De Pijp metro station (
Dutch: ''Station De Pijp'') is a station on the Route 52 (North–South Line) of the
Amsterdam Metro
The Amsterdam Metro ( nl, Amsterdamse metro) is a rapid transit system serving Amsterdam, Netherlands, and extending to the surrounding municipalities of Diemen and Ouder-Amstel. Until 2019 it also served the municipality of Amstelveen but this ...
in
Amsterdam,
Netherlands. It was opened on 22 July 2018. Prior to March 2012, this station was known as the Ceintuurbaan.
De Pijp is an underground station situated in the
Oude Pijp neighbourhood of the borough of
Amsterdam-Zuid (Amsterdam South). The station is expected to handle around 18,000 passengers and arrivals per day.
History
The station, designed by
Benthem Crouwel Architects, is situated beneath the Ferdinand Bolstraat in the
De Pijp neighbourhood. Because of the narrow constraints of the site location, between the foundations of adjoining buildings, the station has two levels, with a platform on each level. Each platform is 125 metres long and 5.3 metres wide (3 meters at its narrowest points). There are ten escalators (five per platform) as well as lifts to the mezzanine level. The lower level platform with southbound services to Zuid is 26.5 meters below street level, while the upper level platform with northbound services to Noord is 16.5 meters below street level. This makes De Pijp station the deepest station on the ''Noord/Zuidlijn'' and the deepest metro station in the Netherlands.
In May 2013, a municipal advisory committee selected artwork by
Argentinian artist
Amalia Pica
Amalia Pica (born 1978 in Neuquén, Argentina) is a London-based Argentinian artist who explores metaphor, communication, and civic participation through sculptures, installations, photographs, projections, live performances, and drawings.
Early ...
for this station. It is a multicolored painting that will run the entire span of the wall of the mezzanine level.
The station has two entrances, one at Albert Cuypstraat and Ferdinand Bolstraat and one at Ceintuurbaan and Ferdinand Bolstraat. The existing corner buildings at each station entrance location had been demolished. The first designs for the new residential buildings were presented in April 2014.
Gallery
File:20180120 DPP01.jpg, Station entrance under a residential building on Ceintuurbaan, January 2018
File:20180120 DPP08.jpg, Station mezzanine, January 2018
File:20180120 DPP11.jpg, Upper-level platform (northbound), January 2018
File:20140524 DePijp02.JPG, Upper-level platform (northbound) under construction, May 2014
File:Station Ceintuurbaan, augustus 2010.jpg, Lower-level platform (southbound) under construction, August 2010
File:Bouw-dak-station-Ceintuurbaan.jpg, Construction of De Pijp station roof, June 2006
References
External links
GVB websiteFoto's van Station De Pijp in de Beeldbank van het Stadsarchief AmsterdamNorth-South Line project site
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Amsterdam Metro stations located underground