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Amsterdam Centraal. Amsterdam Centraal station (Dutch: Station Amsterdam Centraal [staːˈɕɔn ˌɑmstərˈdɑm sɛnˈtraːl]; abbreviation: Asd) 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 ...
Dam Square with the Royal Palace (center) and the back of the National Monument (left) in 2024. Dam Square or the Dam (Dutch pronunciation: [dɑm]) is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the ...
Railway network in the Netherlands, 2017. There are currently 401 railway stations in the Netherlands [1] including four which are used only during special events and one which serves the National Railway Museum only. NS Stations is the body which manages and owns all railway stations in the Netherlands. [2]
Kattenburgerplein. Prins Hendrikkade (Dutch for "Prince Henry's Quay") is a major street in the centre of Amsterdam. It passes Amsterdam Central Station, intersects the Damrak at the mouth of the Amstel river, and forms the southern end of the IJtunnel across the IJ bay. The street formed the northern edge and outer harbour of the city until ...
Amsterdam Westerdok (1878–1889) Amsterdam Oosterdok (1874–1889) Amsterdam Haarlemmermeer (Willemspark) (1915–1950) Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan (1986–2000) This station was considered superfluous after the completion of the ring line of the Amsterdam metro. It had to be demolished in order to build the Hemboog connection between Zaandam and ...
The Damrak is an avenue and partially filled in canal at the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, running between Amsterdam Centraal in the north and Dam Square in the south. It is the main street where people arriving at the station enter the centre of the city. Also, it is one of the two GVB tram routes from the station into the centre, with ...
Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough. The borough is 8.04 km 2 and covers the UNESCO -listed Amsterdam canal belt.
The 15 tram lines within Amsterdam's tram network serve all boroughs in Amsterdam except for Amsterdam-Noord on the north side of the IJ and Amsterdam Zuidoost. [2] Tram lines 5 and 25 extend south of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid to serve the municipalities of Amstelveen [4] and Uithoorn, [5] and tram line 19 extends east of the borough of Amsterdam-Oost to serve the municipality of Diemen.