Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf - Tram/light Rail

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.

    • 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]

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