De Pijp metro station explained

De Pijp
Style:Amsterdam Metro
Address:Oude Pijp, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Code:DPP
Line:52 (Metro)
Platform:2 split platforms (1 on each level)
Tracks:2 (1 on each level)
Levels:2
Structure:Underground
Opened:22 July 2018
Owned:City of Amsterdam
Operator:GVB
Zone:5700 (Centrum)
Map Type:Netherlands Amsterdam 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]

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Namen stations Noord/Zuidlijn vastgesteld (Names of stations on North-South Line determined). Dutch. Het Parool. 2012-03-07. 2014-08-02.
  2. Web site: Nieuw verkeersmodel voor Amsterdam (New Travel Mode for Amsterdam). Dutch. Gemeente Amsterdam. 2015-12-18. 2018-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222094606/http://wijnemenjemee.nl/nieuws/nieuw-verkeersmodel-voor-amsterdam. 2015-12-22. dead.
  3. Web site: 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. Dutch. Gemeente Amsterdam. 2016-10-31. 2018-04-24.
  4. Web site: Wonen boven station De Pijp (Living Above De Pijp Station. Dutch. Gemeente Amsterdam. 2014-04-11. 2018-04-24.