User:TheWombatGuru/North/South Line (Amsterdam metro)

The North/South Line is a future metro line that will run between Amsterdam Noord and Amsterdam Zuid. It is scheduled for opening in 2017. The line will serve 8 stations in 9.7 km.

History
Plans for a line like the North/South Line can be dated back to 1968. It was then decided by the municipality of Amsterdam to build another line, the Oostlijn, instead, because they feared for collapsing buildings in the center of Amsterdam. During the late eighties, a political party called D66 wanted to research a possibility for the creation of this line. In 1999 it was decided that such a line would be created. In 2003, construction on the North/South line was started.

Route
The line consists of 8 stations over 9.7 km. It travels through the Amsterdam Centraal railway station where it connects with four other metro lines. Most of the track is not shared with other lines. It travels underneath the IJ to Amsterdam Noord. There it doesn't travel underground.

Services
Trains of Series M5 will be on the North/South line.