Zonnestein tram stop

Zonnestein is a tram stop within the city of Amstelveen, Netherlands. The stop serves tram lines 5 and 25. Line 25, dubbed the Amsteltram before receiving its line number, opened officially on 13 December 2020, unofficially 4 days earlier on 9 December.[1][2]

Zonnestein
Northbound line 5 tram arriving at Zonnestein stop
LocationBeneluxbaan & Zonnestein, Amstelveen
Netherlands
Coordinates52°18′29.4″N 4°52′21.2″E
Platforms1 centre platform
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels2
Other information
WebsiteGVB: Zonnestein
History
Rebuilt2019–2020
Services
Preceding station   Amsterdam Tram   Following station
Line 5
toward Stadshart
toward Station Zuid
Line 25
toward Westwijk
Line 51 (former sneltram)
toward Westwijk
Location
Zonnestein
Location within metro van Amsterdam

The stop is located in an open trench below street level, and resembles a station; it has a centre platform with stairs and a glass-walled elevator leading up to street level. Bridges above the stop carry automobile traffic over the tram line via a roundabout, and there are also two traffic lanes running under the roundabout parallel to each side of the tram tracks. This stop is similar in design to those at the Kronenburg and Sportlaan tram stops. On 25 March 2020, the Zonnestein stop was opened.[3][4][5]

Before being rebuilt in 2019 and 2020, the stop used to serve both the low-floor trams of tram line 5 plus the high-floor trams of metro line 51, a hybrid metro/sneltram (light rail) service that opened in 1990. Both lines 5 and 51 shared the same pair of tracks but used separate, adjacent platforms. There were a pair of low-level platforms for line 5 and a separate pair of high-level platforms for line 51, with stairs connecting the two platform levels. Unlike the current stop, the old stop was located at street level and tracks used to cross the street Zonnestein at grade. In 2019, metro line 51 service south of Amsterdam Zuid station was terminated to rebuild stations to accommodate only the low-floor trams of lines 5 and 25.[6][1]

References
  1. "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.
  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. van der Meulen, Wendy (10 January 2020). "Ombouwen verkeerssituaties Kronenburg en Zonnestein". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). City of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.}
  4. van der Meulen, Wendy (25 May 2020). "Hoera! Kruispunt en halte Zonnestein zijn open". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). City of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.}
  5. Opdam, Danielle (14 August 2020). "Hoera! Kruispunt Sportlaan is open". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). City of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.}
  6. Vosman, Quintus (5 March 2019). "Dutch start reconstruction of Amstelveen LRT" (pdf). International Rail Journal.
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