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Transportation within the city of Amsterdam is characterised by bicycles and public transportation. Large freeways only exist around the city, terminating at the A10 Ringroad . Navigating by car through the city centre is discouraged, with the government sponsoring initiatives to reduce car usage.
The Amsterdam Metro (Dutch: Amsterdamse metro) is a rapid transit system serving Amsterdam, Netherlands, and extending to the surrounding municipalities of Diemen and Ouder-Amstel. Until 2019, it also served the municipality of Amstelveen , but this route was closed and converted into a tram line.
In Amsterdam, Vervoerregio Amsterdam decided to use the R-net livery and logo on all metro trains but on only one tram line . The GVB blue-white livery is used on all other Amsterdam tram lines. [5] In the GVB's order for 72 15G trams from CAF, 25 trams have in R-net livery with the remainder in GVB livery. [6]
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, located 9 km (5.6 mi) southwest of Amsterdam, is the main international airport in the Netherlands, and the third busiest airport in Europe in terms of passengers. Offering direct flights to 326 destination airports around the planet, Schiphol is the world's second best connected airport.
The GVB operates a number of public transportation networks in and around the city of Amsterdam, including: 5 metro lines, partly elevated, no level crossings.; 14 tram routes, on street, partly mixed with all other traffic, partly on lanes shared with buses and taxis, and partly on separate lanes.
The Amsterdam Tram (Dutch: Amsterdamse tram [ˌɑmstəɹˈdɑmsə tɾɛm]) is a tram network in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It dates back to 1875 and since 1943 has been operated by municipal public transport operator Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB), which also runs the Amsterdam Metro and the city bus and ferry services.
This metro route provides the northern borough with direct, rapid transit access to Amsterdam Centraal station, the Amsterdam city centre and the southern borough where it terminates at Amsterdam Zuid station. It is projected that more than 42,500 passengers will be using the station on a daily basis.
The concept of a North-South line running from Amsterdam-Noord through the Centraal Station to Schiphol was explored in the 1968 Stadsspor plan. According to the plan the line would continue from Amsterdam Zuid through Amstelveen, along the Beneluxbaan and finally arriving at the airport. It was decided to start development on the Oostlijn ...