Every metro station in Amsterdam

1. AmstelSince 1977 Queen Wilhelmina opened Amstel station in 1939; 38 years later the metro arrived. Elevated 515354
2. AmstelveensewegSince 1997 During big concerts at the Olympic Stadium, the metro sometimes simply skips this station. Elevated 5051
3. Bijlmer ArenASince 1977 This station has been built three times: in 1971, 1976 and 2007. The latest is 30 metres tall. Elevated 5054
4. BullewijkSince 1977 The stream this stop is named after was still labelled 'Oude Amstel' on a map from 1687. Elevated 5054
5. Centraal StationSince 1980 A metro tunnel was built beneath Centraal Station while trains kept running overhead. Underground 51525354
6. De PijpSince 2018 At De Pijp the platforms are not side by side but stacked, ten metres apart. Underground 52
7. De VlugtlaanSince 1997 Trains stopped here too until 2000, when the railway station gave way to the Hemboog curve. Elevated 5051
8. Diemen ZuidSince 1977 Diemen Zuid had had a metro for sixteen years before trains started calling in 1993. Elevated 53
9. DuivendrechtSince 1977 Here the metro runs between the intercity tracks: changing trains means crossing the platform. Elevated 5054
10. EuropapleinSince 2018 Europaplein is the shallowest station on the North/South Line and the only one dug from street level. Underground 52
11. GaasperplasSince 1977 Line 53's terminus was already here when the 1982 Floriade opened its gates next door. Elevated 53
12. GanzenhoefSince 1977 Ganzenhoef's glass makeover ran so far over budget that a whole renovation programme was halted. Elevated 53
13. GeinSince 1982 This terminus is named after the river where Mondrian painted the same windmill 25 times. Elevated 5054
14. HeemstedestraatSince 1997 When it was approved in 1992, the Ring Line was called a 'ring rapid tram' for political reasons. Elevated 5051
15. Henk SneevlietwegSince 1997 This station is named after a Rotterdam man who attended the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Elevated 5051
16. HolendrechtSince 1977 For five years Holendrecht was the end of the line; only in 1982 did the metro continue to Gein. Elevated 5054
17. IsolatorwegSince 1997 A terminus among industrial units, on streets called Generator Street and Magnet Street. Elevated 5051
18. Jan van GalenstraatSince 1997 The station bears the name of a naval hero who kept fighting with a shattered leg. Elevated 5051
19. KraaiennestSince 1977 The pattern in Kraaiennest's steel facade is adapted from a baroque chateau gate. Elevated 53
20. LelylaanSince 1997 Between 1986 and around 1996, direct trains to Brussels and Berlin called here. Elevated 5051
21. NieuwmarktSince 1980 Nieuwmarkt station is one big artwork about the riots its own construction sparked in 1975. Underground 515354
22. NoordSince 2018 Hidden among the migrating birds in the platform floor at Noord is a toilet duck. At street level 52
23. NoorderparkSince 2018 On a line famous for its deep stations, Noorderpark sits high above street level. Elevated 52
24. OveramstelSince 1990 This is where the lines part ways: line 51 heads for the centre, line 50 for Gein. Elevated 5051
25. PostjeswegSince 1997 A 'postje' is a little bridge: this street is named after a waterway full of small crossings. Elevated 5051
26. RAISince 1990 Its glass roof is 150 metres long, and its shape has been compared to a cat's head. Elevated 5051
27. ReigersbosSince 1982 Reigersbos's concrete shell was ready in 1975, but the first train only stopped here in 1982. Elevated 5054
28. RokinSince 2018 Along Rokin's escalators lie thousands of objects dug up from the old Amstel riverbed right here. Underground 52
29. SloterdijkSince 1997 When the first station opened here in 1956, Sloterdijk was still a small village. Elevated 5051
30. SpaklerwegSince 1982 Spaklerweg was only added in 1982, almost five years after Amsterdam's first metro ride. Elevated 515354
31. StrandvlietSince 1977 Strandvliet is one of Amsterdam's very first metro stations, open since October 1977. Elevated 5054
32. Van der MadewegSince 1977 This station has its own wash plant, where metro trains go through the brushes. At street level 505354
33. VenserpolderSince 1977 Venserpolder opened in October 1977, when Amsterdam's metro first carried passengers. Elevated 53
34. Verrijn StuartwegSince 1977 This metro stop in Diemen bears the name of an economist who chaired the Dutch Social and Economic Council. Elevated 53
35. VijzelgrachtSince 2018 Vijzelgracht station has 47-metre escalators, the longest in the Benelux. Underground 52
36. WaterloopleinSince 1980 In one of Waterlooplein's halls, footprints in the floor light up one by one, as if someone is walking. Underground 515354
37. WeesperpleinSince 1977 In a nuclear war, 12,000 people could have sheltered inside Weesperplein metro station. Underground 515354
38. WibautstraatSince 1977 Wibautstraat station uses cartoonist Opland's work to recall when three newspapers were based here. Underground 515354
39. ZuidSince 1990 This station is squeezed between the A10 carriageways, and part of the motorway is set to go underground. Elevated 505152

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