My little town of Amsterdam finished a masterpiece last week. A project started back in the year of 2003, was finally delivered to the general public. Last Saturday was the opening, the opening of our newest metro line. Seven years late! But, finally we connect the city from the financial district all the way to the northern part of town on the other side of the river 'IJ'.

9 point 7 kilometres long, of which 7 point 1 kilometres in tunnels, with a projected capacity of 120k travellers per day, to the cost of displacement of some monumental buildings, and a fine 3 Billion Euros (factor two of what was projected).

_{© Alpharailkoker (source)}

What a project it was! For 15 years, Amsterdam was a big building site! Interestingly, other European cities wishing a (additional) metro line as well, take Amsterdam as an example to what such wish may result into. Ok Ok, it is damn difficult to create metro lines underneath a city build on soft ground; Continuous collapsing tunnels and sinking buildings as a result.

And then today, this digital newspaper wrote this small article (source):

Noord/Zuidlijn dicht voor renovatie

Na een succesvol openingsweekend is de Noord/Zuidlijn weer gesloten. De lijn gaat dicht voor een grondige renovatie.

“Sommige delen van de lijn zijn sterk verouderd”, vertelt hoofdingenieur Marie Bakker. “Zo zijn een aantal tunnels al 15 jaar oud. Daar gaan we nu even opnieuw naar kijken, de fundamenten moderniseren. En we gaan natuurlijk ook alles opnieuw in de verf zetten.”

De renovatie gaat naar verwachting uit de klauwen lopen tot 2031.

Translated into English, it says something like:

North / South Metro line closed for renovation

After a successful opening weekend, the North / South Metro line is closed again. The line is closed for a thorough renovation.

"Some parts of the line are outdated," says head engineer Marie Bakker. "For example, a number of tunnels are already 15 years old. We are going to look at that again now, to modernise the foundations. And of course we will also highlight everything again."

The renovation is expected to finish in 2031.

_{© Cobouw (source)}

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