Real-time positions, delays and departure times on the map.
Open the live map of AlkmaarAlkmaar is the hub of North Holland above the North Sea Canal. Connexxion starts its city and regional routes here, and the bus station beside the railway station serves both the town's own districts and the villages out to Schagen, Den Helder, Hoorn and Purmerend. The corridor towards Heerhugowaard is the busiest in the region. Connexxion publishes live positions, so every bus turns up on OVatlas as a moving marker.
The station sits on the railway between Den Helder and Amsterdam, and it is also the starting point of a sprinter that continues via Zaandam and Leiden all the way to Rotterdam. The intercities calling here carry on to Nijmegen and Maastricht, which makes Alkmaar a surprisingly well-connected place to start a journey. At the station the map shows which of those series leaves first.
The coast lies a short distance to the west. Regional buses run to Bergen, Schoorl, Egmond and Sint Maartenszee, and their service is strongly seasonal: packed on warm days, considerably thinner in winter. The map therefore makes no claim about frequencies and simply shows, stop by stop, what is genuinely arriving at that moment. That matters most on the routes into the dunes, where the stops are set a long way apart.
By the regional buses towards Bergen aan Zee, Schoorl and Egmond, which leave from the station. They run more often in season than in winter. Check the stop on OVatlas for whichever of those routes arrives first.
The intercities between Den Helder and Amsterdam stop here, with through connections to Nijmegen and Maastricht, and a sprinter also starts towards Zaandam, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Every series appears live on the map.
Connexxion operates both the city network and the regional routes across northern North Holland, from Heerhugowaard and Bergen through to Purmerend and Schagen. Connexxion publishes live positions, so its buses genuinely move on OVatlas.
Yes, several city and regional routes link the two, and together they form the busiest bus corridor in the region. How often they run varies by time of day, so check the stop on the map for what is due next.