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by Roelandp
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Amsterdam Centraal is the central station of Amsterdam. It is one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 250,000 passengers a day, excluding transferring passengers. It is also the starting point of 3 Amsterdam Metro lines. The station building of Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt, and opened in eighteeneigtynine. It features a roof span of 40 metres fabricated in cast iron by Andrew Handyside of Derby, England.The station is currently under reconstruction due to the new North/South metro line.
The building of Amsterdam Centraal is situated on three man-made islands, resting on almost eightysevenhundred wooden piles which have been driven deep into the muddy and sandy soil. The current location of the station is not the site the city of Amsterdam had originally hoped for; other possibilities included somewhere near the Leidseplein, the Weesperplein, or in the vicinity of the modern-day Sarphatipark. Officials in The Hague, however, felt that the eventual location at the head of the city, along The IJ, was the best location. This was a highly controversial decision, as it partly cut off Amsterdam from its own waterfront, making it an inland city.
The building of Amsterdam Centraal is situated on three man-made islands, resting on almost eightysevenhundred wooden piles which have been driven deep into the muddy and sandy soil. The current location of the station is not the site the city of Amsterdam had originally hoped for; other possibilities included somewhere near the Leidseplein, the Weesperplein, or in the vicinity of the modern-day Sarphatipark. Officials in The Hague, however, felt that the eventual location at the head of the city, along The IJ, was the best location. This was a highly controversial decision, as it partly cut off Amsterdam from its own waterfront, making it an inland city.