The Amsterdam–Schiphol railway (also known as the Westtak Ringspoorbaan) is an important 17 kilometre long railway line in the Netherlands that connects Amsterdam with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, and allows trains to continue to Leiden, The Hague, and Rotterdam.

De Vlugtlaan station was closed in 2000 as part of the project to open the Hemboog which would link Schiphol with North Holland.

The Amsterdam-Schiphol line leaves Amsterdam Centraal in a westerly direction.

It passes Zaanstraat depot 2 km (1.2 mi) from Amsterdam Centraal, where the Oude Lijn towards Haarlem diverges.

The railway and metro both turn toward the south before reaching the bi-level Amsterdam Sloterdijk station.