Moderne geschiedenis
Sneltramlijn 51 vanuit Amstelveen duikt op uit het nu gesloopte tunneltje bij station Amsterdam Zuid. Dit is het punt waarop van 1990 tot 2008 de sporen van lijn 51 en 5 uiteengingen, respectievelijk samenkwamen.
De derde rail begon al in het tunneltje; daar werden ook al de bijbehorende stroomafnemers en de treeplanken uitgeklapt. Het omschakelen naar 750 V metrospanning en het strijken van de pantografen gebeurde pas even later, op de halte
A historic picture of the light rail line between Amstelveen and Amsterdam, at the point where route 51 switched from tramway to metro operation. The conversion included the type of current collection (from overhead to third rail), voltage (from 600 V to 750 V) and adaptation to the larger distance between the floor and the platform edge on the metro network (by putting out the folding steps).
The Amstelveen line was also used by the regular trams of route 5. The junction of both lines at Amsterdam Zuid station is seen here. It existed from the start of the line in 1990 until 2008, when route 5 was banned from the station area to make room for the new North-South-metro line (route 52, opened 2018). Route 51 kept using this tunnel until 2019, when the Amstelveen line was cut off from the metro network and converted to full low-floor tramway operation
Moderne geschiedenis
Sneltramlijn 51 vanuit Amstelveen duikt op uit het nu gesloopte tunneltje bij station Amsterdam Zuid. Dit is het punt waarop van 1990 tot 2008 de sporen van lijn 51 en 5 uiteengingen, respectievelijk samenkwamen.
De derde rail begon al in het tunneltje; daar werden ook al de bijbehorende stroomafnemers en de treeplanken uitgeklapt. Het omschakelen naar 750 V metrospanning en het strijken van de pantografen gebeurde pas even later, op de halte
A historic picture of the light rail line between Amstelveen and Amsterdam, at the point where route 51 switched from tramway to metro operation. The conversion included the type of current collection (from overhead to third rail), voltage (from 600 V to 750 V) and adaptation to the larger distance between the floor and the platform edge on the metro network (by putting out the folding steps).
The Amstelveen line was also used by the regular trams of route 5. The junction of both lines at Amsterdam Zuid station is seen here. It existed from the start of the line in 1990 until 2008, when route 5 was banned from the station area to make room for the new North-South-metro line (route 52, opened 2018). Route 51 kept using this tunnel until 2019, when the Amstelveen line was cut off from the metro network and converted to full low-floor tramway operation