Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station

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Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA is a railway station in the Bijlmermeer area of Amsterdam-Zuidoost, Netherlands. It sits next to the Johan Cruyff Arena (Ajax’s stadium) and other event venues.

Key facts
- Opened in 1971, rebuilt in 1976 and 2007. The full rebuild was completed on 17 November 2007.
- Name changed from Amsterdam Bijlmer to Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA in December 2006 to match ArenA Boulevard and the nearby stadium.
- The station has five platforms and eight tracks: two tracks and one platform are for the Amsterdam Metro; the remaining six tracks and four platforms serve NS (Dutch Railways) trains.
- The ArenA complex also includes AFAS Live, Pathé ArenA cinema, and Ziggo Dome nearby.

Metro and trains
- Metro lines: Line 50 (Isolatorweg–Gein) and Line 54 (Amsterdam Centraal–Gein). Services run roughly every 10 minutes, with less frequent service early morning and late night; weekends usually start a bit later and run about every 15 minutes.
- NS trains connect to many destinations, including Utrecht Centraal, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Rotterdam Centraal, Den Haag Centraal, Leiden, Dordrecht, Venlo, and Maastricht. Night trains run on selected routes at times.

Bus connections
- Buses are available from GVB (lines 44, 47, 49, 66) and from Connexxion (lines 171, 200, 255, 271, 300, 356). Some services are part of the R-net network (lines 255, 300, 330, 356).

Design
- The station arches over ArenA Boulevard and is known for its transparent, modern look. The structure is about 100 meters long, 70 meters wide, and 30 meters tall.