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Cars per unit: 2 Length: 30.6 m (100 ft 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Width: 2.65 metres (8 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Weight (fully loaded):48.5 t (107,000 lb) Maximum speed: 70 km/h (43 mph) Power: 6 x 77 kW DC power supply: 600/750 volts 1990–2024 Series S3 and M4 Light metro units for operation on Routes 50 and 51, sometimes operates on Route 53
Amsterdam Lelylaan is a railway, metro, tram and bus station in west Amsterdam. It is served by trains of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and metros of the GVB. The station opened on 1 June 1986. It is located on the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway, a few km south of Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station.
The first Dutch railway was built and opened in 1839 on a short stretch between Amsterdam and Haarlem, and was expanded between 1840 and 1847 to The Hague and Rotterdam. [10] Originally built with a broad gauge of 1,945 mm (6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in), it was converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge in 1866. [11]
Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...
The 15 tram lines within Amsterdam's tram network serve all boroughs in Amsterdam except for Amsterdam-Noord on the north side of the IJ and Amsterdam Zuidoost. [2] Tram lines 5 and 25 extend south of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid to serve the municipalities of Amstelveen [4] and Uithoorn, [5] and tram line 19 extends east of the borough of Amsterdam-Oost to serve the municipality of Diemen.
3.5 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 600 V Heritage streetcar: Salt Lake City Light Rail: 72.1 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 750 V Salt Lake City Streetcar: 3.2 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) San Diego Trolley: 103.8 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 600 V Oldest "second-generation" light rail system in the United States
The line was officially opened on 21 July 2018 by the mayor of Amsterdam, Femke Halsema [2] and was opened to the public on the next day, 22 July 2018. [3] This was not the first line 52 in Amsterdam. During May 2008 and July 2013, part of line 50 was run as line 52 due to work in the Station Zuid area. [4]
S1 and S2 units, collectively called S1/S2, were electric multiple unit trains used on the Amsterdam Metro in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Built by La Brugeoise et Nivelles (BN), 13 of these units were ordered by the GVB in 1988 (S1), as well as an additional 12 later in 1991 (S2), for a new line from Amsterdam Centraal station to the suburb of Amstelveen.