Real-time positions, delays and departure times on the map.
Open the live map of AssenAssen is a compact provincial capital with a single station, and nearly all its public transport revolves around the bus station beside it. Qbuzz runs the city routes and the regional buses fanning out to Rolde, Vries, Norg, Hoogeveen, Emmen and Groningen. The fast Q-liners take the A28 and skip the villages en route, while the ordinary regional services call at those villages instead. OVatlas lists both kinds side by side under their own line numbers.
On the railway Assen sits on the Zwolle to Groningen main line, where both intercities and sprinters call. That gives direct trains to Zwolle, Amersfoort, Schiphol and The Hague without changing. To find out what is leaving the platform right now, open the station on the map: departures are listed there with whatever delay NS is reporting at the time.
South-west of the town lies the TT racing circuit. On TT weekend passenger numbers run far above normal levels and the transport plan departs from the usual timetable. That is exactly when it helps that the map makes no promises and simply shows what is actually running, stop by stop, including the runs added or cancelled at short notice. The Q-liners towards Groningen carry much of that extra load.
The train is quickest and calls at Haren on the way. By road there is also the Q-liner on the A28 motorway and a regional bus via Vries. OVatlas shows all three options live, so you can pick whichever leaves first.
A city route passes the circuit on the south-western edge of Assen. Around the TT weekend the transport plan departs sharply from the normal timetable, so check the map for what is genuinely leaving rather than relying on a fixed time.
Qbuzz handles the city and regional routes throughout Drenthe, from the motorway Q-liners down to the village buses. NS runs the trains to Zwolle and Groningen. Both publish live positions, so you can follow them as moving markers.
Open the stop on OVatlas: every departure carries the delay the operator is reporting at that moment. If the vehicle is already on the road you also see it moving across the map and can follow the rest of its route.