Amsterdam Lelylaan railway station

Amsterdam Lelylaan
Platforms for Metro on the left and NS trains on the right
Location	Nieuw-West, Amsterdam Netherlands
Coordinates	52°21′26″N 4°50′2″E / 52.35722°N 4.83389°E / 52.35722; 4.83389Coordinates: 52°21′26″N 4°50′2″E / 52.35722°N 4.83389°E / 52.35722; 4.83389
Line(s)	Amsterdam–Schiphol railway Metroline 50
Platforms	2 (train) 2 Metro
Connections	GVB Amsterdam Metro: 50 GVB Amsterdam Tram: 1, 17 Connexxion: 195 GVB: 62, 63, 247, 353
Other information
Station code	Asdl
History
Opened	1986
Services
Preceding station   Nederlandse Spoorwegen   Following station Schiphol Airport toward Vlissingen NS Intercity 2600 2x/hour; Not on late evenings and early weekend mornings Amsterdam Sloterdijk toward Lelystad Centrum NS Intercity 12600 2x/hour; Late evenings and early weekend mornings only Amsterdam Sloterdijk toward Groningen or Leeuwarden Schiphol Airport toward Hoofddorp NS Sprinter 3300 2x/hour Amsterdam Sloterdijk toward Hoorn Kersenboogerd NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Not on evenings and weekends Amsterdam Sloterdijk toward Amersfoort Vathorst NS Sprinter 5800 2x/hour; Evenings and weekends only Amsterdam Sloterdijk toward Amersfoort Amsterdam Metro Postjesweg toward Isolatorweg Line 50 Heemstedestraat toward Gein
Location
Amsterdam Lelylaan Location within Randstad

Amsterdam Lelylaan is a railway station in west Amsterdam. It is served by trains of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and metros of the GVB. The station opened on 1 June 1986. It is located on the Amsterdam-Schiphol railway, a few km south of Amsterdam Sloterdijk railway station. South of this station, trains turn west towards Schiphol railway station, while metros turn east towards Amsterdam Zuid railway station. The station is located in the Amsterdam borough of Slotervaart, on a long viaduct spanning three roads.

History

Construction

The station was built in 1986 when a link was constructed from Amsterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport. The new line reduced journey time from Centraal Station and Schiphol to as little as 16 minutes. The other stations built on this line were Amsterdam Sloterdijk (rebuilt) and Amsterdam De Vlugtlaan. De Vlugtlaan was closed in May 2000 to enable construction of the Hemboog.

Nederlandse Spoorwegen

For its first 10 years, Intercity trains called at Lelylaan station, providing direct services to places as far away as Brussels, Berlin and Leeuwarden. From 1996 to 2006, only stopping trains called at this station. In 2006 an intercity service Schiphol-Amsterdam Centraal-Lelystad was introduced, which also calls at Lelylaan.

GVB

The metro platform is an island platform, which has a direct link onto GVB tram lines 1 and 17. The main entrance is further south. In the early 2000s the stairs to the tram lines were closed off with fences to counter fare evasion, which was running high, with people running off the train and straight onto a tram. Early 2007 the gates were opened again, but only during daytime.

Until 1988 the only tram here had been the 1, but in that year the 17 was extended from Surinameplein to Osdorp. The two lines follow different routes into the city centre. In 1997 GVB opened its fourth metro line, the 50 (Isolatorweg - Gein).

The station is also served by a small bus station.

Train services

Since 1986, train services calling at this station have changed a lot. Since the end of 2003, there is a direct connection to Zaandam and Hoorn.

The station is served by the following service(s)::

• 2x per hour Intercity service Lelystad - Almere - Amsterdam - Schiphol - The Hague - Rotterdam - Dordrecht - Roosendaal - Vlissingen
• 2x per hour local service (Sprinter) Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Zaandam - Hoorn Kersenboogerd
• 2x per hour local service (Sprinter) Hoofddorp - Schiphol - Amsterdam - Hilversum - Amersfoort Vathorst

Tram services

The current tram situation has its origin in December 2001. The first tram in this area was in 1954, when line 1 ran to Slotermeer. It was extended in 1962. In 1988 line 17 was extended to Osdorp as well, after it used to terminate at Surinameplein 1 km east of Lelylaan. Line 1 terminated at Dijkgraafplein and line 17 terminated at the Osdorpplein, near Meer en Vaart. In 2001 the current service pattern came into operation.

Bus services

The former bus station

These services are operated by GVB.

• 62 Station Lelylaan - Sloten - Hoofddorpplein - Haarlemmermeer - Stadionplein - VU - Zuid - Buitenveldert - RAI - Station Amstel
• 63 Station Lelylaan - Osdorp, Meer en Vaart - Osdorper Ban - Osdorp de Aker

This service is operated by Connexxion.

• 195 Station Lelylaan - Sloten - Badhoevedorp - Hoofddorp

References

External links

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