 300) and from Nieuw-Vennep to Hoofddorp (5 km; line 397). They use normal roads and motorways for most of the route between Schiphol Airport and Amsterdam-Zuidoost. They have priority at road crossings throughout. The province of North Holland has announced an extension from Hoofddorp (Beukenhorst) to

Uithoorn Uithoorn () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Uithoorn consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Kwakel and Uithoorn. ''Dutc ...

. An extension from Haarlem to IJmuiden is established as night bus service. Buses such as the earlier mentioned 397 and 341 operated by Connexion from Hoofddorp Spaarne Gasthuis to Amsterdam South Railway Station also use a dedicated bus road parallel to the A4 motorway between Schiphol and Osdorp.

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