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Amsterdam
Centraal
Station
is
the
largest railway
station in Amsterdam, North
Holland,
the Netherlands.
A
major
international railway hub,
it
is
used
by
192,000
passengers
a
day,
making
it
the
second
busiest
railway
station
in
the
country
after Utrecht
Centraal and
the
most
visited Rijksmonument of
the
Netherlands.
National
and
international
railway
services
at
Amsterdam
Centraal
are
provided
by NS,
the
principal
rail
operator
in
the
Netherlands.
Amsterdam
Centraal
is
the
northern
terminus
of Amsterdam
Metro routes
51,
53,
54,
and
stop
for
52
operated
by
municipal
public
transport
operator GVB.
It
is
also
served
by
a
number
of
GVB tram and
ferry
routes
as
well
as
local
and
regional
bus
routes
operated
by
GVB, Connexxion and EBS.
Amsterdam
Centraal
was
designed
by
Dutch
architect Pierre
Cuypers and
opened
in
1889.
It
features
a Gothic, Renaissance
Revival station
building and
a cast
iron platform
roof
spanning
approximately
40 metres.
Since
1997,
the
station
building,
underground
passages,
metro
station,
and
the
surrounding
area
have
been
undergoing
major
reconstruction
and
renovation
works
to
accommodate
the North-South
Line metro
route,
which
was
opened
on
22
July
2018.
Amsterdam
Centraal
has
the
second
longest railway
platform in
the
Netherlands
with
a
length
of
695
metres.
From
2017
there
will
be
further
reconstruction
works
at
the
station.
A
number
of
platforms
will
be
widened
making
use
of
the
tracks
which
do
not
currently
have
platforms.
This
means
that
alterations
will
be
made
in
the
tunnels
under
the
platforms
again.
Furthermore,
the
eastern
tunnel
will
be
made
wider,
based
on
the
example
of
the
middle
tunnel.
The
old
railway
bridges
to
the
east
of
the
station
will
also
be
replaced.
Amsterdam
Centraal
has
15
tracks,
11
of
which
are
alongside
a platform:
four island
platforms with
tracks
along
the
full
length
on
both
sides
(tracks
4/5,
7/8,
10/11,
13/14);
one side
platform with
one
track
along
the
full
length
(track
15);
and
one bay
platform with
two
tracks
(tracks
1/2).
Platforms
2-15
have
an
A-side
(to
the
west)
and
a
B-side
(to
the
east).
This
means
that
there
are
21
places
where
a
train
can
be
positioned
for
passenger
access,
with scissors
crossings in
the
middle
enabling
trains
to
pass
each
other.
Track
1
terminates
short
of
the
western
end
of
the
station
building,
which
fronts
track
2.
Tracks
3,
6,
9,
and
12
have
no
platform.
Amsterdam
Centraal
metro
station
(called Centraal
Station on
the Amsterdam
Metro system)
opened
in
1980.
It
is
the
terminus
station
of
three
routes:
Route
51
(Amsterdam
Centraal
- Isolatorweg),
Route
53
(Amsterdam
Centraal
- Gaasperplas),
and
Route
54
(Amsterdam
Centraal
- Gein).
In
July
2018,
the
new
Route
52
(Noord
Station - Zuid
Station)
opened.
Tram
services at
Amsterdam
Centraal
are
provided
from
two
tram
stations
on Stationsplein (Station
Square),
situated
in
front
of
the
station's
main
entrance.
Tram
routes
2,
12,
13
and
17
call
on
the
west
side
(Westzijde,
Platform
B)
of
the
square,
the
other
routes
call
on
the
east
side
(Oostzijde,
Platform-A).
As
of
July
2018,
GVB
city
bus
routes
18,
21
and
22
and
48
depart
from
the
new
bus
platform
G
on
the
lake
side
of
the
station
(IJzijde or
'IJ
side').
Free
of
charge
ferry
services
from
Amsterdam
Centraal
to
the
borough
of Amsterdam
North across
the IJ
lake depart
from
the
quay
on
the
northern
side
of
the
station
at
the De
Ruijterkade.
In
my
experience
it
is
a
pleasant
and
efficient
railway
station
with
good
connecting
facilities
to
metro
/
tram
/
bus
/
ferry
with
shops
and
restaurant
/
fast
food
facilities.
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