Amsterdam Centraal railway station

  • Railway line Amsterdam -Rotterdam
  • Railway Nieuwediep -Amsterdam
  • Railway line Amsterdam - Zutphen
  • Railway line from Amsterdam to Arnhem
  • Railway line Amsterdam Centraal Schiphol

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Amsterdam Centraal is the main railway station of the Dutch capital Amsterdam. It connects Amsterdam with the major European cities Paris, Brussels, Antwerp, Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Frankfurt am Main, Munich, Basel and Zurich. As one of the most important railway stations in the Netherlands, the Amsterdam Central Station has connections with the European long-distance traffic and thus stop the high-speed train Thalys and ICE, as well as for the European City Night Line night train. Fyra - a subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and the Belgian NMBS / SNCB - will operate from summer 2012 on the route from Amsterdam to Brussels own high speed trains. Furthermore Amsterdam Centraal is a hub for regional and urban traffic of the city of Amsterdam and the surrounding region. So here also hold numerous buses, trams and the urban metro.

Architecture

1875 got the architect PJH Cuypers and AL van Gendt, the engineer commissioned to prepare a design for the reception building. The building is made of red brick with decorations made of natural stone and the architectural style was influenced by the Dutch Renaissance. The slightly projecting main entrance became aware of Cuypers as a " city gate " ( Stadspoort ) designed with two towers, which the travelers get the impression, through to enter the "gate " of the city. The decorations depict scenes of the towers of the former trade, industry and shipping. The pediment shows the national coat of arms between two lions. Among them are fourteen coats of arms of cities, including Berlin, St Petersburg and Paris, which could be reached by train connection at that time.

The " Koningspaviljoen " is (Royal Pavilion) with decorations by Georg storm on the eastern side. Through a wide gate you could take a carriage ride in the interior. Opposite the Central Station, established in 1911, Smits Koffiehuis. It was dismantled in 1972 because of the construction of the Metro Amsterdam, the parts were stored and rebuilt in 1980 with the old components. In addition to the café there is also the tourist office VVV - Kantoor ( VVV ). The building stands today as Rijksmonument a listed building and is currently being expanded to a design by Benthem Crouwel structurally architects.

The architect Cuypers had indeed designed the station, but the two large tubular -style platform halls come from a planning of the railway engineer LJ Eijmer. The completion of the first hall on the city side was made in 1889, the narrower and longer hall on the IJ- side ( towards the waters ) was completed in 1922. The between the two halls at that time remained open platform areas were covered with a differently designed construction to a design by Jan Garvelink until the year 1996.

History

Amsterdam Centraal was built on three artificial islands, and is due to the dry, moist subsoil, at 9000 wooden piles. On October 15, 1889, the station was opened, replacing the railway stations " Willemspoort " and "Station Westerdok ". In 1889, daily drove 194 trains in 1904 there were 404, and in the 1980s in 1000 trains. Buses, trams and metro Amsterdam: From 1904 the court ( Plein ) today was outside the station (Station Square ) to the main hub for public transport. Initially the station had special waiting rooms for the royal family and foreign travelers as well as offices for railway officials. Since 1997, the main railway station (north / south line ) is being rebuilt, renovated and the subway (Metro) 'North / Zuidlijn "is created, which is to last until the year 2017.

Among the best known from Amsterdam Centraal train service included the luxury trains Riviera Express, Rheingold, Edelweiss, Étoile du Nord and L' Oiseau bleu, some of which were later converted to TEE trains. From 2016, the ICE will continue this tradition and connect Amsterdam with London St Pancras.

Distance connections

The Roadmap 2013 the following lines run:

Amsterdam Metro Benthem Crouwel Architekten Edelweiss (train) Intercity-Express Antwerpen-Centraal railway station Basel SBB railway station Amersfoort railway station Deventer railway station Hengelo railway station Bad Bentheim railway station EuroNight Alkmaar railway station Zaandam railway station Eindhoven railway station Roermond railway station Sittard railway station Maastricht railway station Lelystad Centrum railway station Almere Centrum railway station Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station Schiphol railway station Roosendaal railway station Vlissingen railway station Haarlem railway station Den Helder railway station Ede-Wageningen railway station Nijmegen railway station Delft railway station Dordrecht railway station Breda railway station Tilburg railway station Rotterdam Centraal railway station Gouda railway station Woerden railway station Duivendrecht railway station Amsterdam Amstel railway station Amsterdam Muiderpoort railway station Uitgeest Almere Zwolle Hoofddorp railway station Amsterdam Lelylaan railway station Hilversum Baarn Amersfoort Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station Amsterdam Holendrecht railway station Amsterdam RAI railway station Amsterdam Zuid railway station
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