Gondel was a metro station in
Amstelveen
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 ...
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
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. ...
, often called the ''Amstelveenlijn'', was converted for low-floor trams. Today, there is no tram stop at the site. Since its opening in 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 Gondel, were demolished instead of being rebuilt as stops for low-floor trams. The former metro station site is from the rebuilt
Meent tram stop and from the
Sportlaan tram stop
Sportlaan 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 ...
. Gondel used to serve the Waardhuizen and Middenhoven residential areas.
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The Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf Amsterdam (, GVB ; English: Amsterdam Municipality Transportation Company)Sometimes also written Gemeentevervoerbedrijf in Dutch. is the municipal public transport operator for Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands ...
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Tram stops in Amsterdam
Disused Amsterdam Metro stations