School Transportation: Questions and Answers

You can submit your application online at westmaasenwaal.nl/leerlingenvervoer.

If you'd like, we can help you fill out the application form.

On Wednesday, April 15, 2026, between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., please visit our school transportation department in the Dreumelse Room at City Hall, located at 11 Dijkstraat in Beneden-Leeuwen.

You can also contact the Digital Government Information Center ( ) at the Rivierenland Library in MFA De Rosmolen, located at 19 Leliestraat in Beneden-Leeuwen. 

• Once you have submitted the application, you will immediately receive a confirmation of receipt via email.
• If we need any additional documents, we will let you know as soon as possible. 
• If we do not require any additional documents, you will receive our decision within 8 weeks at the latest.
   

Once you have submitted your request, you will immediately receive a confirmation via email. Your request has been successfully submitted. 

• Check to see if the confirmation email ended up in your "Junk" or "Spam" folder. 
• Didn't receive it there either? Then you'll need to resubmit the application
   

• You do not need to include any documents when you submit the application.
• If any additional documents are required, you will be asked to provide them via email or by phone. 
• If we do not require any additional documents, you will automatically receive our decision within eight weeks.
   

• Yes, you need to submit a new application. This is because a decision has an expiration date.
• You can do this at westmaasenwaal.nl/leerlingenvervoer.

• If any (additional) attachments are required, you will automatically receive a request via email or phone to submit them. Therefore, you do not need to contact us about this. 
• If we do not require any (additional) supporting documents, you will automatically receive our decision within eight weeks.

• Parents must submit an application to the municipality where they live for the days the child is staying with them. 
• If both parents/guardians live in the municipality of West Maas en Waal, then submitting one application is sufficient. 
• The itinerary must be clearly described in the application.
• Only the parent who submits the application will receive the decision from us.
   

• If you move within the municipality of West Maas en Waal, please submit a new application via www.westmaasenwaal.nl/leerlingenvervoer
• If you are moving to another municipality, you can apply for school transportation there. Please let us know when school transportation in our municipality can be discontinued.

You will then need to submit a new application.

You will then need to submit a new application.

You will then need to submit a new application.

The school transportation department will contact you if necessary to request additional information.

• If you have a school transportation order, you must submit a new application.
• On the form, indicate that you have a student transportation authorization and then select “internship.”
• Please attach an internship plan and a fully completed internship contract.
   

• Requests for other structural changes may be submitted in writing via email to westmaasenwaal.llv@forseti.nl well in advance of the effective date.
• In your request, please clearly describe what is changing and when these changes should take effect.
• We will determine whether the change falls within the scope of school transportation.
  Requests to occasionally operate at different times, for example during exam week, do not fall within this scope under any circumstances. These requests will therefore be denied. 
• You may need to answer additional questions, submit additional documents, or file a new application
   

Please send us an email to let us know the date after which school transportation will no longer be needed. Our email address is: westmaasenwaal.llv@forseti.nl. 

• You must have an ISO-certified wheelchair to travel by taxi (or bus). 
• A certified wheelchair can be identified by the sticker featuring the anchor symbol.
• Your child may only be transported in a wheelchair if the wheelchair has this sticker. If the wheelchair does not have this sticker, your child may not be transported and therefore cannot ride the school bus.

If you have any questions about the wheelchair’s certification, please contact the wheelchair supplier.
 

Student Transport Department, Municipality of West Maas en Waal

Phone: 073 7601 992 (weekdays 9:00 AM–12:30 PM)

Email: westmaasenwaal.llv@forseti.nl

Complaints can be submitted in writing to your carrier: 

• Passenger Transport Maas and Waal
• Phone: 0487 515 000
• Email: info@pers-vervoer.nl