Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan metro station

Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan
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Other information
Owned by Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Services
Preceding station   Amsterdam Metro   Following station
toward Isolatorweg
Line 50
Jan van Galenstraat
toward Gein
Location

Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan is a metro station on line 50 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was also a railway station.

Train station

The station opened on 1 June 1986 with the opening of the western section of the Amsterdam Ring railway. It was situated between Amsterdam Lelylaan and Amsterdam Sloterdijk. The station was originally to be called Burgemeester De Vlugtlaan, who was a mayor in Amsterdam and who the road the station was located on, was named after, however this was changed during construction.

On 1 June 1997 the metro line 50 opened next to the station and the metro stop was called De Vlugtlaan.

The station closed in May 2000 when the Hemboog began construction.

Train services

The station was a stoptrain station and was only served by trains from Hoofdorp and Schiphol to Lelystad or Amersfoort Schothorst.