Amsterdam Zuid WTC

Amsterdam Zuid
Zuidplein entrance (April 2012).
Location	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°20′20″N 4°52′23″E / 52.33889°N 4.87306°E / 52.33889; 4.87306Coordinates: 52°20′20″N 4°52′23″E / 52.33889°N 4.87306°E / 52.33889; 4.87306
Operated by	Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Line(s)	Weesp–Leiden railway
Other information
Station code	Asdz
History
Opened	1978
Services Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Schiphol Airport toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 700 Almere Centrum toward Groningen Schiphol Airport Terminus NS Intercity 1600 Duivendrecht toward Enschede Schiphol Airport toward Den Haag Centraal NS Intercity 1800 Almere Centrum toward Leeuwarden Schiphol Airport toward Dordrecht NS Intercity 2400 Duivendrecht toward Lelystad Centrum Schiphol Airport Terminus NS Intercity 3100 Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA toward Nijmegen NS Intercity 11600 Duivendrecht toward Amersfoort Schothorst Schiphol Airport toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 4300 Amsterdam RAI toward Almere Oostvaarders NS Sprinter 5700 Amsterdam RAI toward Utrecht Centraal Amsterdam Metro Amstelveenseweg toward Isolatorweg Line 50 Station RAI toward Gein Station RAI toward Centraal Station Line 51 De Boelelaan/VU toward Westwijk   From 2018   Europaplein toward Noord Line 52 Terminus
Location

Amsterdam Zuid is a railway station situated in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station opened in 1978. For a number of years it was named Amsterdam Zuid WTC, referring to the nearby World Trade Center Amsterdam. In 2006, with the area surrounding the station rapidly developing, the station was enlarged and the reference to the WTC was dropped.

Amsterdam Zuid station is now at the heart of the modern Zuidas business district, home of several large banks, accounting and legal firms. It is also the gateway for the VU University campus located just south of the station.

Amsterdam Zuid lies on the strategic rail route known as the Zuidtak ("south branch"), which was completed in 1993, and connects Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the west to Weesp, in the east via Duivendrecht. Since 2006, Utrecht and other cities south of Amsterdam have been served. In that year, the Utrechtboog was completed, so that changes at Duivendrecht are no longer necessary for passengers from Schiphol to Utrecht and beyond. These routes from Schiphol therefore bypass the congested lines serving Central Amsterdam, allowing faster connections between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and cities in the north and east of the country (Leeuwarden and Enschede, among others).

The station, which was extended in 2006, plays an increasingly important role, gradually replacing Amsterdam Centraal as the capital's main station for direct trains to several destinations in the north and east of the country. It is anticipated that in the future Amsterdam Zuid will be served by a number of the trains using the HSL-Zuid.