Amsterdam's Noord/Zuidlijn metro line opens

The Noord/Zuidlijn (Line 52) connects Amsterdam-Noord with Amsterdam-Zuid over 9.7 km, about 7.1 km of which run underground, with eight stations (including Noord, Centraal Station, Rokin, Vijzelgracht, De Pijp, Europaplein). Construction ran from April 2002 until the official opening on 21 July 2018 (public service began 22 July 2018) and cost around EUR 3.1 billion, far above the originally budgeted EUR 681 million. The deepest station, De Pijp, lies 26.5 meters below ground; the deepest tunnel point between Rokin and Vijzelgracht reaches 31.7 meters below sea level.