This was a guided tour of the future main station in Stuttgart called Stuttgart21.

More pictures: https://imgur.com/a/8QnDQrO
(Disclaimer: The descriptions could be wrong for the east/west orientation :P)

  • Downcount@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They started this project 14(!) years ago, planned to be finished 2019, costing over 11 billion Euros.

    Nobody wants it.

    The site is still under construction (thought to be finished next year).

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        1 year ago

        It’s “needed” to increase throughput.
        The current head station is a head station meaning it ends here and then they do a U-turn and go back different direction.

        Also it’s planned as a fully digital station which is supposed to increase the throughput as well as the trains can be dynamically throttled when enetering the station.

        Current trackplan:

        Stuttgart 21:

        Planned changes on a map:

        • Downcount@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          39 trains per hour with the old station is still more than 32 per hour with Stuttgart 21. Also groundwater, nature and referendum are totally meaningless words for anyone supporting this idea.

          • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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            1 year ago

            May be. I just thought the tour was interesting and wanted to share a bit what I was told.

            But you aren’t wrong with your position.