De Pijp metro station

Station on the North–South Line of the Amsterdam Metro
Preceding station Amsterdam Metro Following station
Vijzelgracht
towards Noord
 Line 52 Europaplein
towards Station Zuid
Location
De Pijp is located in metro van Amsterdam
De Pijp
De Pijp
Location within metro van Amsterdam

De Pijp metro station (Dutch: Station De Pijp) is a station on the Route 52 (North–South Line) of the Amsterdam Metro in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was opened on 22 July 2018. Prior to March 2012, this station was known as the Ceintuurbaan.[1] De Pijp is an underground station situated in the Oude Pijp neighbourhood of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid (Amsterdam South). The station is expected to handle around 18,000 passengers and arrivals per day.[2]

History

The station, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, is situated beneath the Ferdinand Bolstraat in the De Pijp neighbourhood. Because of the narrow constraints of the site location, between the foundations of adjoining buildings, the station has two levels, with a platform on each level. Each platform is 125 metres long and 5.3 metres wide (3 meters at its narrowest points). There are ten escalators (five per platform) as well as lifts to the mezzanine level. The lower level platform with southbound services to Zuid is 26.5 meters below street level, while the upper level platform with northbound services to Noord is 16.5 meters below street level. This makes De Pijp station the deepest station on the Noord/Zuidlijn and the deepest metro station in the Netherlands.

In May 2013, a municipal advisory committee selected artwork by Argentinian artist Amalia Pica for this station.[3] It is a multicolored painting that will run the entire span of the wall of the mezzanine level.

The station has two entrances, one at Albert Cuypstraat and Ferdinand Bolstraat and one at Ceintuurbaan and Ferdinand Bolstraat. The existing corner buildings at each station entrance location had been demolished. The first designs for the new residential buildings were presented in April 2014.[4]

Gallery

  • Station entrance under a residential building on Ceintuurbaan, January 2018
    Station entrance under a residential building on Ceintuurbaan, January 2018
  • Station mezzanine, January 2018
    Station mezzanine, January 2018
  • Upper-level platform (northbound), January 2018
    Upper-level platform (northbound), January 2018
  • Upper-level platform (northbound) under construction, May 2014
    Upper-level platform (northbound) under construction, May 2014
  • Lower-level platform (southbound) under construction, August 2010
    Lower-level platform (southbound) under construction, August 2010
  • Construction of De Pijp station roof, June 2006
    Construction of De Pijp station roof, June 2006

References

  1. ^ "Namen stations Noord/Zuidlijn vastgesteld (Names of stations on North-South Line determined)" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  2. ^ "Nieuw verkeersmodel voor Amsterdam (New Travel Mode for Amsterdam)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2015-12-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. ^ "Kunst in station De Pijp: De kleuren van De Pijp sijpelen door (Art in De Pijp Station: The Colours of De Pijp Neighbourhood Seep Downward" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. ^ "Wonen boven station De Pijp (Living Above De Pijp Station" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

External links

  • GVB website (in English)
  • Foto's van Station De Pijp in de Beeldbank van het Stadsarchief Amsterdam (in Dutch)
  • North-South Line project site Archived 2020-08-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
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Amsterdam Metro Line 52
(NS) signifies a connection to Nederlandse Spoorwegen trains