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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.
The CAF Inneo M7 is a series of electric multiple unit (EMU) trainsets used in the Amsterdam Metro. This train was put into service on 28 February 2023, and is expected to remain in operation for at least 30 years. With a length of three carriages (together almost 60 meters), an M7 set is half as long as an M5 set. The intention is to run ...
Metro Line 51 (Dutch: Metrolijn 51), also known as the Ring Line (Ringlijn), is an Amsterdam Metro line running from Amsterdam Centraal station to Isolatorweg metro station, almost creating a full circle through Amsterdam. It was opened in December 1990 as a metro/tram hybrid line named sneltram ('express tram') and served the suburb of Amstelveen.
The metro was built nevertheless, but plans to build a highway through the neighbourhood in the centre of Amsterdam were abolished. A new underground line, the North/South Line (Noord/Zuidlijn), has been constructed since 2002. The completion date was 22 July 2018.
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]
The construction was decided upon by the Amsterdam city council in 1992. For political reasons, the line was initially called the "ring rapid tram"; since the Nieuwmarkt riots in 1975, the term "metro" had been more or less taboo in Amsterdam politics. Construction of the line began in 1992.
Amsterdam Metro Network Amsterdam Tram Network. 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.
Amstelveenseweg is an Amsterdam Metro station in the south of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station opened in 1997 and is served by line 50 and 51 (Isolatorweg - Gein & Centraal Station - Isolatorweg). Amstelveenseweg station is an "important" transit point as the metro crosses several bus and tram lines.