... at the moment especially in Swabia a big issue. That the train (or urban) project Stuttgart 21 is very controversial and complex, I probably no longer large go on it, because for months, this broad-entered in the national media and most people probably have heard many pros and cons of the project.
In this blog post I would like to mention one important aspect of the topic: the perception of the passengers of an underground transit station, as is planned in Stuttgart and in another major European city already exists: in Brussels.
Brussels used to have three large terminal stations (Brussels North, Brussels Midi, Brussels-Luxembourg), which were now all converted to transit stations. Early on (1866), the east of the city, Luxembourg train station connected to the North Station. The combination of the two largest train stations (Nordbhf., Südbhf.), Is as difficult as possible direct link would lead through the city. The construction of the downtown tunnels along the east ascending the hill of the old town was started in 1911, but could be terminated only after the world wars in 1952.
created on this new tunnel along the inner city, three new stations, two underground: Congrès / Congres, Chapelle / Kapellekerk (not unteriridsch) and Central / Centraal. If you already have fear of subway stations should never any anew in one of these underground stations waiting for a train, because the living quality of this gene tends 0th At stations Congres and Chapelle hold only regional trains at Central Station as today's downtown train station and also the Belgian inter-city / inter-regional trains (due to the size of Belgium and the use of these trains to the normal price I see from using the German term "long distance" from). The latter now houses three platforms to six tracks and is measured by the frequency of the traveler's largest train station in Belgium. Due to the high frequency of this passenger is still alive, but the average stay for most passengers should never be longer than necessary, partly because there mainly Commuter / unloading.
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| platform at Central Station (October 2010) | lobby at the Central Station (October 2010) |
The main train station of Brussels is now the South Station (Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuyd) at the southern end of the daily traffic in 1200 with trains tunnel. Stop here in addition to the regional and IC / IR trains in Belgium and der internationale Fernverkehr aus sämtlichen Richtungen, sodass man dort sowohl TGV/Thalys, als auch ICEs und Eurostar-Züge antreffen kann. Der Bahnhof hat die für Durchgangsbahnhöfe sehr hohe Bahnsteiggleisanzahl von 22 (wird in Europa nur von den 23 in Nürnberg übertroffen), die die erforderliche Kapazität eines international bedeutenden Knotenbahnhofs schaffen.
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| Südbahnhof Brüssel mit Tour de Midi (Bing-Vogelperspektive) | |
Ironischerweise verlangen auch die EU-Politiker aus Brüssel vehement, dass Stuttgart21 gebaut wird, dabei müssten diese actually be more knowledgeable. But here is seemingly confirmed the impression that this project is not championed by passionate car drivers, but of real outside person for the real customer needs stories from another world. Unattractive
underground stations operate in places where people get out quickly and pursue goals outside of the station or of whom to train and there is usually not a long time. This through train stations with a manageable number of tracks are thus suitable for mass passenger check-in inner cities and were usually carried out only in S, U, or urban train systems, which are mainly to commuter traffic . Orientate
railway station in Stuttgart, but nationally and internationally important railway junction in one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe. In it the 80% of the trains, many passengers to get there. That such a major hub now placed under the earth and the passengers are to be handled there, like a conveyor belt is unique in Europe and will not arrive at the long-term customers. Course will address the Rail 2030 huge of a success if it operates with naked passengers advertising, but if you will ask them to rely on the train passengers on the platforms, even qualitatively, they will be missed a connecting train, bustle and the crowds, the squeeze on the escalators to complain.
If the car in Germany will be truly modern, then they should say goodbye to a shortage of sized, possibly through rationalized concepts and systems and plan their investments so that they will always work in the long term and also arrive at the customer. Rail passengers should not be used as transport case in a Fordist system, but actually seen as passengers.
My tip of the Brussels EU leaders: Let it stand for a day to their company cars and travel times by train to work, which is (now also underground) Luxembourg station, incidentally, directly to their workplace. Presumably, they will while waiting for the train this eerie atmosphere on the underground platform worried, why use them again the next day their company car and that although they belong to the target group of these stations.
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