Sloterdijk — Local services in Amsterdam

Good station on the outskirts of Amsterdam. It has frequent train services to Amsterdam central station and Schiphol Airport, as well as trains out to Haarlem and The Hague. It is also a tram terminus, bus station, and metro station which mostly serve the western side of the city.

The station is quite large. Note that busses and trams are outside to the rear of the station, whilst the metro is inside the station but unusually is on the top level. To add confusion, platforms 10 and 11 are in a separate building a couple minutes walk from the main building.

Signage is generally quite good, there are plenty of departure displays and directions round the station. The only thing missing is that the metro signs only mention line 50, despite the same platform also being served by line 51.

There are escalators and lifts, but currently the single elevator that connects to the metro platform is out of order so accessibility is not great right now if you want to ride the metro.

The station has a number of small shops, as well as a manned ticket office and information desk if you...

It was a good railway station and metro was also part of it , it used it frequently during my stay there in hotel ID Apart near this station whenever I was to go somewhere for site seeing / touring or for some restaurant . Being near this station helped me a lot and made my stay there more comfortable . Further systems of advance journey tickets for more days and point to point ticket were also helpful in saving time during in/out of station . Liked it and will like to...

I arrived here after a thirteen-hour ride with Flixbus and you follow the signs and go get here in an offer to get the underground to get to the city centre. It's a big place with lots of restaurants and I liked that I could choose to buy my tickets either through the ticket office or the ticket machine. It was really easy to use and I liked that the underground was very smooth and you couldn't...