Rotterdam Metro

By Arnav Mishra, Chief-In-Editor 24/3/2022

The Rotterdam Metro is Located in a City known for Maritime Trade in the Netherlands .The Metro is smaller than the Rotterdam Tram .This is a LRT(Light Rail Transit).The Network has 5 lines and 70 Stations. This has a daily ridership of  272K. And a annual ridership of over a 100 Million.

The Official Map of the Rail Network

This Began operation in 1968 before the Tram was opened. The system has a length of 100 KM.

Lines A and B

In the northeast of Rotterdam, Lines A and B branch to Binnenhof (Line A) and to Nesselande (Line B). The latter has been extended since September 2005; before that date, this line terminated at De Tochten. , Lines A and B have some level crossings the lines can be better known as Light Rail.

These sections is mostly third rail but some parts are overhead example, railway crossings (the other exception is Line E (RandstadRail) to The Hague). However, the term light rail is not used in Rotterdam; most people just call these branches metro.

As of 30 September 2019 Line B is connected to the Schiedam–Hoek van Holland railway line, extending the metro network to Hoek van Holland, while line A will operate on this line as far as Vlaardingen West, starting November 2019.

Line C

At Capelsebrug, Line C branches off the main East-West section to De Terp. Until November 2002, November 2002 an extension through the city of Schiedam was opened. The extension included four new stations in Schiedam (including Schiedam Centrum station) and one in Pernis. Line C joins Line D at the Tussenwater station in Hoogvliet. Line C trains continue and, like those on the Line D, terminate at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse.

Line D

Line D runs from Rotterdam Centraal to De Akkers. Line D meets and Interchanges with Lines A, B and C at Beurs Junction. Before the connection with Line E at Rotterdam Centraal was realized in December 2011, some Line D trains terminated at Slinge during rush hours.

Line E

Line E is the Successor of the former Hofpleinlijn from a railway line to a rapid transit line.The section Laan van NOI and Leidschendam-Voorburg is shared with light rail vehicles on two routes from the Hague tram network heading towards Zoetermeer via the Zoetermeer Stadslijn. The services are run by Randstad Rail

Extensions

RET plans to build a connecting line from Kralingse Zoom  to and Rotterdam Central station; The Metro will be permanently borrowed using heavy rail tracks. The System is planned to have more trains, stations and short intervals between trains. They have an estimation for it to be very busy.

Electrification

The whole network runs on third rail but some places have overhead lines. One Train runs on only 750V.Trains that have overhead wires are known as sneltram (light rail) by locals,