Amsterdam Amstel railway station

Amsterdam Amstel
Railway station's entrance in 2013
Location	Julianaplein 1 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coordinates	52°20′47″N 4°55′4″E / 52.34639°N 4.91778°E / 52.34639; 4.91778Coordinates: 52°20′47″N 4°55′4″E / 52.34639°N 4.91778°E / 52.34639; 4.91778
Operated by	NS Stations
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Arnhem railway
Platforms	2 (train) 2 (metro)
Train operators	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Bus operators	Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf (local) Connexxion (regional)
Construction
Architect	Hermanus Gerardus Jacob Schelling
Other information
Station code	Asa
History
Opened	15 October 1939
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Amsterdam Centraal toward Alkmaar NS Intercity 800 Utrecht Centraal toward Maastricht Amsterdam Centraal toward Den Helder NS Intercity 3000 Utrecht Centraal toward Nijmegen Amsterdam Muiderpoort toward Uitgeest NS Sprinter 4000 Duivendrecht toward Rotterdam Centraal Amsterdam Muiderpoort toward Amsterdam Centraal NS Sprinter 7400 Duivendrecht toward Rhenen Amsterdam Metro Wibautstraat toward Centraal Station Line 51 Spaklerweg toward Westwijk Line 53 Spaklerweg toward Gaasperplas Line 54 Spaklerweg toward Gein
Location

Amsterdam Amstel (Dutch pronunciation: [ɑmstərˈdɑm ˈɑmstəl]; abbreviation: Asa) is a railway station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station opened in 1939. It is located to the southeast of Amsterdam Centraal in the borough of Amsterdam-Oost, near the Amstel river. Amsterdam Amstel is used daily by 50,000 train and metro passengers. Rail services at the station are provided by NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands. Metro, tram and city bus services are provided by municipal operator GVB. Regional buses are operated by Connexxion.

Amstel station is situated in the Omval business district which includes the Rembrandt Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the city, and the Leeuwenburg campus of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.

The station was built under the direction of architects H.G.J. Schelling of NS, the principal railway operator in the Netherlands, and John Leupen of the City of Amsterdam. The railway station was opened on 15 October 1939, by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. It is part of the Spoorwegwerken Oost (Eastern Railway Works), in which the railway lines between the Amsterdam Centraal and Amstel were placed on embankments and streets were bridged with viaducts. By eliminating the many level crossings in this part of the city, the project made an end to the many delays on these lines. Amstel replaced the Weesperpoortstation (1843), the terminus station on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway which was situated near the present-day Weesperplein metro station. By replacing this terminus station, trains between Utrecht Centraal and Amsterdam Centraal no longer needed to reverse when leaving the station, leading to additional time savings on this route. As Amstel station is situated southeast of the former Weesperpoortstation, it has become a major transport hub for the eastern and southern boroughs of Amsterdam. In 1977, when the Amsterdam Metro was opened, Amstel station also became a metro station.