Travel Guides - Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Transportation

Bus and Metro
Gemeentevervoersbedrijf (GVB) is the public transport company in charge of both the bus, metro and tram in the city.
Amsterdam has 4 metro lines around the city allow for a quick and efficient. Tickets for access to the platforms are purchased at automatic machines in each station, or at points of customer service that is in some seasons. Under no circumstances can buy your ticket by credit card, always pay with affective.
On the bus Amsterdam has an extensive fleet that can both move around the city and travel to neighboring towns. There is also a night bus service that operates enters the 00:30 and 7:30.
Depending on the days we're in Holland you can buy a card called Strippenkaart
and is valid for Amsterdam as major cities. This card covers the services of metro, bus and tram.
 
Tram
The tram is also a great way to get around the city and the peripheral zone. If you have a card above we can benefit from cheaper prices. We must never forget to stamp our ticket to go and that the fines are high if it passes the reviewer and we have our ticket stamped.
 
Taxi
Like all big city of Amsterdam has a good fleet of taxis. If we do not want to pay a very high bill, it is advised not to take this means of transport unless it is unavoidable.
 
Train
Amsterdam has 9 train causing it is also a way to get around the city, however the use of this transport is advised especially if we leave the city. The city's main station is Centraal Station and from here we train to anywhere in the country. This also is no train station at Schiphol airport. For more information visit http://www.ns.nl/
 
Major train stations in Amsterdam
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