Spinnerij was a metro station in

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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

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, 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. Tramlijn 25 met 15G tram op de openingsdag bij de voormalige halte Amstelveen Spinnerij

Tramlijn 25 met 15G tram op de openingsdag bij de voormalige halte Amstelveen Spinnerij

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 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 ...

. Legmeer is also served by the Sacharovlaan tram stop.

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, date=9 December 2020 , access-date=11 December 2020 , url-status= , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208110434/https://over.gvb.nl/nieuws/meereizen-met-lijn-25-al-mogelijk-vanaf-woensdag-9-december/ , archive-date=2020-12-08 , language=nl {{cite web , url=https://amstelveenlijn.nl/nieuws/2015/waarom-vervallen-haltes/ , title=Waarom komen haltes te vervallen? , work=Amstelveenlijn , date=5 March 2015 , accessdate=26 January 2021 , language=nl , archive-url=https://archive.today/tHZnR , archive-date=2021-01-26 Tram stops in Amsterdam Disused Amsterdam Metro stations Railway stations in the Netherlands opened in the 2000s Railway stations in the Netherlands closed in 2019