Oranjebaan tram stop

Oranjebaan 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]

Oranjebaan
General information
Location	Beneluxbaan & Oranjebaan, Amstelveen Netherlands
Coordinates	52°18′11.9″N 4°52′19.2″E
Platforms	1 centre platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Website	GVB: Oranjebaan
History
Rebuilt	2019–2020
Services
Preceding station Amsterdam Tram Following station Onderuit towards Westergasfabriek Line 5 Stadshart Terminus Onderuit towards Station Zuid Line 25 Ouderkerkerlaan towards Uithoorn Centrum
Former services
Preceding station Amsterdam Metro Following station Onderuit towards Centraal Station Line 51 Amstelveen Centrum towards Westwijk
Location Oranjebaan Location within metro van Amsterdam

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. 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; the high-level platforms were demolished, and the low-level platforms were lengthened to handle a coupled pair of low-floor trams.^[3][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. Vosman, Quintus (5 March 2019). "Dutch start reconstruction of Amstelveen LRT" (pdf). International Rail Journal.