Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station

Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
Location Netherlands
Coordinates 52°18′47″N 4°56′46″E / 52.31306°N 4.94611°E / 52.31306; 4.94611Coordinates: 52°18′47″N 4°56′46″E / 52.31306°N 4.94611°E / 52.31306; 4.94611
Operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s) Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Platforms 6 (train)
2 (metro)
Other information
Station code Asb
History
Opened 1971 (first railway station)
1976 (second railway station)
2007 (third railway station)
Services
Preceding station   NS   Following station
NS Intercity 3100
toward Nijmegen
NS Intercity 3500
toward Heerlen
toward Uitgeest
NS Sprinter 4000
toward Breukelen
NS Sprinter 7400
toward Rhenen
Preceding station   GVB   Following station
toward  Isolatorweg
Line 50
toward  Gein
Line 54
Location

Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA (Asb) is a railway station in the Bijlmermeer neighbourhood of the Amsterdam Zuidoost stadsdeel (borough) of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station has five platforms and eight tracks; two for the Amsterdam Metro and six train tracks, along with a bus station. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

History

Originally opened on 24 May 1971, the station has been rebuilt twice. In July 2007, a large part of the rebuilding was completed and on 17 November 2007 the station was fully opened. The new station was designed by Grimshaw Architects of London in association with Arcadis Architecten.

The station arches over the ArenA Boulevard. The complex is almost 100 metres (330 ft) long, 70 m (230 ft) wide, and 30 m (98 ft) tall. It is mostly transparent, to blend in with the rest of the Boulevard.[1]

The metro lines that stop at this station are Metroline 54 (Amsterdam Centraal – Gein) and Metroline 50 (Isolatorweg – Gein).

On 10 December 2006 the station's name was changed from Amsterdam Bijlmer to Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA, to match its location (ArenA Boulevard), named after the nearby Amsterdam ArenA stadium, home of AFC Ajax.[2] On the west side is Heineken Music Hall and Pathé ArenA cinema with 14 screens and the newly built event venue Ziggo Dome. On the east side is Amsterdamse Poort, the largest shopping centre in Amsterdam.

Train services

The following services currently call at Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA:

Metro services

View from Metro Platform

Metro services are provided by the GVB. Line 50, the Ring Line runs between Isolatorweg and Gein. Line 54 the Gein Line runs between Centraal Station and Gein. Both lines generally run a 10-minute service from around 06:00 – 00:20. At weekends the service starts later and usually runs every 15 minutes.

Platform use

Platform layout
Platform Use
1 Non-stopping trains from Utrecht Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal + diverted trains (Intercity Amsterdam – Brussels and Thalys Amsterdam – Paris) + international (freight and ICE)
2 Trains to Amsterdam Zuid and Schiphol via Utrechtboog
3 Trains towards Amsterdam Centraal
4 (Number not actually shown) Metro towards Amsterdam Centraal (54) and Isolatorweg (50)
5 (Number not actually shown) Metro towards Gein (54 and 50)
6 Trains to Gouda and Rotterdam Centraal + diverted trains (Intercity Amsterdam – Brussels and Thalys Amsterdam – Paris)
7 Trains towards Utrecht Centraal, Nijmegen and Eindhoven coming from the Utrechtboog
8 Non-stopping Trains to Utrecht Centraal from Amsterdam Centraal + international (freight and ICE)

Bus services

City services

These services are operated by GVB.

Regional services

These services are operated by Connexxion. Services 300 and 328 are part of the R-Net network.

Gallery

References

  1. Arena-boulevard.nl, "ArenA Boulevard" (PDF). City of Amsterdam Development Corporation. 2004. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  2. Zuidoost and the ArenA Boulevard Accessed 6 August 2007. Archived April 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

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