Gein
5054- Opened
- 27 August 1982
- Level
- Elevated
- District
- Zuidoost
- lines
- 50 54
Where does the name come from?
The station and district are named after the Gein, the reed-fringed little river that runs south of Amsterdam towards Abcoude.
The story
A terminus with a painter's pedigree
Gein is the southern terminus of the metro. The station on Wageningendreef in Gaasperdam opened on 27 August 1982, when the Gein line was extended from Holendrecht via Reigersbos. It is an elevated station with an island platform and two tracks, and both line 54 and orbital line 50 end here.
The station borrows its name from a river with an art-historical reputation. Around 1900 Piet Mondrian discovered the countryside along the Gein. Between 1903 and 1908 he painted the Oostzijdse Mill there no fewer than 25 times, with most of his Gein paintings made between 1905 and 1907. He and other Amsterdam painters sometimes rowed out on the water to work.
For line 50, though, Gein will soon stop being the end of the line. Under the decision on the new metro map taken in November 2025, line 50 is due to run to Gaasperplas instead of Gein from December 2027. Anyone travelling from here to Nieuw-West will then have to change at Van der Madeweg.
Mondrian painted the Oostzijdse Mill on the Gein no fewer than 25 times between 1903 and 1908.
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