User:TheWombatGuru/North/South Line (Amsterdam metro)

North/South
Overview
Stations	8
Website	amsterdam.nl/noordzuidlijn
History
Opened	2017
Technical
Line length	9.7 km (6.0 mi)

The North/South Line is a future metro line that will run between Amsterdam Noord and Amsterdam Zuid. It is scheduled for opening in 2017. The line will serve 8 stations in 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi).

History

North/South Line (Amsterdam metro)
Noord Noorderpark Centraal Station (51, 53, 54) Rokin Vijzelgracht De Pijp Europaplein Station Zuid (50, 51)

Plans for a line like the North/South Line can be dated back to 1968. It was then decided by the municipality of Amsterdam to build another line, the Oostlijn, instead, because they feared for collapsing buildings in the center of Amsterdam. During the late eighties, a political party called D66 wanted to research a possibility for the creation of this line. In 1999 it was decided that such a line would be created. In 2003, construction on the North/South line was started.

Route

The line consists of 8 stations over 9.7 km. It travels through the Amsterdam Centraal railway station where it connects with four other metro lines. Most of the track is not shared with other lines. It travels underneath the IJ to Amsterdam Noord. There it doesn't travel underground.

Services

Trains of Series M5 will be on the North/South line.

List of stations

Station	Image	Opened	Additional information	Position
Noord		2017
Noorderpark		2017
Centraal Station		2017
Rokin		2017
Vijzelgracht		2017
De Pijp		2017
Europaplein		2017
Zuid		2017

Notes and references

External links

Category:Transport in Amsterdam