The Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (GVB) (municipal transport company) of Amsterdam operates Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54´E 52°22´N Website www. ...

• 3 metro lines, partly elevated, no level crossings.
• a light rail line (sneltram = fast tram) to the neighboring town Amstelveen, partly using metro tracks, partly on the street with its own lanes, but with level crossings.
• 17 tram lines, on the street, partly mixed with all other traffic, partly on lanes shared with buses and taxis, and partly on separate lanes.
• many bus lines; bus traffic is often mixed with other traffic, but sometimes on lanes shared with trams and taxis or lanes for buses only.
• Several ferries across the IJ; at least one is frequent, operating 24 hours a day, free of charge.

A new metro line, North/South Line is under construction. Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level (or at grade) - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Amstelveen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and possibly their vehicles, on a relatively short-distance, regularly-scheduled service. ... Satellite image of Amsterdam and surroundings showing whats left of the IJ, its polders, and the North Sea Canal. ... North-South Line can refer to railway lines of two countries: Singapore North-South Line Amsterdam North/South Line This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Metro

(standard gauge (1.435 m)) Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... - File links The following pages link to this file: North/South Line Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf List of Amsterdam metro stations ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...

• Amsterdam, Diemen, Ouder-Amstel
  • power 750 volt DC

• 50: Isolatorweg - Gein
  • Isolatorweg - Sloterdijk NS - De Vlugtlaan - Jan van Galenstraat - Postjesweg - Lelylaan - Heemstedelaan - Henk Sneevlietweg - Amstelveenseweg - Zuid/WTC NS - RAI NS - Overamstel - Van der Madeweg - Duivendrecht NS - Strandvliet/Arena - Bijlmer NS - Bullewijk - Holendrecht - Reigersbos - Gein.
• 51: Centraal station - Amstelveen Poortwachter (partly light rail)
  • Centraal Station - Nieuwmarkt - Waterlooplein - Weesperplein - Wibautstraat - Amstel NS - Spaklerweg - Overamstel - RAI NS - Zuid/WTC (change to light rail) - De Boelelaan/VU - A. J. Ernststraat - Van Boshuizenstraat - Uilenstede - Kronenburg - Zonnestein - Onderuit - Oranjebaan - Amstelveen Centrum - Oudekerkerlaan - Sportlaan - Marne - Meent - Brink - Poortwachter.
• 53: Centraal station - Gaasperplas
  • Centraal Station - Nieuwmarkt - Waterlooplein - Weesperplein - Wibautstraat - Amstel NS - Spaklerweg - Van der Madeweg - Venserpolder - Diemen Zuid NS - Verrijn Stuartweg - Ganzenhoef - Kraaiennest - Gaasperplas.
• 54: Centraal Station - Gein
  • Centraal Station - Nieuwmarkt - Waterlooplein - Weesperplein - Wibautstraat - Amstel NS - Spaklerweg - Van der Madeweg - Duivendrecht NS - Strandvliet/Arena - Bijlmer NS - Bullewijk - Holendrecht - Reigersbos - Gein.

See also Amsterdam metro. Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54´E 52°22´N Website www. ... Diemen Noord by night Diemen (population: 24,049 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Ouder-Amstel (population: 13,055 in 2004) is a municipality in the northwestern Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Duivendrecht is a village in the Netherlands (municipality Ouder-Amstel). ... Amstelveen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ... Duivendrecht is a village in the Netherlands (municipality Ouder-Amstel). ... // History Amsterdam decided on the constructuion of a metro system in 1968. ...

Tram / light rail

(standard gauge (1.435 m)) A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...

Amsterdam Tram (Combino type)

• Amsterdam, Diemen, Amstelveen
  • power 600 volt DC
  • the line to Amstelveen partly runs on metro track, therefore the light rail vehicles on this line are capable of using 600 volt DC as well as 750 volt DC
  • lines: 1 CS - Osdorp De Aker, 2 CS - Nieuw Sloten, 3 Zoutkeetsgracht - Muiderpoort station, 4 CS - Rai NS, 5 CS - Amstelveen Binnenhof, 6 Plantage Parklaan - Leidseplein - VU Medisch Centrum, 7 Slotermeer - Leidseplein - Flevopark, 9 CS - Diemen Sniep, 10 Van Hallstraat - Azartplein, 12 Amstel station - Station Sloterdijk, 13 CS - Geuzenveld Lambertus Zijlplein, 14 Slotermeer - Dam - Flevopark, 16 CS - VU Medisch Centrum, 17 CS - Osdorp Dijkgraafplein, 24 CS - Olympiaweg, 25 CS - Pres. Kennedylaan, 26 CS - IJburg.
  • Recent Projects:
    • IJ-line (26) (opened in may 2005)
    • 155 new trams of the type Combino of Siemens AG Verkehrstechnik, built in 2002-2004

Image File history File links Tram_Amsterdam. ... Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54´E 52°22´N Website www. ... Diemen Noord by night Diemen (population: 24,049 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Amstelveen is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... The Combino is a low floor tram produced by Siemens Transportation Systems (formerly Düwag). ... Siemens AG (FWB: SIE, NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ...

External links

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Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf

• GVB (official)
• UrbanRail.Net
• Rail3D
• Tram map
• For exact rail tracks, see very detailed map of Amsterdam.