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2017 – New North-South Line (52). New line, 9.5 km, 8 stations.
Tours of the metro system, guided by experts. For dates and reservation contact the tour operator or check their website.
An excursion around the North-South Metro Line project, including an informative film and a short guided walk along the many construction places in the Old Centre. Duration: 2 up to 3 hours. From 22 euros per person. Tour operator: Top Tours BV.
Try the following tour, recommended by residents or metro enthusiasts:
Line 53 was the first metro line and still has the most manifest metro characteristics. There's a viaduct several storeys tall between the stations Ganzenhoef and Gaasperplas. Line 50 has a massive flying junction near Van der Madeweg station. Line 50 has originally been planned as a ring line. The missing short stretch between Sloterdijk and Centraal Station can be travelled by suburban rail.
Exhibits in stations: - Waterlooplein: Permanent exhibition of aechaeological objects excavated during construction of this station.
Hamburg Consult family
Members: Amsterdam, Athens, Dublin (DART), Hamburg (types DT2, DT3),
Characteristics: Hamburg's metro operator had been consultant to other cities until the 1970s, so the older train types in these cities look similar.
Typefaces designed exclusively for this metro:
| Font Name | Designer | Year | Sample | Availability | Reference |
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| M.O.L. | Gerard Unger | 1974 |  | | gerardunger.com |
An electronic "ding-dong" signal. There is also a "ding" and in a pre-recorded voice the next station name. At the terminus, the voice says "Endpunt".
Generic Links for Amsterdam Metro
Line history at cityrailtransit.com
Wikipedia entry at wikipedia.org
Urbanrail.net entry at urbanrail.net
Railway Gazette search at railwaygazette.com
Discussion at skyscrapercity.com
Transit map at Google Maps
Transit map at öpnvkarte.de
System maps at Google Images
System photos at Google Images
City information at wikipedia.org
This page: http://mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Amsterdam
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