Amsterdam Centraal station

Amsterdam Centraal
Amsterdam Centraal
	Station building in 2016
General information
Location	Stationsplein 15; Amsterdam; Netherlands
Coordinates	52°22′42″N 4°54′0″E / 52.37833°N 4.90000°E
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Elten railway; Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway; Amsterdam–Schiphol railway; Amsterdam–Zutphen railway; Den Helder–Amsterdam railway; Nieuwediep–Amsterdam railway;
Platforms	11
Tracks	15
Connections	GVB Amsterdam Metro: 51 52 53 54; GVB Amsterdam tram: 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 26; Template:Ferry icon GVB Amsterdam Ferry: F2, F3, F4; : 391, 394, N47, N57, N92, N94, N97; EBS: 305, 306, 314, 316, N01, N04, N10, N14; GVB: 18, 21, 22, 43, 48, 248, N81, N82, N83, N84, N85, N86, N87, N88, N89, N91, N93;
Construction
Architect	Pierre Cuypers
Other information
Station code	Asd
IATA code	ZYA
Website	www.ns.nl/en/stationsinformatie/asd/amsterdam-centraal
History
Opened	15 October 1889; 134 years ago
Passengers
Passengers	192,178 daily (2018)

Amsterdam Centraal station (Dutch: Station Amsterdam Centraal [staːˈʃɔn ˌɑmstərˈdɑm sɛnˈtraːl]) 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.^[1]^[2]

National and international railway services at Amsterdam Centraal are provided by NS(Nederlandse Spoorwegen), 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^[3] 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. Due to the length, each platform may serve two trains.

References[change | change source]

↑ "Stationsplein 9 Amsterdam". Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
↑ "Amsterdam Central Station Island". Amsterdam Central Station Island Coordinator Bureau. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
↑ "Revival Styles: Holland". European Architecture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

[1] "Stationsplein 9 Amsterdam". Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

[2] "Amsterdam Central Station Island". Amsterdam Central Station Island Coordinator Bureau. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

[Revival_Styles:_Holland-3] "Revival Styles: Holland". European Architecture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-08-03.

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