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Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands, has about 730,000 inhabitants (1.3 million in metropolitan area) and is famous for its huge canal system.
The metro system in Amsterdam is a combination of full metro and rapid trams (sneltram) running mainly on the surface. Except for the tram tunnel on line 26, only 3.5 km of all metro routes runs underground in the city centre between Centraal Station and Amstel. Lines 51, 53 and 54 share tracks between Centraal Station and Spaklerweg. Large parts of the metro network run parallel to NS mainline rail lines and cross-platform interchange is provided at Amstel, Duivendrecht (north-south), whereas Bijlmer ArenA, Sloterdijk, Lelylaan, Zuid, RAI and Diemen Zuid railway stations lie adjacent to the corresponding metro stations.
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