The Weirdest Metro System in the World | Amsterdam Metro

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[RMTransit]

This video a remake of a previous video incorporating your feedback, improving pronunciations, making corrections, and fully revamping the visuals and script. Please enjoy and consider sharing!

[drfisheye]

The North-South line construction was about €3 billion. Lots of Amsterdam institutions got huge budget cuts because Amsterdam was about broke. It's easy to overlook the consequences for such expensive building projects, but they are still being felt. Meanwhile the line is forced into a success by rerouting other services towards the line. So you kind of need to use the line.

[baux_dud]

I'd love to see a larger video about the entire integrated Randstad transit system!
Praying for the day that pops up in my feed :)

[Tony.H]

You forgot the coolest fact of the Noord Zuidlijn construction! They made the station float (yes really!) to dig the new station under it. The whole station floated on the IJ for a few weeks to make it happen. I went on a tour just before the line opened to see how they did it and it was amazing.

Also whenever I switch from the train to the metro at some Amsterdam stations I feel so cool that I get to stay on the same platform (just the other side), which are shared by trains and metros. I dunno why but that always feels pretty neat. Also it always feels like a bit of a race between the train and the metro on the bits where the tracks run alongside each other 😂😅

[GresSimJa]

Waited for you to do a vid on this one again!

As an Amsterdammer, it's a fine enough metro system (if your commute is on the 5 routes it has, haha). Where it truly shines is transferring to train stations (Amsterdam has 10 train stations, and 8 of them can be accessed by metro).

But there's so many methods of public transportation here that the metro... doesn't matter too much. People in the north have become dependent on the metro to easily visit the city center though.

Only thing that would be nice is some kind of link between the central station and Sloterdijk, but like I said, there are 3 different methods to get there more easily.

Edit: I wanted to add: the new Noord-Zuidlijn stations look gorgeous, the others that aren't also train stations usually smell.

[nicolayordanov]

I believe that it would be a great idea to make a video on the Sofia metro. It is not that popular of a system but in my opinion it is a great example of how quickly a metro can expand despite the numerous issues that exist in Bulgaria. The system has made incredible progress and has 4 lines despite it being first opened in 1998.
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P.S. I know that this is probably going to get ignored but I decided to shoot my shot anyways.

[staceyhucknall]

i went to amsterdam for the ~activities~ and museums few years ago and was so wonderfully surprised by how wonderful the public transit is!! made going back to northern englands lack thereof quite painful. great video!

[carolinnanl]

The 51 metro line that run all the way to Wetswijk at the end of Amstelveen was much simpler to use than the current ‘Amstelveenlijn’ tram as users could easily go from Amstelveen Zuid to Amsterdam Centraal in one transport. It has a lot of problems but actually, the new line is also very unreliable. I actually decided to move out of Amstelveen because of this change.

[HessionDrasha]

I'd be curious to see how the uk's transport infrastructure outside of london, compares to france/germany/italy. I have a feeling we don't stack up so well, but i'd like to know why :)

[VouDouLouYT]

Cool video one note however: @ 5:43 The green line was already coloured in but you decided it needed another branch lol.

Possible video suggestion: The Netherlands is looking to European TEN-T investment for a new Highspeed rail line(Lelylijn) connecting Lelystad towards Groningen and extend connection towards Bremen-Hamburg-Kopenhagen.

[glenatkinson]

I really liked the Metro, trams and NS rail while I visited The Netherlands some years ago. Clean fast and efficient.

[schaulinnoam]

The station Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA is really impressive and worth a look! It integrated metro, busses, regional and intercity rail really nicely.

[treinenliefde]

First thing I noticed that a lot of the earlier pictures are outdated, hmm I might go and photograph a lot of the routes and trains in the summer and put them online under Creative Commons license.

Like you mention on multiple occasions, indeed the metro and train lines really are next to eachother. Stations like Bijlmer Arena and Duivendrecht have the trains and metros side to side on the opposite platform. Makes for some fun pictures because metros, high speed trains, goods trains and the normal network are all next to eachother.

[ellebeaubelle]

this is so fascinating to see! as a dutch person living in the north of the country i don't come to amsterdam odten, and the difference in public transport throughout the country is quite extreme. in lesser populated areas there are sadly a lot of problems with it, from a lot of delays to quite some places not being reachable with public transport at all. i guess this depends on funding and different companies for the busses and trains but i still wish it worked better here.

[escwilde]

The blue North South line was news for years in the Netherlands duo the construction problems and soil. Yet they still managed to make it and it's an amazing addition for fast travel and public transport.

[florisjansen]

Great coverage of the Amsterdam Metro network! Please make a video about the Rotterdam Metro and how it connects to The Hague via Randstadrail! It's a more extensive network and it connects the countries 2nd and 3rd largest cities!

P.S. : The proposed extensions to places like Almere and Purmerend are probably never going to happen due to the already existing rail infrastructure and costs.

[jeroenl]

Great video! A video about the Rotterdam Metro would be nice

[VuurwerkNederland]

Sneltrams ("fast trams") were a huge mistake in the Netherlands. They also build a part of the Rotterdam Metro as a sneltram.
Although there are less issues nowadays with the sneltram part of the Rotterdam Metro, it still has quite some level crossings which cause incidents and force the trains running on it to move at slower speeds.

[mdhazeldine]

Man, I love Amsterdam and the Dutch transport network. The national rail and trams are amazing. I've never tried the metro and it seems like it's had a lot of issues, but I'm not surprised the Dutch have sorted it out now. One question you left unanswered in this video is why are they not finishing off the ring line? Seems like an easy win to me.

[loisarends]

I live in Rotterdam and I feel so lucky with our public transport tbh, it's very convenient and you can reach pretty much almost any part of the city with either metro, tram or bus