Every metro station in Amsterdam
From Noord to Gein: where do the names come from, what was there before, and why did the Nieuwmarkt erupt in 1975? Click a station on the map or pick a line.
Line 51
19 stations, from Isolatorweg to Centraal Station
- IsolatorwegSince 1997 A terminus among industrial units, on streets called Generator Street and Magnet Street. Elevated 5051
- SloterdijkSince 1997 When the first station opened here in 1956, Sloterdijk was still a small village. Elevated 5051
- De VlugtlaanSince 1997 Trains stopped here too until 2000, when the railway station gave way to the Hemboog curve. Elevated 5051
- Jan van GalenstraatSince 1997 The station bears the name of a naval hero who kept fighting with a shattered leg. Elevated 5051
- PostjeswegSince 1997 A 'postje' is a little bridge: this street is named after a waterway full of small crossings. Elevated 5051
- LelylaanSince 1997 Between 1986 and around 1996, direct trains to Brussels and Berlin called here. Elevated 5051
- HeemstedestraatSince 1997 When it was approved in 1992, the Ring Line was called a 'ring rapid tram' for political reasons. Elevated 5051
- Henk SneevlietwegSince 1997 This station is named after a Rotterdam man who attended the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Elevated 5051
- AmstelveensewegSince 1997 During big concerts at the Olympic Stadium, the metro sometimes simply skips this station. Elevated 5051
- ZuidSince 1990 This station is squeezed between the A10 carriageways, and part of the motorway is set to go underground. Elevated 505152
- RAISince 1990 Its glass roof is 150 metres long, and its shape has been compared to a cat's head. Elevated 5051
- OveramstelSince 1990 This is where the lines part ways: line 51 heads for the centre, line 50 for Gein. Elevated 5051
- SpaklerwegSince 1982 Spaklerweg was only added in 1982, almost five years after Amsterdam's first metro ride. Elevated 515354
- AmstelSince 1977 Queen Wilhelmina opened Amstel station in 1939; 38 years later the metro arrived. Elevated 515354
- WibautstraatSince 1977 Wibautstraat station uses cartoonist Opland's work to recall when three newspapers were based here. Underground 515354
- WeesperpleinSince 1977 In a nuclear war, 12,000 people could have sheltered inside Weesperplein metro station. Underground 515354
- WaterloopleinSince 1980 In one of Waterlooplein's halls, footprints in the floor light up one by one, as if someone is walking. Underground 515354
- NieuwmarktSince 1980 Nieuwmarkt station is one big artwork about the riots its own construction sparked in 1975. Underground 515354
- Centraal StationSince 1980 A metro tunnel was built beneath Centraal Station while trains kept running overhead. Underground 51525354
The first ride
On 14 October 1977 Amsterdam's first metro train ran on the East Line, from Weesperplein to the Bijlmer, where the route split towards Gaasperplas and Holendrecht. The historic centre was not yet served: trains only reached Centraal Station on 11 October 1980, through the contested tunnel under the Nieuwmarkt.
To Schiphol, and a station that never came
In November 2022 the national government decided to extend the North/South Line to Schiphol and Hoofddorp, but the project is under pressure: in early 2026 it was found to be 3 to 6 billion euros short, with a decision on how to proceed expected at the end of 2026. Sixhaven station in Noord, for which the tunnel was already widened, was shelved indefinitely in January 2021.