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The newest addition to the Amsterdam Metro fleet is the M7 series, manufactured by the Spanish manufacturer CAF, which entered passenger service on February 28, 2023. Onwards, the M7 series departs radically from previous generation M5 units by coming in three-car articulated sets with gangway connections between all cars.
Testing of the line and vehicles started on 17 August 2020. Training of 300 tram operators started in October. [33] Beginning 30 November, a full system test of line was conducted with trams running to schedule but without passengers. [34] Unofficially, line 25 carried paying passengers starting 9 December 2020 during the system testing period.
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.
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In 2007, the GVB became a private corporation under the name GVB Activa B.V., wholly owned by the City of Amsterdam; previously, the GVB was part of the City Of Amsterdam. [4] Between 2006 and 2016, Stadsregio Amsterdam was the authority responsible for all public transport in the greater Amsterdam area; it granted a concession (contract) to ...
The Weesperplein–Gaasperplas route was opened on 14 October 1977 and replaced the busy bus line 56. On 11 October 1980, the extension from Weesperplein to Centraal Station followed. [ 2 ] Until 2013, almost only type M1, M2 and M3 rolling stock were in service on this line, which were built for this line between 1973 and 1980.
Neighbourhood: Amsterdam Oost During term time, just one-third of this independent hotel is given over to guests. Students occupy the remaining 350 rooms in a separate wing but contribute to the ...
Armin van Buuren and Tiesto, some of the world's leading Trance DJs hail from the Netherlands and frequently perform in Amsterdam. Each year in October, the city hosts the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) which is one of the leading electronic music conferences and one of the biggest club festivals for electronic music in the world, attracting over ...