On Sun, 28 May 2006, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at
01:37:17 on Sun, 28 May 2006, Tom Anderson
remarked:
It's basically Thameslink, or the Watford DC line.

Conceptually and operationally it's closer to the DLR, I think.

Is there a Docklands equivalent in south Amsterdam? There is that World
Trade Centre stop ...

Yes, sounds plausible. Although Hoopdorf (the next stop on the line,
where many of the Centraal-Schiphol trains terminate) is also somewhat
of an upmarket business park.

I don't think Amsterdam has an ex-docklands area quite like London. I
would guess that most of the country's port activity was serviced via
Rotterdam, rather than Amsterdam.

I didn't mean a specifically ex-docklands area, just an area outside the
historical centre of the city which is a major business centre.

However, on the subject of ports, while Rotterdam's certainly a bigger
port, Amsterdam's still a port:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=amst...21698&t=h&om=1

Moreover, there's definitely an area to the east of the city centre with
loads of buildings that were clearly old warehouses and had been converted
into flats and offices; there's also a maritime museum and modern art
museum, two very reliable signs of a regenerated ex-dock area. Not that
it's a major business centre, or on the metro.

tom

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