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All 28 trains are now designated as M5 by GVB. [5] The fleet of this type has reached its final size. To increase flexibility and capacity, the Amsterdam Regional Transport Authority (Stadsregio Amsterdam) ordered shorter M7 trains, deliveries of which began in 2021. These consist of 30 three-car trainsets (with an option for 30 more) that can ...
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) 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.
There are 33 full metro stations, [1] Since Route 52 on the new North-South Line opened, six additional stations and 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) of route have been added to the metro system, [23] yielding a new combined network length of 52 kilometres (32 mi). [24]
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.
Bidirectional 11G trams served line 5 between 1990 and 2021. In 2011, tram line 5, running between Centraal and Zuid stations, was the busiest tram line in the city with 42,000 boardings per day. [8] On 22 July 2018, the opening of the Noord-Zuid metro line resulted in many changes to the Amsterdam tram system, including line 5.
The line is 9.7 km long, of these 7.1 km are underground. [5] [6] The end to end travel time is 15 minutes, and from the Centraal Station to the north terminus 4 minutes and 11 minutes to the south terminus. The line starts above ground in Amsterdam-Noord and passes under the IJ and the Centraal Station.
At the Busstation Elandsgracht are stops for tram lines 5 , 7 , 17 and 19; Connexxion regional bus station and a taxi rank. On the section of the Elandsgracht between the Marnixstraat and the Singelgracht the first tram line appeared in 1905, line 7. Line 17 was added in 1915. In 1974 was a station for the Witkar, invented by Luud Schimmelpennink.
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.