Rokin metro station

Rokin metro station is an Amsterdam Metro station on Line 52, the fifth and newest metro line in Amsterdam which connects the Amsterdam-Noord (north) borough to the Amsterdam-Zuid (south) via Amsterdam Centraal. It began service in July 2018 and is under the Rokin canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1]

Rokin
Rokin metro station platforms
General information
Location	Rokin, Amsterdam,  Netherlands
Coordinates	52°22′16″N 4°53′34″E
Owned by	City of Amsterdam
Operated by	GVB
Line(s)	52 (Metro)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	RKN
Fare zone	5700 (Centrum)
History
Opened	22 July 2018
Services
Preceding station Amsterdam Metro Following station Centraal Station towards Noord Line 52 Vijzelgracht towards Station Zuid
Location
Rokin Location within metro van Amsterdam

Overground, this metro station serves as connection to the tram lines 4, 14, 24 as well as the night buses N85, N86, N87 & N88.

The station, designed by Benthem Crouwel Architekten, has an island platform 125 meters long and approximately 11.8 meters wide. There are two exits, one on the north side of Rokin, south of Dam Square, and the other one north of Spui. The station is handles approximately 30,000 passengers per day. The station is located at a depth of 21.5 meters below NAP. NOS reported on March 8, 2018 that "Travellers who take the metro at the Rokin first stand on the escalator for two and a half minutes before they reach the platform." Because of the great depth, the height difference to be bridged is so great that the platform can only be accessible by lift and escalators. Fixed stairs are not used here. On top of the station, there is an underground car park for 250 cars and an underground bicycle shed for 300 bicycles.

The station is also used for an exhibition of the archaeological objects found in the soil of Amsterdam during the construction of the metro line. Four artists were selected to create a design for this exhibition, in combination with a work of art on the platform level. In December 2013, a special committee of the municipality selected a work of art by the British-French artist duo Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel for this station.  The artwork consists of two long showcases between the escalators in which various archaeological finds are exhibited. Enlarged images of these finds are placed on both walls along the tracks in mosaics of ceramics, colored glass and stone.