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Amsterdam Central Station re-opens main entrance

Published on : 26 October 2011 - 12:41pm | By RNW English section (Screenshot: NOS)
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Central Station in Amsterdam has re-opened its main front entrance for the first time in seven years. At half past eight this morning, an official ceremony was held to mark the event.

Amsterdam Central Station’s front entrance has been closed due to construction work on the city’s new extended metro system. The building work around the station for the underground is almost complete.

But the some 260,000 rail passengers that pass through the station each day will still have to walk under scaffolding – renovation work on the building’s façade is not yet finished.

The interior of the station is also undergoing a mammoth make-over, including the addition of new shopping halls.

(jn)

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TorpSlessella 28 October 2011 - 8:38am / Slovenia

I am very pleased to become here, this is my personal very first post, hope we'll slowly turn out to be friends!

JodiHamilton 26 October 2011 - 1:54pm / Netherlands

I am glad I was able to see the main entrance opened, it has been a long time, all the scaffolding the detours etc finally out of the way after what 7-8 years ???
They did a great job :-)

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