Glimble: NS, Arriva and more
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About this app
Glimble is your travel app for all public transport in the Netherlands: whether you want to travel by bus, tram, metro or train, or want to combine different modes of transport. You can plan trips and books tickets for all carriers. From Arriva to NS and from Connexxion to GVB. Besides that, you can find shared transport in the app. For example handy scooters or shared cars.
Glimble is your travel assistant in the Netherlands. You decide how you want to travel, we find the best journey for you. Let us know if you are looking for the fastest trip by public transport, the cheapest, or maybe the most sustainable. Or are you looking for wheelchair accessible routes? It is possible to filter routes that way.
Travel from A to B in your own language - You can use travel app glimble in more than 40 languages, yours too. Of course glimble is available in Dutch and in English. But you can also use the glimble journeyplanner in Arabic, Chinese or German for example. Buying tickets is also possible in your own language of course.
Live travel advice - Glimble helps you with every step of your journey with public transport. We find the closest stop for you, tell you how to get there, explain on which platform you have to be and we give you a notification when you need to hop off the bus or train. So, with travel app glimble you will never get lost in public transport again: don’t ever get on the wrong train again or forget to disembark.
Easy ticket purchasing in the app – Once you've planned your journey, buy your ticket instantly in the app and travel with the QR code on your mobile device. You no longer need an OV-chipkaart or any other card in public transportation; glimble handles everything in one travel app. Travelling with a group? Easily add your travel companions, select them, and book tickets for them in just a few clicks. Good to know: you don’t pay any transaction fees when you buy tickets with glimble.
International payment – No more hassle with payment, such as recharging an OV-chipkaart. Pay the way you like, whether that’s with your credit card, or through PayPal, Sofort, Giropay or Bancontact.
Glimble makes your journey, however you want to travel. If you have any questions about your public transport or experience any problems, our customer service is available every day to answer your questions about your public transportation journey. Whether you have questions about the travel planner or your ticket, we're here for you. On weekdays from 6:00 to 23:00, on weekends and holidays from 7:00 to 23:00.
Glimble is your travel assistant in the Netherlands. You decide how you want to travel, we find the best journey for you. Let us know if you are looking for the fastest trip by public transport, the cheapest, or maybe the most sustainable. Or are you looking for wheelchair accessible routes? It is possible to filter routes that way.
Travel from A to B in your own language - You can use travel app glimble in more than 40 languages, yours too. Of course glimble is available in Dutch and in English. But you can also use the glimble journeyplanner in Arabic, Chinese or German for example. Buying tickets is also possible in your own language of course.
Live travel advice - Glimble helps you with every step of your journey with public transport. We find the closest stop for you, tell you how to get there, explain on which platform you have to be and we give you a notification when you need to hop off the bus or train. So, with travel app glimble you will never get lost in public transport again: don’t ever get on the wrong train again or forget to disembark.
Easy ticket purchasing in the app – Once you've planned your journey, buy your ticket instantly in the app and travel with the QR code on your mobile device. You no longer need an OV-chipkaart or any other card in public transportation; glimble handles everything in one travel app. Travelling with a group? Easily add your travel companions, select them, and book tickets for them in just a few clicks. Good to know: you don’t pay any transaction fees when you buy tickets with glimble.
International payment – No more hassle with payment, such as recharging an OV-chipkaart. Pay the way you like, whether that’s with your credit card, or through PayPal, Sofort, Giropay or Bancontact.
Glimble makes your journey, however you want to travel. If you have any questions about your public transport or experience any problems, our customer service is available every day to answer your questions about your public transportation journey. Whether you have questions about the travel planner or your ticket, we're here for you. On weekdays from 6:00 to 23:00, on weekends and holidays from 7:00 to 23:00.
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Ratings and reviews
3.3
898 reviews
Rex Easter
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May 9, 2023
Very helpful once you get past the learning curve. There are so many transportation options in the area that it is hard to navigate on your own. Glimble helps to simplify the process as well as purchasing and keeping up with your tickets. PRO TIP (at least for me) The bus does not automatically stop at all locations. You have to hit a stop button (located throughout the bus) just before reaching your stop.
3 people found this review helpful
Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
May 9, 2023
Hi Rex, How great that you are so enthusiastic about our app. And good that you indicate that you missed information about how the busses work. We are always open to feedback, especially from travelers who are not used to this. For us, it is so normal that we don't think of this ;) Thank you for your review and have a nice day! Regards, Hillie
Matt Wilmot
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March 19, 2024
Unfortunately navigation using routes for electric scooter, Electric moped and bikes doesn't work at all. Such a shame. One of the biggest things for me as a moped traveller, is knowing when to take a bike path and when to take the road. This app only works when you combine a bike with a train.
Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
April 8, 2024
Hi Matt, Thank you so much for your feedback. We appreciate it because it helps us to keep on improving our app. Could you send us an e-mail with a screenshot or screen recording where it went wrong? Then we will do our best to fix this. Kind regards, Hillie
Balázs
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August 31, 2023
Concept: good. Execution: poor. - Live travel advice and tracking are often misleading and inaccurate - Best travel advice between Home and Work are often significantly longer than other routes - After not using the app for a few days, "updating routes" takes annoyingly long (both on wifi & 4G) - Changing between stops in the map view is frustrating and sometimes stops under another stop can't be selected Overall, at the moment, it's just frustrating to use it.
2 people found this review helpful
Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
September 7, 2023
Hi Balázs, Thank you for your extensive feedback. We are sorry to hear that you don't have a good experience with the performance of our app, and with the planning results. If you have examples with screenshots for us, we would love to receive them so we can check this internally. Please send them to klantenservice@glimble.nl. Thanks! Hillie
