Amsterdam Metro construction

Being a city with a multitude of canals, they dig fairly deep. The system is also notable by its part under the city’s bay Ij. It has some interesting floodgates, and that is the city’s first metrotunnel across the bay. The construction is going on for around 10 years, and still they aren’t about to finish.

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Vijzelgracht station

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Cams, beware!

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The Rokin station rocks!

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Here comes the central station!

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Now, for the Ijtunnel!

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Floodgate!

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Typical  Ijtunnel. It turned out to be unexpectedly rectangular, with a wall between the train tunnels

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The other side!

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That’s the end of it. Sections are no longer split, surface is near. You can calculate the distance to the exit by the increasing amounts of graffiti

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