Sportlaan tram stop

Tram station in Amstelveen, Netherlands

Sportlaan

Line 25 tram approaching Sportlaan

General information
Location| Beneluxbaan & Sportlaan, Amstelveen
Netherlands
Coordinates| 52°17′25.7″N 4°51′49.9″E﻿ / ﻿52.290472°N 4.863861°E﻿ / 52.290472; 4.863861
Platforms| 1 centre platform
Tracks| 2
Other information
Website| GVB: Sportlaan
History
Opened| 2 Dec 1990 for metro line 51[1]
Closed| 3 March 2019[1]
Rebuilt| 13 December 2020 for tram line 25[2]
Services
| Preceding station  | Amsterdam Tram | Following station

|
|

Ouderkerkerlaan

towards Station Zuid

|  | Line 25 |  | Meent

towards Uithoorn Centrum

Former services
| Preceding station  | Amsterdam Metro | Following station

|
|

Ouderkerkerlaan

towards Centraal Station

|  | Line 51 |  | Marne

towards Westwijk

Sportlaan 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 stop is located in an open trench below street level, and resembles a station having a centre platform with stairs and a glass-walled elevator leading up to street level. Bridges above the stop carry automobile traffic over the tram line via a roundabout. This stop is similar in design to those at the Kronenburg and Zonnestein tram stops. On 7 August 2019, the roundabout above the Sportlaan stop was opened for road traffic.[4][5]

Sportlaan was earlier a stop for metro line 51, a hybrid metro/sneltram (light rail) service that opened in 1990. Like a metro, the sneltram used high-level platforms. Metro line 51 service south of Amsterdam Zuid station was closed in 2019 to rebuild stations with lower platforms to accommodate the new low-floor trams for line 25.[1] Unlike the current line 25 stop, the old metro line 51 stop was located at street level and tracks used to cross the street Sportlaan at grade.[3]

Metro line 51 sneltram at now replaced Sportlaan stop in 2013

## References

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1. ^ a b c Vosman, Quintus (5 March 2019). "Dutch start reconstruction of Amstelveen LRT" (pdf). International Rail Journal. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.
2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.
4. ^ van der Meulen, Wendy (10 January 2020). "Ombouwen verkeerssituaties Kronenburg en Zonnestein". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). City of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. ^ Opdam, Danielle (14 August 2020). "Hoera! Kruispunt Sportlaan is open". Amstelveenlijn (in Dutch). City of Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.