*** Welcome to piglix ***

Amsterdam Centraal railway station

Amsterdam Centraal
Estación Central, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 2016-05-30, DD 01-03 HDR.jpg
Station building in 2011
Location Stationsplein 15
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°22′42″N 4°54′0″E / 52.37833°N 4.90000°E / 52.37833; 4.90000Coordinates: 52°22′42″N 4°54′0″E / 52.37833°N 4.90000°E / 52.37833; 4.90000
Operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s) Amsterdam–Rotterdam railway
Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Amsterdam–Zutphen railway
Nieuwediep–Amsterdam railway
Amsterdam–Schiphol railway
Platforms 11
Tracks 15
Connections Railway line GVB Amsterdam Metro: 51, 53, 54
Railway line GVB Amsterdam Tram: 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 17, 24, 26
GVB Amsterdam Ferry: 901, 902, 905, 906, 907
Bus transport Connexxion: 170, 172, 174, 272, 391, 392, 394, N70, N71, N92, N94
Bus transport EBS: 301, 304, 306, 307, 308, 312, 314, 315, 316, 319, N01, N04, N10, N14
Bus transport GVB: 18, 21, 22, 32, 33, 34, 35, 48, 748, 752, 753, 754, 755, 757, 758, 759, 761, 763
Construction
Architect Pierre Cuypers
Other information
Station code Asd
History
Opened 15 October 1889
Traffic
Passengers 162.000 passenger daily (2013-2014 statistics)
Location
Amsterdam Centraal station is located in Randstad
Amsterdam Centraal station

Amsterdam Centraal (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑmstər'dɑm sɛn'traːl]; abbreviation: Asd) is the largest railway station of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a major national railway hub. Used by 162,000 passengers a day, it is the second-busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal and the most visited national heritage site of the Netherlands.

National and international railway services at Amsterdam Centraal are provided by NS, the principal rail operator in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Centraal is the northern terminus of Amsterdam Metro Routes 51, 53, and 54, operated by municipal public transport operator GVB. It is also served by a number of GVB tram and ferry routes as well as local and regional bus routes operated by GVB, Connexxion and EBS.

Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1889. It features a Gothic/Renaissance Revival station building and a cast iron platform roof spanning approximately 40 metres.

Since 1997, the station building, underground passages, metro station and the surrounding area have been undergoing major reconstruction and renovation works to accommodate the North-South Line metro route, which is due to open in 2018.


...
Wikipedia

...