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Amsterdam central station map
Amsterdam central train station map. Amsterdam central station map (Netherlands) to print. Amsterdam central station map (Netherlands) to download. Amsterdam Centraal (code: Asd) is the central station of Amsterdam as its shown in Amsterdam central station map. Amsterdam central station is one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 166,000 passengers a day, excluding transferring passengers. It is also the starting point of Amsterdam Metro lines 51, 53, and 54. Amsterdam Centraal is twinned with Liverpool Street station in London, United Kingdom—the other terminus of the Dutchflyer rail-ferry service.
The central station building of Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt, and opened in 1889 as its mentioned in Amsterdam central station map. It features a roof span of approximately 40 metres fabricated in cast iron by Andrew Handyside of Derby, England.The Amsterdam central station is currently under reconstruction due to the construction of the North/South metro line (metro line 52).
The building of Amsterdam Central station is situated on three man-made islands as you can see Amsterdam central station map, themselves resting on 8,687 wooden piles which have been driven deep into the muddy and sandy soil. The current location of the central station is not the site the city of Amsterdam had originally hoped for; other possibilities included somewhere near the Leidseplein, the Weesperplein, or in the vicinity of the modern-day Sarphatipark.