Amsterdam Centraal is the central railway station of Amsterdam. It is also one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 250,000 passengers a day, excluding transferring passengers. It is the starting point of Amsterdam Metro lines 51, 53 and 54.
Amsterdam Centraal's building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt. It first opened in 1889 and features a roof span of approximately 40 metres fabricated in cast iron by Andrew Handyside of Derby, England.
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Het Centraal station is gebouwd tussen 1881 en 1889 naar ontwerp van architect P.J.H. Cuypers, ingenieur/architect A.L. van Gendt (stationsgebouw) en ingenieur L.J. Eijmer (stationskap).