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Deployment record · DEP-NL-005

FABULOS Helmond pilot

Helmond (Brandevoort station — Automotive Campus), Netherlands · Inactive / terminated

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CountryNetherlands
LocationHelmond (Brandevoort station — Automotive Campus)
StatusInactive / terminated
Service typeshuttle fixed route
Status as of14 Aug 2026
Record confidenceMedium
Fleet size1 (implied by the single-vehicle description; NOT ESTABLISHED explicitly)
Actual start2020-12 or 2021 (NOT ESTABLISHED precisely — see CONFLICT-NL-07)

Operating scope

3 km route described by the operator as "the most complex route in the Netherlands for autonomous public transport" at the time: a secondary-school catchment with heavy cycle traffic, roundabouts, a fietsstraat (cycle street) and demanding intersections. Operated in heavy snowfall — reported as a European first.

ADS developer

Navya SAS

Evidence

Last record update: 14 Aug 2026. “Not established” means the field was not verified in the available research; it is not a confirmed absence.

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