Station Amsterdam Centraal is the largest railway station of Amsterdam, and the second-busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal. It was designed by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1889, replacing Amsterdam Willemspoort Station, which had closed in 1878, as well as the temporary Westerdok Station used from 1878 to 1889. It features a Gothic/Renaissance Revival station building and a cast iron platform roof spanning approximately 40 metres.
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