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Route 2. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 1. Hlemmur &#x2192; Hfj. Skarðshlíð

Route 3. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 4. Hlemmur &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 5. BSÍ &#x2192; Norðlingaholt

Route 6. Hlemmur &#x2192; Egilshöll

Route 7. Egilshöll &#x2192; Leirvogstunga

Route 8. Nauthóll &#x2192; Gamla Hringbraut

Route 11. Mjódd &#x2192; Seltjarnarnes

Route 12. Skerjafjörður &#x2192; Ártún

Route 13. Sléttuvegur &#x2192; Öldugrandi

Route 14. Grandi &#x2192; Verzló

Route 15. Mosfellsbær &#x2192; Vesturbær

Route 16. Hlemmur &#x2192; Hádegismóar

Route 17. Hlemmur &#x2192; Breiðholt

Route 18. Spöngin &#x2192; Hlemmur

Route 19. Kaplarkriki &#x2192; Ásvallalaug

Route 21. Háholt &#x2192; Mjódd

Route 22. Ásgarður &#x2192; Urriðaholt

Route 23. Ásgarður &#x2192; Álftanes

Route 24. Spöngin &#x2192; Garðabær

Route 27. Háholt &#x2192; Laxnes

Route 28. Hamraborg &#x2192; Dalaþing

Route 29. Háholt &#x2192; Kjalarnes

Route 31. Gufunesbær &#x2192; Egilshöll

Route 35. Hamraborg &#x2192; Engihjalli

Route 36. Hamraborg &#x2192; Kársnes

Countryside

Route 51. Selfoss / Vík / Höfn &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 52. Reykjavík &#x2192; Landeyjahöfn

Route 71. Þorlákshöfn &#x2192; Hveragerði

Route 72. Selfoss &#x2192; Flúðir

Route 73. Selfoss &#x2192; Grímsnes

Route 55. KEF – Airport &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 87. Vogar &#x2192; Vogaafleggari

Route 88. Grindavík &#x2192; Reykjanesbær

Route 89. Reykjanesbær &#x2192; Sandgerði

Route 57. Akureyri &#x2192; Reykjavík

Route 58. Stykkishólmur &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 59. Borgarnes &#x2192; Hólmavík

Route 61. Ísafjörður &#x2192; Hólmavík

Route 62. Patreksfjörður &#x2192; Ísafjörður

Route 81. Borgarnes &#x2192; Reykholt

Route 82. Hellissandur &#x2192; Stykkishólmur

Route 84. Skagaströnd &#x2192; Blönduós

Route 56. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Akureyri

Route 78. Siglufjörður &#x2192; Akureyri

Route 79. Húsavík &#x2192; Akureyri

Route A1. Brekka &#x2192; Naustahverfi

Route A2. Naustahverfi &#x2192; Brekka

Route A3. Giljahverfi &#x2192; Síðuhverfi

Route A4. Síðuhverfi &#x2192; Giljahverfi

Route A5. Naustahverfi &#x2192; Síðuhverfi

Route A6. Síðuhverfi &#x2192; Naustahverfi

Route R1. Miðstöð &#x2192; Heiðarsel

Route R3. Miðstöð &#x2192; Keilir

Route R4. Miðstöð &#x2192; Hafnir

Route E1. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Norðfjörður

Route 63. Varmalandsskóli &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 64. Kleppjárnsreykir &#x2192; Borgarnes

Route 25. Spöngin B &#x2192; Gufunes

Route 91. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Norðfjörður

Route 92. Breiðdalsvík &#x2192; Fáskrúðsfjörður

Route 93. Seyðisfjörður &#x2192; Egilsstaðir

Route 94. Breiðdalsvík &#x2192; Höfn

Route 95. Egilsstaðir &#x2192; Borgarfjörður

Route 26. Ásvallalaug &#x2192; Hellnahraun

Route 96. Norðfjörður &#x2192; Fáskrúðsfjörður

Route 103. Hlemmur B &#x2192; Breiðholt

Route 104. Lækjartorg B &#x2192; Úlfarsárdalur

Route 105. Lækjartorg B &#x2192; Norðlingaholt

Route 106. Lækjartorg B &#x2192; Grafarvogur

Fréttasafn

Fréttir

User information

Pentecost

Capital area

<ul>
<li>Whit Sunday, 28 May: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.</li>
<li>Whit Monday, 29 May: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li>Whit Sunday, 28 May: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule.</li>
<li>Whit Monday, 29 May: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.</li>
<li>Note that route 94 drives as usual these days.</li>
</ul>
Note that you can see schedules for all routes on these days under timetables.

The reception of Strætó will be closed over the weekend and Whit Monday 29 May, but the Strætó call center will be open these days from 10:00 – 14:00.

Strætó schedule over Pentecost (Hvítasunna)

Due to security reasons, some streets in the city center will be closed and that will affect Strætó´s service. Traffic delays can also be expected throughout the capital area due to the driving of delegations on these days, and the effects will be greatest in the afternoon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Note that this also applies to Reykjanesbraut, between Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) and the capital area. 
From 21:00 May 15 to 19:00, May 17:
Because of this, routes 1, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 55 will take detours around the city center and route 16 will take a detour through Vatnagarður instead of driving Sundagarður. 
Please note that there will be unforeseen disruptions to bus schedules across the city during this period.
Passengers are encouraged to look at the real-time map.

The impact of the Reykjavík summit on Strætó

<ul>
<li>Capital area
<ul>
<li>Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Countryside
<ul>
<li>Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule.</li>
<li>Note that route 94 drives as usual.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Note that you can see schedules for all routes on this day under timetables.

The reception of Strætó is closed on May 1st but the Strætó call centre is open from 10:00 – 14:00.

Strætó's schedule on Ascension day May 18th

The route planner has been updated which will greatly improve the user experience and make the display of the search clearer. The update is both on the web and the app Klappið. Users need to update their app to get the improved route planner. 
Now you can see prices for adults when traveling both in the capital area and in the countryside. The presentation of search results is clearer, e.g. what part of the total travel time is on foot and how much time is spent on the bus. In the search results, an overview of the bus stops that are passed before the customer arrives at the end stop will be displayed. This will make it easier for new and/or inexperienced bus users to travel by bus/Strætó.
Also, alerts such as the closing of a bus stop or a delay in a trip is more noticeable, and now search results do not disappear when you go between screens in the app.
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Search on the Strætó Web Site
Now you can also search the Strætó website, which will make it much easier for customers to search for information on the web. You can search for stops, route number, rules, and prices for example.
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New and improved route planner

<ul>
<li>Capital area
<ul>
<li>Buses drive according to Sunday schedule.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Countryside
<ul>
<li>Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.</li>
<li>Route 94 drives acc. to Monday schedule.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Note that you can see schedules for all routes on this day under timetables.

The reception of Strætó is closed on May 1st but the Strætó call centre is open from 10:00 &#8211; 14:00.

Strætó schedule on May 1st

Last March had a record number of boardings since regular measurements began. In March 2023 there were more than 1.242.000 boardings within the Capital Area which is the highest number measured in any month since regular measurements began. Previously the highest number of boardings was in October 2019, when there were 1.204.000 boardings.
In March 2023 there were 26% more boardings than in March 2022 and 12,7% more boardings than in March 2019 which was the previous record month for March.
The routes with the most boardings in March were routes 1, 15 and 3.

Record number of boardings

Below you can find information on Strætó’s schedule on the First day of Summer, 20 April 2023.

<ul>
<li>Capital area
<ul>
<li>First Day of Summer, 20. April: Buses drive according to Sunday schedule.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Countryside
<ul>
<li>First Day of Summer, 20. April: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule.</li>
<li>Route 94 drives acc. to Thursday schedule.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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Note that you can see schedules for all routes on this day under timetables.

The reception of Strætó is closed on First Day of Summer but the Strætó call centre is open from 10:00 &#8211; 14:00.

Reykjavík centre

Reykjavík centre from 10:30 – 13:30
<ul>
<li>Routes 1, 3 and 6 – Instead of driving Skothúsvegur, Fríkirkjuvegur, Lækjargata and Hverfisgata, detour through Hringbraut, Ánanaust, Mýrargata, Geirsgata and Sæbraut to and from Hlemmur.</li>
<li>Routes 11 and 12 – Instead of driving Skothúsvegur, Fríkirkjuvegur, Lækjargata and Hverfisgata, detour through Hringbraut and Snorrabraut to and from Hlemmur.</li>
<li>Route 13 – Instead of driving Hofsvallagata, Túngata, Vonarstræti, Lækjargata and Hverfisgata, detour through Hringbraut and Snorrabraut to and from Hlemmur.</li>
<li>Route 14 – Instead of driving Hverfisgötu, detour through Sæbraut to and from Hlemmur.</li>
<li>Route 15 – Instead of driving Gamla Hringbraut, Barónsstígur and Bergþórugata to Hlemmur, detour through Hringbraut and Snorrabraut to Hlemmur. From Hlemmur there is a detour through Hringbraut but it will not affect any bus stops.</li>
</ul>
Closed bus stops:
<ul>
<li>Barónsstígur</li>
<li>Bíó Paradís</li>
<li>Þjóðleikhúsið</li>
<li>Lækjartorg A</li>
<li>Lækjartorg B</li>
<li>Lækjartorg C</li>
<li>MR</li>
<li>Hallargarðurinn</li>
<li>Ráðhúsið</li>
<li>Heilsuverndarstöðin</li>
<li>Sjúkrahótel</li>
<li>Gamla Hringbraut</li>
<li>Þjóðminjasafnið</li>
<li>Landakot</li>
<li>Ásvallagata</li>
</ul>

Hafnarfjörður 

Hafnarfjörður from 13:45 and 14:00
<ul>
<li>Route 19 – One trip at route 19 will not drive through Hjallabraut on the way to Kaplakriki. Instead there will be a detour through Reykjavíkurvegur.</li>
</ul>
Closed bus stops:
<ul>
<li>Hjallabraut</li>
<li>Miðvangur</li>
<li>Víðivangur</li>
<li>Skjólvangur</li>
<li>Sundhöll Hafnarfjarðar</li>
<li>Norðurbakki</li>
</ul>

Mosfellsbær

Mosfellsbær from 12:50 and 13:30
<ul>
<li>Route 7 – The route will not drive to and from Leirvogstunga.</li>
<li>Route 15 – Instead of driving Skeiðholt, Skólabraut and Háholt, detour through Langitangi and Vesturlandsvegur to and from Reykjavegur.</li>
</ul>
Closed bus stops:
<ul>
<li>Skeiðholt</li>
<li>Varmárskóli</li>
<li>Háholt</li>
<li>Tungubakkar</li>
<li>Laxatunga</li>
</ul>

Strætó schedule on the First day of Summer 2023

Below you can see Strætó’s schedule and opening hours over Easter 2023.

Easter 2023

Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.
<ul>
<li>Maundy Thursday, 6 April</li>
<li>Good Friday, 7 April</li>
<li>Easter Sunday, 9 April</li>
<li>Easter Monday, 10 April</li>
</ul>
Night buses drive as usally the Easter weekend.

<ul>
<li>Maundy Thursday, 6 April: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule</li>
<li>Good Friday, 7 April: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule</li>
<li>Easter Sunday, 9 April: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule</li>
<li>Easter Monday, 10 April: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule</li>
</ul>
No service in Eastfjords on these days, 91, 92, 93, 95 and 96. Route 94 drives on April 6 acc. to Thursday schedule and April 10 acc. to Monday schedule.
<h3>Note that you can see schedules for all routes on these days under timetables.</h3>

Strætó call centre +354 540 2700

Strætó reception

Strætó's schedule over Easter 2023

The payment system Klappið got a special recognition at the event Transport Ticketing Global this week. The event is the world’s leading and largest smart ticketing event for public transport. This year it was held at Olympia London on 7-8 March. See: <a href="https://www.transport-ticketing.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.transport-ticketing.com/</a>
Strætó´s new payment system was among seven nominated and got a special award – Highly Commended – in the category Best Smart Ticketing Programme for less than 200k daily journeys. The purpose is to acknowledge innovative solutions and recognises a public transport operator or public transport authority and their technology partner(s) that have launched a successful smart ticketing programme in the last 2 years.
&#8222;This recognition is particularly pleasing because the judges are the world&#8217;s leading experts in this field and more nominations have never been submitted. It shows us that we are on the right path and encourages us to continue the long journey of making the Strætó payment system a great solution for both passengers and all those who work to make public transport a good option for people on the move. After all, there are particularly exciting innovations expected &#8211; among other things, contactless payment, and capping,&#8220; says Daði Áslaugarson, Head of IT at Strætó.
Klappið was launched on November 16, 2021, and then, customers could scan their tickets with an app, a Klapp card or a paper card on board buses, as well as making it easier for passengers to purchase products, access discounts and have an overview of their use of My Pages. In terms of user privacy, the system is more secure than previous solutions and offers great potential for future development.
The staff of Strætó are grateful for the recognition and are determined to continue making Klappið best as possible for Strætó&#8217;s customers.

Klappið gets an international award

Since Strætó&#8217;s new payment system, Klappið, was put into use over a year ago, close to half a million accesses have been activated and daily scans are tens of thousands.
Activated user accesses that are open in the Klapp system today are 473,888 based on numbers from February 6, both authenticated and anonymous accesses.
Since the system was put into use, on 16 Nov. 2021, 537,429 accesses have been registered and confirmed in the system, of which 63,541 have been deleted, e.g., duplicate registrations or anonymous or authenticated accesses deleted after use.
Daily use in Klapp
Klapp fares are scanned successfully 33,000 times on average per day on weekdays.
JANUARY 2023

On schedule 
Strætó decided to launch a new payment system with FARA, an international company that has experience in setting up similar payment systems for companies in public transport. It was clear from the beginning that the system was based on a certain foundation and needed to be adjusted to the needs of Strætó and its customers. In the beginning, certain problems needed to be addressed. The system is in constant development, as the needs of Strætó&#8217;s customers are always in priority. In the coming months we will be announcing new features and updates which is exciting. Strætó is happy to report that the project met the initial budget, but a tender was put out according to public procurement in the EEA region.
System uptime over 99.99% 
Unfortunately, the payment system has been down for some time several times and customers have not been able to use it, for example to buy tickets or scan tickets on board the buses. In the last six months (August – January), the system has gone down six times, from almost 30 minutes to two hours. The exception to this was last October 18 when customers could not buy new products, which lasted for over ten hours, it was over night which explains the long time. Despite that, the uptime is very good, or over 99.99%.
Foreign card turnover is highest during the summer 
The Klapp payment system supports the acceptance of foreign payment cards and foreign Visa and MasterCard cards can be registered if they have 3D Secure, the same applies to domestic cards. Percentage of foreign card turnover in the total card turnover in the Klapp system is highest during the summer months, but every month foreign card turnover is on average about 13% of the total card turnover in the Klapp system. It is likely that this number will increase when contactless payments are implemented, as a lot of single trips are purchased by tourists visiting Iceland.

33,000 daily scans in Klapp

February 24, a new timetable will take effect on route 29 which is a pre-order service. Times are both delayed or moved earlier to achieve a better connection with route 15 and 7. At the same time, the frequency is increased, so there are five trips a day from morning to evening instead of three from the middle of the day.
From February 24 there will also be a change to booking trips, where passengers will call the Strætó customer service at 540-2740 to book a trip.
Towards Háholt: 
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Towards Hofsgrund: 
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Increased frequency and better connection on route 29

Night buses will start driving within the city of Reykjavík next weekend according to schedule.
The Reykjavík city has made a service contract with Strætó bs to start running night buses only within the city. Night buses will drive from the city center of Reykjavík according to timetable.
With this, the city is responding to a call for improved transportation in the city center on weekends, but no agreement was reached in the Strætó board to resume running the night bus. The City of Reykjavík therefore presented a proposition to the Strætó board that Strætó provide services for the city&#8217;s residents and offer a night bus that drives only in Reykjavík. The Strætó Board approved this proposition, but all costs for the service will be paid by Reykjavík city.<img loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12850" src="https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur.jpg" alt="" width="1639" height="834" srcset="https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur.jpg 1639w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-300x153.jpg 300w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-768x391.jpg 768w, https://wp.straeto.is/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/kort-naetur-1536x782.jpg 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1639px) 100vw, 1639px" />
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Four night routes will drive from the Reykjavík city center and to various neighbourhoods in Reykjavík city; Breiðholt, Úlfarsárdalur, Norðlingaholt and Grafarvogur.
<ul>
<li>Night buses will drive from Reykjavík city center on Friday- and Saturday nights</li>
<li>You can only use night buses on routes from the city center. Not towards the city center.</li>
<li>Buses do not drive according to a traditional timetable. Strætó only publishes the departure time from the city center and buses drive to their destinations as quickly as possible.</li>
<li>Customers that want to catch the night buses outside the city center are advised to follow the buses real time location in the Klapp app or on straeto.is.</li>
</ul>
Fares on night buses
A single fare on the night bus is 1100 kr. that is the same amount as double fare. Customers can buy special night tickets in the Klapp payment system, as before customers with 30 day and 1 year’s bus cards can use them on night buses. It will not be possible to pay with a payment card as you can buy a night ticket in the Klapp. You can also pay with cash.

Night buses return in Reykjavík city

The strike by drivers in oil distribution in the capital area will not affect the services of Strætó, as an exemption has been granted for the distribution of oil for both the buses of Strætó and contractors that drive for Strætó.
The bus routes within the capital area and in the countryside will therefore remain unchanged.

The service of Strætó will not be affected

Strætó´s passenger numbers continue to grow and for the second month in a row there was a record number of boardings since regular measurements began. In January 2023 there were more than 1.119.000 boardings within the Capital Area which is the highest number measured in January since regular measurements began. There were almost 7% more boardings in January this year than in January 2019 and almost 4% more than in January 2020, which was the previous January record.
Last December there were almost 980.000 boardings, which was also a December record since regular measurements began.
The number of Strætó´s passengers decreased during the Covid pandemic, but now passenger numbers are increasing again.
The graph shows the development of recent years.

Second record month in a row

Last December had a record number of boardings in the month of December since regular measurements of boardings began. In December 2022, there were almost 980,000 boardings within the Capital Area.
The number of passengers in Strætó decreased during the Covid pandemic, but before Covid the number of boardings had steadily increased each year. December 2019 had been a record month compared to December in previous years. However, in December 2022 the numbers were even higher with around 8% more boardings than in December 2019 (before Covid). The number of Strætó´s users is therefore increasing again, which is a pleasant development after a considerable decrease during the Covid pandemic.
As shown in the graph, restrictions due to Covid had a direct effect on the number of Strætó´s customers.

Nevermore boardings in December

Due to the weather tomorrow, the service of Strætó may be reduced tomorrow January 20, in the countryside. We ask our customers to monitor routes alerts on our website: Status of trips – click <a href="/en/route-planner/status-of-trips">here</a> and at Klappið under Menu/Status of trips. All alerts are also posted on Strætó´s Twitter page.

Possible reduce of service tomorrow January 20

On Fridays, the Strætó reception will close at 14:00 instead of 16:00. The change was made after examining the frequency of visits to the reception, but there are very few visits to the reception after 14:00 on Fridays. The changed opening hours will take effect on Friday, January 13, and the reception opening hours will then be as follows:
Opening hours of the reception
Monday – Thursday: 09.00 – 16.00
Friday: 09.00-14.00
Closed during weekends
Note that the Strætó call center is open longer and it is possible to call 540 2700, Monday to Friday at 7:00-16:30 and on weekends from 10:00-14:00.

Changed opening hours on Fridays

Due to the weather tomorrow, the service of Strætó may be reduced tomorrow December 31, both in the capital area and the countryside. We ask our customers to monitor routes alerts on our website: Status of trips &#8211; click <a href="/en/route-planner/status-of-trips">here</a> and at Klappið under Menu/Status of trips. All alerts are also posted on Strætó´s Twitter page.

Possible reduce of service tomorrow December 31

Strætó wishes customers and all others a happy New Year with thanks for the previous year.
Information on Strætó service and opening hours over the holidays can be found at the timetables of the routes and also by clicking <a href="/en/user-information/news/service-over-christmas-and-new-year-2022-2023">here.</a>

Happy New Year

The winners of the Nordic Public Transport Design Award were announced for the first time at the InformNorden conference in Reykjavík last Thursday, September 17th. All the Nordic countries could nominate two projects, one in the field of “Digital service and wayfinding” and the other in the field of “Accessibility” in a broad context. The jury came from all the Nordic countries participating in the conference. In the jury were: Suss Forssman Thullberg, Sweden/SL, Sian Ambrose, Norway/Ruter, Kim Gjedsted, Denmark/Movia, Eeva Jakobsson, Finland/HSL and Kamilla Dögg Gudmundsdottir, Iceland/Straeto.
Metro for everyone
In the category Accessibility, the jury decided to award the Nordic Public Transport Design award to SL for their submission C30 Metro – a metro for everyone. SL bult a new metro vehicle, C30, based on various customers evaluation where a full-scale model was built where proposals for solutions could be visualized and evaluated before series production started.
In the jury notes it says:
The best of the best example of how a design process driven by customer-orientation and customer-participation, results in a vehicle where design elements and digital solutions create a metro for all in real life.
More flexibility in commuting
In the category Digital service and wayfinding, the jury decided to award HSL the Nordic Public Transport Design award for their submission More flexibility in commuting with the renewed HSL commuter benefits. HSL provided a service called B2B service where employers can grant their employees a digital commuter benefit for public transportation in the HSL area. Employees can utilize the ticket in the HSL app, and the ticket is billed from the employer.
The jury notes:
The best of the best example of how a customer-oriented, digital solution increases both simplicity and cost-effectiveness in commuting. And most important of all, a solution that raises the numbers of travelers, making public transport grow in the “New Normal.”
Design is a major factor, both in the real world of public transport and the digital world, and the goal is to make the service more accessible, convenient and aesthetic for users. It is therefore long overdue to pay this topic respect with the Nordic Public Transport Design Award and hopefully the award will grow and become an annual event at the InformNorden conference.

The winners of Nordic Public Transport Design Award

Due to pavement maintenance, Reykjanesbraut will be closed from Grindavíkurvegur towards Reykjavík from 20:00 on Wednesday 16th of November until 20:00 on Thursday 17th of November.
Reykjanesbraut will be open for traffic from Reykjavík to KEF international airport throughout the construction period.
The bus route from Hafnarfjörður/Reykjavík to Keflavík will remain unchanged, but delays can be expected on the route as the driving speed has been reduced to 50 km in the work area and traffic can be expected to be heavy.
The bus route from Keflavík to Hafnarfjörður/Reykjavík will take a detour via Grindavíkurvegur (43), Suðurstrandarvegur (427) and Krýsuvíkurvegur (42) and the travel time can be expected to be longer, by up to 50 minutes.
Please note that these buses do not take a detour and follow schedule: 
Trip at 6:34 from Hringbraut – Keflavík
Trip at 6:35 from Kef-Airport
Trip at 16:42 from Kef &#8211; Airport

Detour on route 55

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Strætó call centre

Hestháls 14, 110 Reykjavík

Christmas Eve, 24 December: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule. Buses will drive until around 15:00.
Christmas Day, 25 December: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.
Boxing Day, 26 December: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.
New Year&#8217;s Eve, 31 December: Buses drive according to a Saturday schedule. Buses will drive until around 15:00.
New Year&#8217;s Day, 1 January: Buses drive according to a Sunday schedule.

Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

The countryside: Christmas and New Year 2022-2023

Service over Christmas and New Years 2022-2023

The country side: Christmas and New Year 2022-2023

The InformNorden conference will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland between 16 – 18 November. The conference is held alternately in the Nordic countries, but this year it is being held at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordica, and Strætó is in charge of the planning and setup.
The yearly conference InformNorden is a landmark in the Nordic ITS world and is known for being a leading discussion forum for IT related challenges and opportunities in the Nordic market as well as the international market. We have seen topics going through generations of Information Technology developments, such as different Ticketing mechanisms, passenger information systems, planning systems and design.
This time the conference is double, because the Nordisk Lokaltraffik conference is held at the same time. There, the focus is on public transport in a broad context, such as the City Line project (BRT), environmental issues and the impact of crisis such as Covid on the public transport sector. The speakers are many and different, but all experts in their field and/or public transport managers in cities such as Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Reykjavík, as well as many other good guests. You can see the agenda of the conference here: https://informnorden.org/agenda/
The conference is an important meeting place for hardware and software suppliers in the industry and decision makers in the Public Transport sector. Direct networking between stakeholders from all parts of our sector has thus always been one of the greatest features of the conference and continues to be so in Reykjavik 2022.
Nordic Public Transport Design Award
This year, for the first time, an award for outstanding design will be awarded at the conference. All the Nordic countries nominate two projects, one in the field of digital service and wayfinding and the other in the field of accessibility in a broad context. The winner will to be presented at InformNorden on 17 November 2022.
Design is a major factor, both in the real world of public transport and the digital world, and the goal is to make the service more accessible and beautiful for users. It is therefore long overdue to pay this issue respect and hopefully the award will grow and become an annual event at the InformNorden conference.

IT development and better public transports at InformNorden

We are proud that Strætó has equal pay certification, as we as a workplace want to promote equality, says Sigríður Harðardóttir, manager of human resources and quality at Strætó, when Strætó received re-certification of its equal pay system from Versa certification. The certification is a confirmation that the company&#8217;s equal pay system complies with the requirements of the equal pay standard ÍST 85:2012.
Strætó received the certificate on the Women´s Day Off on October 24 but Strætó received the first equal pay certification on this day in 2019. Sigríður says it is pleasant that the confirmation was received on Women&#8217;s Day Off. &#8222;It is important that companies and institutions work together and contribute to a more equal labour market. One part of that is getting equal pay certification.&#8220;
The main goal of equal pay certification is to eliminate gendered pay differences and adhere to the equality of all genders in the workforce. Equal pay certification was legalized in June 2017 with an amendment to <a href="https://www.althingi.is/lagas/nuna/2008010.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Act on equal status and equal rights for women and men no. 10/2018</a>. By implementing the equal pay standard, companies and institutions can establish a management system that ensures that procedures and decisions in wage matters are based on objective considerations and do not involve gender-based discrimination.

Proud to have equal pay certification

Unwind on the Strætó bus and listen to Strætó stories on Storytel to take your mind off the hustle of the day.
Storytel in collaboration with Strætó has published seven short Strætó stories, which are ideal to listen to when you let yourself unwind in Strætó. Peek into the honeymoon days of a young couple where life isn&#8217;t as sweet as they expected, or travel with a young man on a bus who&#8217;s on his way to a date that takes a different path than he expected.
Strætó stories is a collection of seven fresh short stories by Þóra Sif Guðmundsdóttir. The stories are in Icelandic.

Strætó stories

Strætó has decided to stop operating night buses at weekends as of October 16, 2022. These are routes 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107.
The Strætó board approved on July 4 to start driving the night bus on weekends for a trial period until the end of September. Now that the trial period has ended, the expectations regarding the number of passengers on the night bus have not been met, even though an increased number was expected this autumn when employees returned from summer vacations and schools started again. Passenger numbers each weekend were around 300 to 340 passengers, an average of 14 to 16 per trip, which is well below acceptable standards.
In view of this and the financial situation of Strætó, the board of Strætó agreed that it is not justified to continue operating the night bus on weekends now that the trial period has ended, and that this service will therefore not be continued.

The night bus has stopped operating

A group of American students is currently working in cooperation with Strætó to research the implementation of the Klapp ticketing system. The student group comes from the school Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in the state of Massachusetts and will spend seven weeks in Iceland. For the past several years, Strætó has collaborated with student groups from this school, where the students have successfully completed various projects.
The current project is researching the implementation of the Klapp ticketing system, and a survey will be submitted to customers and bus drivers. Stickers have been placed in buses where users can scan a QR code and answer a survey about the Klapp ticketing system.

Strætó in cooperation with American students

The winter schedule has now started on route 94 in East fjords. There is no longer a stop in Breiðdalsvík and now the stop in Höfn is at the airport.

Winter schedule on route 94

On October 1st, a new price list of Strætó will take effect. The new prices were approved at the meeting of the Strætó´s board on September 16 and the increase amounts to 12,5 %. Single tickets and period passes will all take the same price change. For example, a single fare ticket goes from 490 kr. to 550 kr. and a 30-day student card goes from 4.000 kr. to 4.500 kr.
The prices have remained unchanged since the turn of the year 2020/2021, but on November 16, 2021, Klapp, account based ticketing system for Strætó, was launched and all prices were simplified to be fairer and provide customers with better bargain on fares.
The price increases are intended to cover general cost price increases for Strætó, such as oil price increases, but oil prices have risen by almost 40% since the beginning of the year and costs due to shortening of the work week, which have had a significant impact on the operation. The effects of the COVID pandemic are still being felt in the operations and it looks like the cumulative impact on income is in the range of 1500 million to 2000 m.kr. The impact of higher supply prices and lower income can be seen in Strætó&#8217;s quarterly results for January to June 2022.
Every effort is made to moderate all price increases by Strætó, and the increase is intended to reduce the need for further cut down of Strætó&#8217;s route network in the capital area. At the same time, municipalities in the capital area will consider strengthening the operation of Strætó more than was planned in the budget for the year 2022.
Strætó is aiming for a carbon-free buses in 2030, which will make the impact of oil prices on Strætó&#8217;s operations insignificant.
Based on FÍB&#8217;s (The Icelandic Automobile Association) calculations about the operating costs of driving a car, it is about 1.3 million per year based on driving 15.000 km per year, and it is therefore clear that it is still more practical to use public transport.
The price changes apply to Strætó&#8217;s bus service in the capital area, but not the service for disabled people, no changes to the price will be made there.
New prices will come into effect on October 1st.