Sacharovlaan tram stop

Sacharovlaan is a tram stop within the city of Amstelveen, Netherlands. The stop lies along tram line 25, which was dubbed the Amsteltram before it received its line number. It opened officially on 13 December 2020, unofficially 4 days earlier on 9 December.[3][2] The tram stop serves the Legmeer business district.[4]

Sacharovlaan
Location	Hammarskjöldsingel at Sacharovlaan, Amstelveen Netherlands
Coordinates	52°16′56.5″N 4°49′57.0″E
Owned by	GVB
Platforms	1 centre platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	GVB: Sacharovlaan
History
Opened	13 September 2004 as metro line 51[1]
Closed	3 March 2019[1]
Rebuilt	13 December 2020 for tram line 25[2]
Services
Preceding station   Amsterdam Tram   Following station Poortwachter toward Station Zuid Line 25 Westwijk Terminus Spinnerij toward Centraal Station Line 51 (former sneltram) Westwijk Terminus

Sacharovlaan was earlier a stop for metro line 51, a hybrid metro/sneltram (light rail) service, that opened to Sacharovlaan and Westwijk in 2004. Like a metro, the sneltram used high-level platforms. Metro service south of Amsterdam Zuid station was closed in 2019 to lower platforms to accommodate the new low-floor trams for line 25.[1]

Metro stop Sacharovlaan before rebuilding as a tram stop

References

1. Vosman, Quintus (5 March 2019). "Dutch start reconstruction of Amstelveen LRT" (pdf). International Rail Journal.
2. "Meereizen met lijn 25 al mogelijk vanaf woensdag 9 december" (in Dutch). Gemeente Vervoerbedrijf. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-08. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
3. "Vernieuwing Amstelveenlijn: waarom nodig en wat gaat er gebeuren?". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
4. "Waarom komen haltes te vervallen?". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

External links

• GVB website (in Dutch)