List of railway stations in Amsterdam
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This is an index for the Amsterdam railway stations. Amsterdam
is the capital of the Netherlands
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The operator of all trains within and around Amsterdam is the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
is the capital of the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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The operator of all trains within and around Amsterdam is the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Nederlandse Spoorwegen , or NS, is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.Its trains operate over the tracks of the Dutch national railinfrastructure, operated by ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003...
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- Amsterdam Centraal also known as Amsterdam Central. This is Amsterdam's main station.
- Amsterdam AmstelAmsterdam Amstel railway stationAmsterdam Amstel is a railway station in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The station was opened on 15 October 1939. It is located south west of the station Amsterdam Centraal...
This station on the eastern bank of the river AmstelAmstelThe Amstel is a river in the Netherlands which runs through the city of Amsterdam. The river's name is derived from Aeme stelle, old Dutch for "area abounding with water"....
is on the Amsterdam to UtrechtUtrecht (city)Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
railway line. - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenAAmsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway stationAmsterdam Bijlmer ArenA is a railway station in the Bijlmermeer neighbourhood of the Amsterdam Zuidoost stadsdeel of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The station has five platforms and eight tracks; two for the Amsterdam Metro and six train tracks, along with a bus station.-History:Originally opened...
This is the main station for the south-eastern outskirtsAmsterdam ZuidoostAmsterdam-Zuidoost is one of fifteen boroughs of the city of Amsterdam. It consists of four residential areas—Bijlmermeer, Venserpolder, Gaasperdam and Driemond—as well as the Amstel III/Bullewijk Business Park and the ArenA Boulevard area.Amsterdam-Zuidoost has approximately 86,000...
of Amsterdam. It is close to the Amsterdam ArenAAmsterdam ArenAAmsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events...
stadium, as well as some major shopping and business centres. - Amsterdam HolendrechtAmsterdam Holendrecht railway stationAmsterdam Holendrecht is a railway station, in Amsterdam Zuidoost , the Netherlands.The station opened on 14 December 2008. Before that date Holendrecht was just a Metro station on the Amsterdam Metro network. The station was opened on 16 October 1977 as a metro station and is now served by two...
A new station, in south-eastern Amsterdam, that opened December 2008 on the Amsterdam to Utrecht railway line. It is close to the AMCAcademic Medical CenterThe Academic Medical Center , or AMC, is the university hospital affiliated with the Universiteit van Amsterdam ....
hospital. - Amsterdam Lelylaan Originally an Intercity station, now a local train station in the western SlotervaartSlotervaartSlotervaart is a former stadsdeel of Amsterdam, it has 48.540 inhabitants and an area of 11.14 km². As of 2010, Slotervaart is part of the newly formed stadsdeel Nieuw-West....
borough of Amsterdam. - Amsterdam Muiderpoort A junction station in Amsterdam-East, connecting the lines from Amsterdam Centraal to HilversumHilversumis a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...
and Utrecht. - Amsterdam RAIAmsterdam RAI railway stationThe railway station Amsterdam RAI is situated in southern Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It lies between the two directions of the A10 Amsterdam ring road. It is also a metro station at which GVB operates two routes...
A station in the south of Amsterdam, close to the RAI convention centre. - Amsterdam Science ParkAmsterdam Science Park railway stationAmsterdam Science Park is a railway station, in east Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The station lies on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway between Amsterdam Muiderpoort and Diemen. The station is to serve the Science Park Amsterdam and the Watergraafsmeer area of Amsterdam...
A station in the east of Amsterdam in the Watergraafsmeer area and also close to the Science Park AmsterdamScience Park AmsterdamScience Park Amsterdam is a science park in stadsdeel Oost/Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with accommodations for science and business and housing. Science Park Amsterdam focusses on IT and life sciences. Among the knowledge-based institutions present at the science park there are...
. Opened in 2009. - Amsterdam Sloterdijk A station with two levels in the west of Amsterdam, moved during the construction of the Schiphol line. It allows passengers to change between the directions Amsterdam Centraal, HaarlemHaarlemHaarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, Schiphol and ZaandamZaandamZaandam is a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights in 1811...
. - Amsterdam Sloterdijk Hemboog Opened 2008, to be completed in 2009. This is an extra stop for trains on the direct railway between Zaandam and Schiphol.
- Amsterdam Zuid An Intercity station in the south of Amsterdam. Originally, it was called Amsterdam Zuid/WTC due to its proximity to the Amsterdam World Trade CentreWorld Trade Center (Amsterdam)The World Trade Center Amsterdam is a commercial center located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was officially opened in 1985, and renovated between 1998 and 2004. The center consists of nine buildings—labeled from A to I—with 120,000 m2 of offices and office facilities. Tower...
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Former stations
- Amsterdam d'Eenhonderd Roe (1839-1842) (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-MaatschappijHollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-MaatschappijThe Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij or HSM was the first railway company in the Netherlands founded on 8 August 1837 as a private company, starting operation in 1839 with a line between Amsterdam and Haarlem...
) - Amsterdam Willemspoort (1842-1878) (Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg-Maatschappij)
- Amsterdam Weesperpoort (1843-1939)
- Amsterdam Westerdok (1878-1889)
- Amsterdam Oosterdok (1874-1889)
- Amsterdam Haarlemmermeer (Willemspark) (1915-1950)
- Amsterdam De VlugtlaanAmsterdam De Vlugtlaan railway stationAmsterdam De Vlugtlaan is a metro station on line 50 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 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...
(1986-2000) This station was considered superfluous after the completion of the ring line of the Amsterdam metroAmsterdam MetroThe Amsterdam Metro is a mixed rapid transit and light rail system in Amsterdam, and its surrounding municipalities Amstelveen, Diemen, and Ouder-Amstel in the Netherlands. The network is owned by the city of Amsterdam and operated by the Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf, the company that also operates...
. It had to be demolished in order to build the Hemboog connection between Zaandam and Schiphol.
Amsterdam region
Railway stations in the Amsterdam area are:- DuivendrechtDuivendrecht railway stationThe Duivendrecht railway station is a combined rail and metro station in Duivendrecht, Netherlands. The station opened in May 1993 as part of the extension of the Zuidtak of the Amsterdam Ringspoorbaan, between Amsterdam RAI and Weesp....
A bi-level railway station between Amsterdam Amstel and Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA. It is on the Amsterdam - Utrecht line and Schipol - Weesp lines. - Schiphol An underground railway station for Amsterdam Schiphol AirportAmsterdam Schiphol AirportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol ) is the Netherlands' main international airport, located 20 minutes southwest of Amsterdam, in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The airport's official English name, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, reflects the original Dutch word order...
. - DiemenDiemen railway stationDiemen railway station is located in Diemen, a suburb in Southeast Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The station was first opened in 1 August 1882 and closed on 1 October 1913. It reopened on 24 May 1974. The station remains in the same location as before. At the station there is a hexagonal NS ticket...
A regional train station situated between Amsterdam Science Park and Weesp on the Amsterdam - Amersfoort line. - Diemen ZuidDiemen Zuid railway stationDiemen Zuid is a railway station is located in the southeastern Amsterdam suburb of Diemen. The railway station is served by Nederlandse Spoorwegen 'heavy rail' services as well as Line 53 of the Amsterdam Metro. The station was first used as only a metro station operated by GVB in 1977...
A regional train and metro station. It is located between Duivendrecht and Weesp.