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Amsterdam Centraal (Asd) is the '' Centraal Station '' (Central Station) of Amsterdam . It is one of the main railway nodes of the Netherlands. Maps: [http://www.ns.nl/servlet/MapServer?station=asd&level=bg&lang=en photos [http://www15.brinkster.com/stationsweb/station.asp?station=amsterdamcs , [http://home.planet.nl/~schif026/ABCD/AMSCS.jpg]

It is also the starting point of Amsterdam Metro lines 51, 53, and 54.

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.

Amsterdam Centraal was designed by P. J. H. Cuypers and Al Van Gendt , and opened in 1889 .

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RAILWAY STATION LAYOUT

There are 15 tracks, of which 11 along a Platform :
  • 4 Island Platform s 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.

  • ---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):


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