Bus 50 from Aachen serves Maastricht on an half-hourly basis all days. Generally, travellers pay ?5,50 for a one-way ticket (Veolia Combikaart Zuid-Limburg). An all-day ticket that allows travel on South Limburg bus routes, including those to local cities such as Heerlen, is now ?7.00. Travel time is approximately one hour from Aachen. See Veolia Transport for timetables (Regio: Limburg).
Eurolines Netherlands has a bus stop at the Central train station in Maastricht. In Liege is the Belgian Eurolines stop, which serves different routes to the Maastricht stop.
travels on Tuesday ("Utorak") to/from Bosnia via Belgium, passing Maastricht, to Amsterdam. Return trip around €150, reservation by phone at the belgian office. Busstop at the central station.
By Bus
The city has a bus system called the Stadsbus ("City Bus") that travels over most of the city and to surrounding areas. Tickets can be bought on the bus, or in advance with a pass called a Strippenkaart "Strip-card".
You can purchase the Strippenkaart at the train station, or any post office or newsagent. There are two denominations, € 6.80 and € 20.10. The lesser of the two has 15 strips on it, and the larger 45. So, each strip costs about € 0.45, and each trip on the bus takes at least 2 strips. So a ride on the bus might cost about € 1. Depending on where you go, the fare increases. This is much cheaper than buying the fare on the bus, as a trip purchased from the driver might cost between € 1.60 and € 2.65. The "Stippenkaart" is valid on city buses/trams/metro all over the Netherlands, so even if you don't use all the strips in Maastricht they won't be wasted. (This system is, however, being overhauled and in an increasing number of Dutch cities you will have to use the new 'OV-chipcard'; in Maastricht the 'strippenkaart' is still valid - April 2011)
The Most Frequently Asked Travel Questions about Maastricht
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