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.
North/South Line
8 stations, from Noord to Zuid
- NoordSince 2018 Hidden among the migrating birds in the platform floor at Noord is a toilet duck. At street level 52
- NoorderparkSince 2018 On a line famous for its deep stations, Noorderpark sits high above street level. Elevated 52
- Centraal StationSince 1980 A metro tunnel was built beneath Centraal Station while trains kept running overhead. Underground 51525354
- RokinSince 2018 Along Rokin's escalators lie thousands of objects dug up from the old Amstel riverbed right here. Underground 52
- VijzelgrachtSince 2018 Vijzelgracht station has 47-metre escalators, the longest in the Benelux. Underground 52
- De PijpSince 2018 At De Pijp the platforms are not side by side but stacked, ten metres apart. Underground 52
- EuropapleinSince 2018 Europaplein is the shallowest station on the North/South Line and the only one dug from street level. Underground 52
- ZuidSince 1990 This station is squeezed between the A10 carriageways, and part of the motorway is set to go underground. Elevated 505152
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.