File:Trams and Taxicab (5525279778).jpg
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English: Amsterdam's transportation network is primarily built around street trams. Using Centraal Station (the railroad hub) as the main hub, streetcars fan out in all directions throughout the city core and well beyond. The trams often come covered in full-body advertisements, as seen here. Although Amsterdam also has a conventional heavy-rail subway, only one line serves the city core and is of little use to visitors.
These trams are on Line 1, the line connecting Centraal Station to Leidseplein where I was staying. Fare payment was via strip cards (stripkaarten). Whenever I boarded any transit vehicle (tram, bus, subway train, etc.), I had to have the card stamped with the time and boarding area; I needed to stamp the number of spaces equal to the number of zones I was traveling through, plus one. Longer strip cards offered discounts. Random enforcement by transit police is very frequent and severe. This system not only covers Amsterdam, but the entire Netherlands - the entire country is divided into transit zones and I could go anywhere in the country this way. (Though for intercity trips, mainline trains are more sensible and faster.) The taxicab is a Mercedes Benz E-class, typical of European cabs. |
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Source | Trams and Taxicab |
Author | InSapphoWeTrust from Los Angeles, California, USA |
Camera location | 52° 21′ 56.21″ N, 4° 53′ 07.27″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 52.365613; 4.885354 |
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Camera manufacturer | EPSON |
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Camera model | Perfection 1240 |
Date and time of data generation | 05:58, 29 April 2011 |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
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File change date and time | 22:52, 2 February 2013 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 05:58, 29 April 2011 |
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Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Image width | 1,200 px |
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