Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station

Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station in 2011
Location	Amsterdam Netherlands
Coordinates	52°18′47″N 4°56′46″E / 52.31306°N 4.94611°E / 52.31306; 4.94611Coordinates: 52°18′47″N 4°56′46″E / 52.31306°N 4.94611°E / 52.31306; 4.94611
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Platforms	6 (train) 2 (metro)
Other information
Station code	Asb
History
Opened	1971 (first railway station) 1976 (second railway station) 2007 (third railway station)
Previous names	Amsterdam Bijlmer (1971–2006)
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Amsterdam Zuid toward Schiphol Airport NS Intercity 3100 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early Sunday mornings Utrecht Centraal toward Nijmegen NS Intercity 3500 2x/hour; Not on evenings Utrecht Centraal toward Heerlen and Venlo NS Intercity 3500 2x/hour; Evenings until +/- 9:15pm Utrecht Centraal toward Venlo NS Intercity 3500 2x/hour; Evenings after +/- 9:15pm Utrecht Centraal Terminus Duivendrecht toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 2x/hour Amsterdam Holendrecht toward Rotterdam Centraal Duivendrecht toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 7400 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends. Continues at/arrives at Amsterdam Centraal as Sprinter 4700 to/from Uitgeest Amsterdam Holendrecht toward Rhenen GVB Strandvliet toward Isolatorweg Line 50 Bullewijk toward Gein Strandvliet toward Centraal Station Line 54
Location

Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑmstərˈdɑm ˈbɛilmər aːˈreːnaː]; abbreviation: Asb), previously named Amsterdam Bijlmer (1971–2006), is a railway station in the Bijlmermeer neighbourhood of the Amsterdam Zuidoost stadsdeel (borough) of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station has five platforms and eight tracks; two for the Amsterdam Metro and six train tracks, along with a bus station. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Originally opened on 24 May 1971, the station has been rebuilt twice. In July 2007, a large part of the rebuilding was completed and on 17 November 2007 the station was fully opened. The new station was designed by Grimshaw Architects of London in association with Arcadis Architecten.

The station arches over the ArenA Boulevard. The complex is almost 100 metres (330 ft) long, 70 m (230 ft) wide, and 30 m (98 ft) tall. It is mostly transparent, to blend in with the rest of the Boulevard.

The metro lines that stop at this station are Metroline 54 (Amsterdam Centraal – Gein) and Metroline 50 (Isolatorweg – Gein).

On 10 December 2006 the station's name was changed from Amsterdam Bijlmer to Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA, to match its location (ArenA Boulevard), named after the nearby Amsterdam ArenA stadium, home of AFC Ajax. On the west side is Heineken Music Hall and Pathé ArenA cinema with 14 screens and the newly built event venue Ziggo Dome. On the east side is Amsterdamse Poort, the largest shopping centre in Amsterdam.