{{Short description|Former Dutch express bus service}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2015}} thumb|''Green Interliner at'' Utrecht Centraal station [[Image:Volvo 8700 - Connexxion Interliner 3530 3548.jpg|thumb|''Grey Interliners'' at Den Haag Centraal station]] '''Interliner''' is an express bus system in the Netherlands. In this country the backbone of medium and long distance public transport is the railroad system. Long distance buses are used complementarily. While most bus lines have many stops or only span small distances (e.g. within cities), Interliner buses travel longer distances with fewer stops,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus and coach travel in the Netherlands |url=http://europebuspass.com/bus-coach-travel-europe/bus-coach-travel-netherlands/ |website=Europe Bus Pass |access-date=30 July 2025 |ref=1}}</ref> to cover itineraries not served by train, either because the destination is not on the railroad system, or because travel by train would require a considerable detour.
The Interliner was introduced in 1994<ref>{{cite web |author1=Cheung, F |title=Interliners in the Netherlands: learning to adapt to a changing operating environment. |url=https://swov.nl/en/publicatie/interliners-netherlands-learning-adapt-changing-operating-environment |website=swov.nl |access-date=30 July 2025}}</ref> and many different Dutch public companies used this name for express buses.
As of 2009, uniformity has been abandoned with part of the system being renamed Q-Liner (Arriva) and a distinction between grey and green interliner. Only Connexxion still uses the name Interliner. Other variations of the name have been introduced like ''Hanzeliner'' (Connexxion) and ''Brabantliner'' (Veolia Transport).
For example they connect: *North Holland to the northeast using the Afsluitdijk *Rotterdam to three islands (Zeeland) in the southwest using a tunnel, two dams and a bridge *Drachten (which is not connected by a railroad) *Lelystad to the north through the Noordoostpolder to Groningen and to Zwolle *Groningen to Emmen.
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Category:Bus companies of the Netherlands