Metro @ Rotterdam Centraal Station (MCS)

Rotterdam Central Station is the home of the Erasmus line. This is Rotterdam’s oldest subway line, which was opened on February 9, 1968 by Princess Beatrix and her husband Prince Claus. It is also called the North-South line. At the opening in 1968 it was one of the world’s shortest subway lines: only 5.9 kilometers between Rotterdam Centraal and shopping center Zuidplein on the left bank. In 2007 the Erasmus RandstadRail Line service on the route Hofplein – Den Haag Centraal became operational. An extension to Rotterdam Centraal is planned to be operational in 2010.

The total network length of the Rotterdam metro lines (excluding RandstadRail) is 55.3 kilometers, of which 15.3 kilometers run underground and 8.5 kilometers is implemented as light rail. The operation is performed by the RET.