Breda Transportation

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Breda is located at the cross roads of two main rail lines: the east-west link between Vlissingen, on the North Sea coast, and Nijmegen and about midway between Rotterdam and Antwerp on the north-south axis. As a result there are regular train services allowing easy access to the rest of the Netherlands as well as services into Belgium.

The station itself is located about 10 minutes walk from the city centre and despite being a relatively small, and scruffy, building has all the basics expected from a Dutch station including convenience shops, snack stalls and left-luggage.

The only pain-in-the-neck I found with it is that the ticket machines only take either Dutch debit/travel cards or euro change (not notes) and when I went to buy a ticket from the office I was advised to use the machine. When I pointed out that I had insufficient change and asked the woman behind the counter if she could change a 20 euro note she simply shrugged and explained she wasn't allowed to. Very Dutch!

The main Breda bus station is next door to the railway station from which you an get local buses and those for further afield and there's also a bicycle hire shop on the station forecourt, as well as plenty of bike parking.

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Breda is a very compact city with its centre still pretty much laid-out as it was in Medieval times. Almost everything of note is contained within the encircling canal belt and is very walkable. The streets can be a bit confusing though as they wind and twist for whatever reason that they were initially designed. Fortunately there are plenty of helpful signposts and maps at strategic locations and so it's almost impossible to get lost.

Especially useful is the map immediately outside the railway station which makes everything easily findable if you've just arrived for the first time.

Though as a suggestion to the local tourist office - mightn't it be an idea to mark the best pubs on it too??

Breda has two bus station close together. The local busses are in front of the train station and the inter city busses are apart to the right when you leave the station.

Local BREDA busses:
-1 Heusdenhout-STATION-Westerpark
-2 Heusdenhout-STATION-Haagse Beemden
-3 STATION-Ruiterbos
-4 Noord-STATION-Princenhage
-5 Noord-STATION-Princenhage
-6 IJpelaar-STATION-Haagse Beemden
-7 STATION-Ruiterbos
-8 Heusdenhout-STATION-Westerpark
-9 STATION-Blauwe Kei
-10 STATION-Amphia Zkh. Molengracht
-11 STATION-Amphia Zkh. Molengracht
-12 STATION-Amphia Zkh. Molengracht
-131 STATION-Amphia Zkh. Molengracht

Inter city busses:
-116 STATION - Prinsenbeek
-119 STATION - Prinsenbeek
-126 STATION-Teteringen
-127 STATION-Teteringen

Interliner Bus:
-401 STATION - Utrecht

You can easily get there by train from Amsterdam or antoher place in Holland. From Breda central station you can take a bus that goes directly to the center of the city. Therefor you can purchase a ticket in the bus at the busdriver or at the ticketoffice at the trainstation.
You can get around by a bus. However, if the weather is ok, you can hire a typically dutch byecicle to see the city. There is also a beautiful park where you can skate and walk around.