De Pijp metro station

De Pijp metro station (Dutch: Station De Pijp) is a station on the Route 52 (North–South Line) of the Amsterdam Metro in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was opened on 22 July 2018. Prior to March 2012, this station was known as the Ceintuurbaan.[1] De Pijp is an underground station situated in the Oude Pijp neighbourhood of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid (Amsterdam South). The station is expected to handle around 18,000 passengers and arrivals per day.[2]

De Pijp
De Pijp Station as of August 2018
LocationOude Pijp, Amsterdam,
 Netherlands
Coordinates52°21′13″N 4°53′26″E
Owned byCity of Amsterdam
Operated byGVB
Line(s)52 (Metro)
Platforms2 split platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks2 (1 on each level)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
Other information
Station codeDPP
Fare zone5700 (Centrum)
History
Opened22 July 2018
Services
Preceding station   Amsterdam Metro   Following station
toward Noord
Line 52
toward Station Zuid
Location
De Pijp
Location within metro van Amsterdam

History

The station, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architects, is situated beneath the Ferdinand Bolstraat in the De Pijp neighbourhood. Because of the narrow constraints of the site location, between the foundations of adjoining buildings, the station has two levels, with a platform on each level. Each platform is 125 metres long and 5.3 metres wide (3 meters at its narrowest points). There are ten escalators (five per platform) as well as lifts to the mezzanine level. The lower level platform with southbound services to Zuid is 26.5 meters below street level, while the upper level platform with northbound services to Noord is 16.5 meters below street level. This makes De Pijp station the deepest station on the Noord/Zuidlijn and the deepest metro station in the Netherlands.

In May 2013, a municipal advisory committee selected artwork by Argentinian artist Amalia Pica for this station.[3] It is a multicolored painting that will run the entire span of the wall of the mezzanine level.

The station has two entrances, one at Albert Cuypstraat and Ferdinand Bolstraat and one at Ceintuurbaan and Ferdinand Bolstraat. The existing corner buildings at each station entrance location had been demolished. The first designs for the new residential buildings were presented in April 2014.[4]

  • Station entrance under a residential building on Ceintuurbaan, January 2018
  • Station mezzanine, January 2018
  • Upper-level platform (northbound), January 2018
  • Upper-level platform (northbound) under construction, May 2014
  • Lower-level platform (southbound) under construction, August 2010
  • Construction of De Pijp station roof, June 2006

References
  1. "Namen stations Noord/Zuidlijn vastgesteld (Names of stations on North-South Line determined)" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  2. "Nieuw verkeersmodel voor Amsterdam (New Travel Mode for Amsterdam)" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2015-12-18. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. "Kunst in station De Pijp: De kleuren van De Pijp sijpelen door (Art in De Pijp Station: The Colours of De Pijp Neighbourhood Seep Downward" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. "Wonen boven station De Pijp (Living Above De Pijp Station" (in Dutch). Gemeente Amsterdam. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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