I amsterdam - Fast facts

Construction start date	17 January 2003
Set for completion	2013
Number of stations	Eight
Building structure costs	Euro 1,5 billion
Length metro line	9,5 kilometres long
Length underground	6 kilometres (3,2 km is being drilled)
Length between stations	1,100 metres
Number of passengers per day	200.000 passengers
Average speed of train	35 km/hour
Top speed of train	70 km / hour
Run during rush hour	Every four minutes
Run during day	Every five minutes
Run during evening	Every ten minutes
Start of drilling	End of 2007 (starting from the Damrak)
Line alignment below street	20 to 34 metres
Boring below street level	20 to 30 metres
TBM diameter	7 metres
TBM length	60 metres
Distance covered by TBM	8 metres a day
Special Characteristics
Smoother journeys between north and south Amsterdam
Direct link between Amsterdam Centraal station and World Trade Centre
New trains vandal-tested prior to series production
Tunnels below the River IJ built vertically parallel
Possibilities for extensions in the future, at the south and north end of the metro line
Underground parking at metro stations Rokin and Vijzelgracht
During construction archeological finds are expected