Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan is a metro station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on line 50 in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. It was also a railway station.

Train station

The station opened on 1 June 1986 with the opening of the western section of the Amsterdam Ring railway. It was situated between Amsterdam Lelylaan and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. The station was originally to be called Burgemeester De Vlugtlaan, who was a mayor

Mayor

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 in Amsterdam and who the road the station was located on, was named after, however this was changed during construction.

On 1 June 1997 the metro line 50 opened next to the station and the metro stop was called De Vlugtlaan.

The station closed in May 2000 when the Hemboog began construction.

Train services

The station was a stoptrain station and was only served by trains from Hoofdorp and Schiphol to Lelystad or Amersfoort Schothorst.