Tram/light Rail
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge (standard gauge)
- Amsterdam, Diemen, Amstelveen
- power 600 volt DC
- the line to Amstelveen partly runs on metro track, therefore the light rail vehicles on this line are capable of using both 600 volt DC and 750 volt DC
- tram routes
- 1 Amsterdam Centraal (Centraal Station or CS) - Osdorp De Aker
- 2 CS - Nieuw Sloten
- 3 Zoutkeetsgracht - Muiderpoort station
- 4 CS - Rai NS
- 5 CS - Amstelveen Binnenhof
- 7 Slotermeer - Leidseplein - Flevopark
- 9 CS - Diemen Sniep
- 10 Van Hallstraat - Azartplein
- 12 Amstel station - Station Sloterdijk
- 13 CS - Geuzenveld Lambertus Zijlplein
- 14 Slotermeer - Dam - Flevopark
- 16 CS - Free University Medical Center (Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum or VUMC) via Vijzelgracht
- 17 CS - Osdorp Dijkgraafplein
- 24 CS - VUMC via Leidsestraat
- 25 CS - President Kennedylaan (cut back in 2012 from Passenger Terminal)
- 26 CS - IJburg
Route 6 (Plantage Parklaan - Leidseplein - VUMC) was discontinued in 2006.
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- Recent Projects:
- IJ-line (26) (opened in May 2005)
- Cargo tram (pilot from January 2007)
- 155 new Combino trams from Siemens AG Verkehrstechnik, built in 2002-2003]
- Recent Projects:
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