Amsterdam Centraal station at night

Amsterdam Centraal (Asd) is the Centraal Station (Central Station) of Amsterdam. It is one of the main railway nodes of the Netherlands. Maps: [1] [2] [3]; photos [4], [5] MQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MM 4M 2M 1M 500k 200k 100k 50k 25k 10k 5k MSNE 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 MSNW 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 sat Amsterdams Centraal Station at night. ... Amsterdams Centraal Station at night. ... Amsterdam Centraal station at night Centraal Station (Central Station) or CS is the Dutch for main railway station, which serves as a transportation hub of a city. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates Website www. ...

It is also the starting point of Amsterdam metro lines 51, 53, and 54. The lines of the Amsterdam metro // History Amsterdam decided on the construction of a metro system in 1968. ...

The station is being reconstructed with the construction of the North/South Line (metro line). To the south it passes through a tunnel under the Damrak, to the north a tunnel under the IJ bay is constructed. The North/South Line (in Dutch Noord/Zuidlijn) of Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a new metro line being constructed from 2003. ... A birdseye view of Amsterdam circa 1544, looking south. ... Satellite image of Amsterdam and surroundings showing whats left of the IJ, its polders, and the North Sea Canal. ...

Amsterdam Centraal was designed by P. J. H. Cuypers and Al Van Gendt, and opened in 1889. Petrus Josephus Hubertus (Pierre) Cuypers (Roermond, The Netherlands; May 16, 1827 – March 3, 1921) was a Dutch architect. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

// Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... The Dutch Railways operate major passenger train station Schiphol directly underneath the passenger terminal complex of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ... // Introduction Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) is the main public transport railway company in the Netherlands. ...

Railway station layout

There are 15 tracks, of which 11 along a platform: At its most basic, a railway station consists of a place without any facilities where trains stop. ... A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. ...

• 4 island platforms with on both sides tracks along the full length (tracks 4/5, 7/8, 10/11, 13/14)
• 1 side platform with 1 track along the full length (15)
• 1 bay platform / side platform with 2 tracks (1/2)

10 of the 11 tracks along a platform have an a- and a b-side (all except track 1), hence there are 21 places where a train can be positioned for getting on and off. An island platform on a railway is one in which a single platform is provided for two tracks, usually on the same line but in opposite directions. ... Side platforms Railway stations on double lines can have side platforms or island platforms. ... A bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in Britain to mean a dead-end platform at a railway station which otherwise consists exclusively (or predominately) of through platforms. ...

• • one with on one side track along the full length (track 2), on the other side there is track only at the west end (track 1; bay platform), along the rest of the platform is the station building.

 :Tracks 3, 6, 9, and 12 have no platform. 

Diagram (platforms are yellow, tunnels are grey, north is up):

// Train routes by timetable number Train routes in the Netherlands are identified by numbers. ... The Dutch Railways operate major passenger train station Schiphol directly underneath the passenger terminal complex of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. ... Haarlemmermeer (population: 127,750 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 742,951(1 January 2005) Coordinates Website www. ... The municipality of Amsterdam is located in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... Sloterdijk () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ... // Train routes by timetable number Train routes in the Netherlands are identified by numbers. ... Station Haarlem is the main trainstation of Haarlem, the Netherlands. ... See Velsen, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, and Railway_stations_in_the_Netherlands#H. ... Sloterdijk () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. ...

See also

• Railway stations in the Netherlands
• nl:Stationsplein (Amsterdam) - Station square (in Dutch)

There are 387 train stations in the Netherlands, since December 2004, when Almere Oostvaarders was opened. ...

External links

• Schematic maps of all tracks, switches and platforms:
  • west side
  • east side