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The forerunner of the GVB, the Gemeentetram Amsterdam (GTA) (Amsterdam Municipal Tramway), was established on 1 January 1900 by the city after it acquired a number of private companies. The first electric tram ran on 14 August 1900. [ 2 ]
The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, [5] with a ...
In July 2010, Eberhard van der Laan (Labour Party) was appointed mayor of Amsterdam by the national government for a six-year term after being nominated by the Amsterdam municipal council. [4] After the 2014 municipal council elections , a governing majority of D66 , VVD and SP was formed - the first coalition without the Labour Party since ...
Length: 30.9 m (101 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Width: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Weight (fully loaded):48.0 t (105,800 lb) Maximum speed: 70 km/h (43 mph) Power: 6 x 70 kW DC power supply: 750 volts 1997–present Series M5 Full metro units for Routes 50, 52, 53 and 54 Built by Alstom Konstal (28 units total) Cars per unit: 6
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These municipalities come in a wide range of sizes, Westervoort is the smallest with a land area of 7.01 km 2 (2.71 sq mi) and Súdwest-Fryslân the largest with a land area of 522.7 km 2 (201.8 sq mi). Schiermonnikoog is both the least populated, with 972 people, and the least densely populated municipality at 23/km 2 (60/sq mi).
The first Amsterdam boroughs were created in 1981, with other boroughs created in later years. The last area to be granted the status of borough was Amsterdam-Centrum (2002). The existing system of seven boroughs, covering most parts of Amsterdam , is the result of a major borough reform in 2010.
[7] [10] [11] [12] On 27 May 2019, rush-hour tram line 6 was introduced between Amsterdam Zuid station and Amstelveen Stadshart. Because metro line 51 was discontinued and, because the replacement bus service ran non-stop between the former De Boelelaan/VU and Oranjebaan, line 5 became overcrowded. At Zuid station, line 6 trams turned back on ...