De Akkers metro station
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| Rotterdam Metro station | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 51°50′0″N 4°19′11″E / 51.83333°N 4.31972°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | RET | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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De Akkers (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʔɑkərs]) is the most southwestern subway station of the Rotterdam Metro and is located in the Dutch city of Spijkenisse. The station, with one island platform, opened on April 25, 1985 as a terminus of the North-South Line (also formerly called Erasmus line), nowadays line D. Since the extension of the East-West Line (Caland line) opened on November 4, 2002, the station also serves as terminus of that line. The station is named for the adjacent neighbourhood and is located on top of its shopping mall.
A few minutes after midnight on 2 November 2020, a metro train crashed through a buffer stop and landed on a 10-metre-high artwork at the station.[1][2] Only the driver was on board when the accident happened and he freed himself without injury.[2] Maarten Struijs, the sculptor who created the artwork, said he was surprised that the sculpture had held together.[2]
The sculpture was erected by the station in 2002 and is made of reinforced polyester.[2]
References
- ^ "Rotterdam Metro Train Plows Through Stop Block, Dangles on Artwork". Storyful. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d Boffey, Daniel (2 November 2020). "Whale sculpture stops Dutch train crashing into water". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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