Zuidplein metro station

Zuidplein
General information
Coordinates	51°53′13″N 4°29′19″E
System	Rotterdam Metro station
Owner	RET
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	1968
Services
Preceding station Rotterdam Metro Following station Slinge towards De Akkers Line D Maashaven towards Rotterdam Centraal Slinge Terminus Line E Maashaven towards Den Haag Centraal
Location

Zuidplein is an above-ground metro station in the south of the city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is part of Rotterdam Metro lines D and E.

The station opened on 9 February 1968, on the same date that the North-South Line (also formerly called Erasmus line), of which it is a part, was opened. It served as the southern terminus of the line until 25 November 1970, when a one-station extension to Slinge was opened.

Zuidplein station is located immediately adjacent to a large shopping centre of the same name. Rotterdam Ahoy, the largest multipurpose arena on Netherlands is also within walking distance of the station. A bus station is located directly underneath the metro station, providing access to local bus services.

1989 murders

On 6 March 1989, a man stabbed four women, three fatally, in a rampage inside Zuidplein station. The suspect, 28-year-old Glenn M., targeted white women after his white Dutch girlfriend left him. The assailant was arrested and died by suicide in prison in 1992.