Starting in 1900 the public transport in Amsterdam is being provided by Gemeentetram, from 1943 by Gemeentevervoerbedrijf Amsterdam and since 2003 by GVB.
By clicking on the links below the historic development of the line-colour system can be explored, including the history of the tram, light-rail and metro lines.
On several places links have been made to the history of the route of a line or to a list of all station names and destinations of a line.
Recent pictures show the line-colours as used at this moment in practice.
There are also links to additional information and several national and international websites.
The history of the tram;
The history of the metro;
The line colours of the tram lines;
The line colours of the light-rail and metro lines;
The complete overview of all possible combinations;
New developments for tram, light-rail and metro;
Links to interesting websites;
Used literature;
Updates.
Notes:
For this website I have been using pictures that I made by myself and pictures that I have borrowed from others. Each picture is provided with the date and name of the photographer. Thanks to Wouter van Beek, Thomas Immekus, Rob van der Klooster, Sander Koppelaar, Remco Mulder, Gerrit Prins, Martijn Roos, Hans Schuckmann, Danny Soetens, Frank Stuifbergen en Kees Verhulst for their contribution.
All pictures of the line colours, line films, station names and destinations have been made by myself using CorelDraw. These pictures may be used freely, given they will be provided with the source.
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updated: 24-08-2008
e-mail to: han@schomakers.net