The metro platform will be located between the Minervapassage and the new Brittenpassage. On both sides, the new Minervapassage will provide access to the railway platforms. There will be staircases, escalators and lifts. From the city, it will be possible to cycle via Beethovenstraat and Mathijs Vermeulenpad directly into the new bicycle storage facility and then easily walk to the metro or train via the Minervapassage. Of course, you can also go shopping: in the passageway itself or in the shops that will be on the northern and southern side of the station and in the new Brittenpassage.

The new Minervapassage will be 40 m wide (compared to 12 m now). Underneath the metro tracks, we are raising the height of the ceiling to the same height as underneath the railway tracks: from 2.5 m to 4 m. The roof above the platforms and the platform floors both will allow light to penetrate down the stairs and elevators. As a result, the Minervapassage will be bathed in natural daylight. Together with the other parts of the station zone, the passageway will become a pleasant area for shopping. For pedestrians, the Minervapassage will also serve as an attractive connection between Amsterdam Zuid, Zuidas and Buitenveldert.

Click on the arrow in the photo and take a look around the Minervapassage in 2031

The renovation of the Minervapassage is starting with the roof. We are building the new sections of the roof alongside the existing passageway. In order to create a work site, we have therefore moved the platforms for line 52 (the North/South line) in the direction of Beethovenstraat. On the site, we are building huge concrete sheets around 100 m in length. They need to form a bridge over the 40 m wide pedestrian area, plus the spaces on either side where the entrances, shops and amenities are. From the site, we moved the first part of the new roof into position across the existing passageway in June 2023. In the future, this is where metro 52 (the North/South line) will run across two tracks. In August 2024, another roof section followed, across which metros 50 and 51 (in the direction of Isolatorweg) will run. In July 2025, the final roof section was placed, across which lines 50 and 51 will run, in the direction of Gein and Amsterdam Centraal. When the Brittenpassage is complete (by 2027 at the latest), passengers will be able to use this new passageway to access the train or metro. We will then continue our work widening the Minervapassage, without disrupting railway or metro traffic.