Ganzenhoef
53- Opened
- October 1977
- Level
- Elevated
- District
- Zuidoost
- Line
- 53
Where does the name come from?
The station is named after the Ganzenhoef neighbourhood in the Bijlmermeer. The origin of that name could not be confirmed in a source.
The story
The station that stopped the MetroMorfose
Ganzenhoef sits high up: the tracks here run on a viaduct of around 15 metres. The station opened in October 1977 on line 53, between Verrijn Stuartweg and Kraaiennest, in the heart of the Bijlmer.
Early this century the dark concrete was to make way for light and glass. Ganzenhoef was one of the stations in the MetroMorfose programme and reopened in 2009. But costs here rose so steeply that the programme was then halted, and other stations such as Reigersbos had to make do with a more modest makeover.
In the early hours of 21 March 2019 the station hit the news again, though not for its architecture. At around half past three, criminals blew up the cash machine by the entrance. Ceiling panels came down and almost every window was damaged. The two suspects fled towards Diemen on a scooter. Line 53 only ran as far as Diemen Zuid that day, and repairs took longer than expected.
A cash machine blast in March 2019 damaged almost every window of the glass-clad Ganzenhoef station.
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