Jan van Galenstraat metro station is a station 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 thi ...

's Route 50 (''Ringlijn'') and Route 51. It was opened on 28 May 1997 and is named after Commodore Jan van Galen who served under the

Dutch Republic The United Provinces of the Netherlands, also known as the (Seven) United Provinces, officially as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: ''Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden''), and commonly referred to in historiography ...

. Near the station are located the OLVG West (also known as Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital), Student Hotel Amsterdam West and Sports Hall Jan van Galen. There is a Tram-stop right by the main entrance.

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{{Amsterdam Metro Line 51 navbox Amsterdam Metro stations located above ground Railway stations opened in 1997