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Haarlemmermeer Railway Lines
The Haarlemmermeer railway lines ( nl, Haarlemmermeerspoorlijnen) are a former network of railway lines in the area between Haarlem, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Leiden. Despite the name they did not all travel over the territory that formerly comprise the Haarlemmermeer lake before it was drained. History The first plans for railway lines through the Haarlemmermeer polder were presented in 1864 by mayor Amersfoort, twelve years after the dredging of the lake and creation of the polder. However none of the plans was executed. In 1898 the HESM (''Hollandsche Electrische-Spoorweg-Maatschappij'', "Holland Electric Railway Company") was established with the goal of building electric railways in the area between South Amsterdam and Haarlem. After the HSM bought up the shares, the plans were changed and this led, in the end, to the establishment of a local network of steam railways. The lines were built by the HESM. Despite the name including the term "electric", the lines were never ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bovenkerk, Amstelveen
Bovenkerk is a village in the municipality of Amstelveen in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. Bovenkerk was part of the municipality of Nieuwer-Amstel Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ... until 1964, when it was absorbed in the newly-formed municipality of Amstelveen. It lies on the western side of Amstelveen and next to the Amsterdam Forest. Population The statistical area of Bovenkerk, which also can include the surrounding countryside, has a population of 3040.Statistics Netherlands (CBS)''Statline: Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020'' As of 1 January 2020. Sports The Boro Formula One Team, founded by the brothers Bob and Rody Hoogenboom was based in Bovenkerk in 1976 and 1977. References {{Reflist Populated places in North Holland Amstelveen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinnerij Tram Stop
Spinnerij was a metro station in Amstelveen on metro line 51, a hybrid metro/''sneltram'' (light rail) route that used high-floor trams. The station closed on 3 March 2019 and was subsequently demolished. After closure, the metro line south of Amsterdam Zuid station, also known as the ''Amstelveenlijn'', was converted for low-floor trams. Today, there is no tram stop at the site. Since its opening on 9 December 2020, the trams of line 25 have been bypassing the site without stopping. In order to increase reliability and reduce travel time on the rebuilt line, five line 51 stations, including Spinnerij, were demolished instead of being rebuilt as stops for low-floor trams. The former metro station used to serve the Legmeer business district and the nearby Canon Europa NV facility. The former station site is from the Poortwachter tram stop. Legmeer is also served by the Sacharovlaan tram stop Sacharovlaan is a tram stop within the city of Amstelveen, Netherlands. The stop lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westwijk Tram Stop
Westwijk is a tram stop serving the neighborhood of ''Westwijk'' in the city of Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is the southern terminus of tram line 25, dubbed the Amsteltram before it received its line number. It opened officially on 13 December 2020, unofficially 4 days earlier on 9 December. History Westwijk was earlier the former terminus of metro line 51, a hybrid metro/''sneltram'' (light rail) service, that opened to Westwijk in 2004. Like a metro, the ''sneltram'' used high-level platforms. Metro service south of Amsterdam Zuid station Amsterdam Zuid ("Amsterdam South") is a railway station situated in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For a number of years, it was named ''Amsterdam Zuid WTC'', in reference to the neighbouring World Trade Center Amsterdam. ... was closed in 2019 to lower platforms to accommodate the new low-floor trams for line 25. When the 2004 extension of metro line 51 was built, it used of the roadbed of the scrapped BovenkerkUit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poortwachter Tram Stop
Poortwachter is a tram stop within the city of Amstelveen, Netherlands. The stop lies along tram line 25, which was dubbed the Amsteltram before it received its line number. It opened officially on 13 December 2020, unofficially 4 days earlier on 9 December. Poortwachter was earlier a stop for metro line 51, a hybrid metro/''sneltram'' (light rail) service, and was the southern terminal of that line before it was extended to Westwijk in 2004. Like a metro, the ''sneltram'' used high-level platforms. Metro line 51 service south of Amsterdam Zuid station Amsterdam Zuid ("Amsterdam South") is a railway station situated in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. For a number of years, it was named ''Amsterdam Zuid WTC'', in reference to the neighbouring World Trade Center Amsterdam. ... was closed in 2019 to rebuild stations for lower platforms in order to accommodate the new low-floor trams for line 25. References External linksGVB website{{in lang, nl Tram s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsteltram
Amsterdam tram line 25, also known as the Amsteltram, is a tram line between Amsterdam Zuid station in Amsterdam and Westwijk in Amstelveen. It officially opened on 13 December 2020 (unofficially 4 days earlier on 9 December). Work is underway to extend the Amsteltram further south to the municipality of Uithoorn. The tram line replaced metro line 51 (a.k.a. the ''Amstelveenlijn''), a light rail line (''sneltram'') that ceased running south of Amsterdam Zuid station on 3 March 2019 to convert it for low-floor trams. Tram line 5 shares the stops with line 25 between Zuid station and Oranjebaan stations. Line 5 had also shared the same tracks with metro line 51, the former using low-level platforms for regular trams, and the latter using high-level platforms (since demolished). The Amsteltram project website presents the route as two sections. The northern section, between Amsterdam Zuid station and Westwijk in Amstelveen, retains the ''Amstelveenlijn'' name, the suffix ''lijn'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mijdrecht
Mijdrecht is a town in the Netherlands with about 16,000 residents. It is located in the Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of De Ronde Venen, about west of the main A2 motorway (Netherlands), A2 motorway, between Utrecht (city), Utrecht and Amsterdam. The main street is the Dorpstraat, where most shops and the municipal offices are located. There is a police office, a fire department, 6 supermarkets, sport facilities, and a coffee shop. There is no police or doctor at the weekends. History Middle Ages In 1085 the parish of Mijdrecht, together with those of Wilnis, Tamen, Zevenhoven en Kudelstaart, was granted to the Deaconate of St. John (Proosdij van Sint-Jan), by Conrad (bishop of Utrecht), Conrad, the Episcopal principality of Utrecht, Prince-bishop of Utrecht, in return for a depot in the Holland-Utrecht border region and the guarantee that the deaconate would develop the rugged terrain for habitation. 1085 is the year taken as the founding of the municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrapyard
A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish, British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ... and New Zealand English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies. Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breaker's yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'. Types of wreck yards The most common type of w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weesp–Leiden Railway
The Weesp–Leiden railway (Dutch: ''Schiphollijn'') is a railway line in the Netherlands which runs between the cities of Weesp and Leiden; the line also passes through and serves Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. History Opening The first section of the ''Schiphollijn'' was opened on 20 December 1978 between Schiphol and Amsterdam Zuid. At the time, this section of railway was not connected to the rest of the Dutch railway network. This section of the ''Schiphollijn'' features a -long tunnel, in which Schiphol railway station is located. When it was constructed, Schiphol was the only railway station in the Netherlands to be in-tunnel. Extension The line was extended in both directions in 1981 to Amsterdam RAI and Leiden Centraal; new stations were opened at Hoofddorp and Nieuw-Vennep. In 1986, a connection to Amsterdam Centraal was completed: the Amsterdam–Schiphol railway. Stations were opened at Amsterdam Lelylaan, Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uithoorn
Uithoorn () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Population centres The municipality of Uithoorn consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: De Kwakel and Uithoorn. ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Uithoorn, June 2015'' History The name ''De Uithoorn'' (or also ''De Uythoorn'') was used at the end of the Middle Ages for the location of the lower courts of the deanery of Saint John. The village formed around its courthouse. People depended on agriculture and animal husbandry. Agriculture became increasingly more difficult due to the steady soil subsidence. From c. 1600 on, peat extraction became important and resulted in the formation of large ponds, which in turn would be made into polders later on. During the Franco-Dutch War in the "disaster year" of 1672, Uithoorn was on the front lines and fortifications were built. During the Batavian Republic period, the neighbouring village of Tham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalsmeer
Aalsmeer () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel (''aal'') and lake (''meer''). Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water of the Randstad, and the Ringvaart Canal. The town is located 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Amsterdam. The town is sometimes referred to as the flower capital of the world, as the largest flower auction in the world is based in Aalsmeer, along with numerous nurseries and an experimental station for floriculture. Population centres The municipality of Aalsmeer consists of the following cities, towns, and villages: Aalsmeer, Kudelstaart, Oosteinde, as well as the hamlet Calslagen. Geology Aalsmeer is located on the border of the former Haarlem Lake. The older portion of town is built on peat, and is surrounded by polders. The polders consist of loamy soil and are below sea level. History Aalsmeer is first referenced in a document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
