Stairways and lift for second passageway at Amsterdam Zuid station

The works are part of the large-scale regeneration of Amsterdam Zuid station. From 22.00 on the evening of Wednesday, 28 May until 05.00 on the morning of Monday, 2 June, two lanes on the A10 ZuidA10 Zuid dicht will be closed. We will be positioning large cranes on the A10 Zuid next to the new Brittenpassage, de toekomstige extra reizigerspassage van het station. the future additional passenger tunnel at the station. Construction work is so well advanced that we can now lift stairways and a lift from the motorway to connect the passageway with the platform for tracks 3 and 4. Later this year, we will do exactly the same with the stairways and lift for the railway platform for tracks 1 and 2. We already built the new the new and permanent railway platforms for the new passenger tunnel earlier this year.

At the same time, we are also building a new overhead wire structure. This is the system that powers the trains. It consists of steel portals fitted with cables and wiring. We will be able to use the cranes on the two closed lanes of the A10 Zuid to lift into position the steel that is needed to build the structure. We will start by building the new overhead wire portals. These will then provide temporarily support for the overhead wires, enabling us to demolish the old portals. The wires can then be fitted permanently. This is precision work that is very time-consuming. We also need to first assemble the cranes on the A10 Zuid that will be used to lift the steel into position. This work needs to be done close to the metro tracks. For this reason, part of the steel structure can only be built during the night when no metros are running.

The existing overhead wire structure next to the Brittenpassage needs to be adapted because it is not suitable for the new roofs for the railway platforms. This platform roof will be put in place two weeks later, in the weekend of 14/15 June 2025. The motorway will be closed again that weekend and we will use cranes on the A10 Zuid to lift the roof sections into place. Also during that weekend, there will be no trains running to and from Amsterdam Zuid station.