Sacharovlaan tram stop

Sacharovlaan
General information
LocationHammarskjöldsingel at Sacharovlaan, Amstelveen
Netherlands
Coordinates52°16′56.5″N 4°49′57.0″E / 52.282361°N 4.832500°E / 52.282361; 4.832500
Owned byGVB
Platforms1 centre platform
Tracks2
Other information
WebsiteGVB: Sacharovlaan
History
Opened13 September 2004 as metro line 51[1]
Closed3 March 2019[1]
Rebuilt13 December 2020 for tram line 25[2]
Services
Preceding station Amsterdam Tram Following station
Poortwachter
towards Station Zuid
 Line 25 Westwijk
towards Uithoorn Centrum
Former services
Preceding station Amsterdam Metro Following station
Spinnerij
towards Centraal Station
 Line 51 Westwijk
Terminus

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 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
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