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Amstelveen Centrum 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 ...
on metro line 51, a hybrid metro/''sneltram'' (light rail) route that used high-floor trams. The station served the Amstelveen Stadshart shopping mall. 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 in 9 December 2020, the trams of line 25 have been bypassing the site without stopping; however, line 5 trams continue to serve Stadshart. In order to increase reliability and reduce travel time on the rebuilt line, five line 51 stations, including Amstelveen Centrum, were demolished instead of being rebuilt as stops for low-floor trams. The former metro station site is from the rebuilt Ouderkerkerlaan tram stop, and from the Oranjebaan tram stop. The former metro station was also from the Stadshart stop used by tram line 5 which also runs north to
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. ...
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Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf 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 ...
, 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 Disused Amsterdam Metro stations Tram stops in Amsterdam