The High Speed Railway Station of the future - How to achieve it?

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1 Fast track to Sustainable Mobility The High Speed Railway Station of the future - How to achieve it? Ir. Rudolf Mulder - DHV 1

2 Contents 1 The changing role of the station through the years 2 External: The station s role within the city 3 Internal: The station s role for customers 4 How to integrate all expectations in the new station? 2

3 1. The changing role of the station through the years The railway station used to be: A place to Leave Just a place to depart or arrive At the edge of the inner city The railway station is becoming: A place to Be A place to spend useful time, diversity In the centre of the new city development Utrecht Central Railway Station, Netherlands Grand Central Railway Terminal, New York 3

4 A station has to meet new customer expectations The new customer is the modern world citizen: Mobile, network society Convenience Door-to-door experience Sustainable way of life Expectations for a station: Living, working Shopping, retail 24h/day a lively environment A fast and convenient transit between transport modes 4

5 2. The changing urban role of a railway station Historical development of many Dutch inner cities Traditional Dutch situation: Railway and station act as a barrier New Dutch situation: Railway station interconnects and becomes the new centre Industrial or backstreet area Traditional City centre Railway station New city centre 5

6 Example: Delft Railway Station From a barrier to an incentive of new urban core Current situation Situation within 7 years (Visual to be inserted) Rail viaduct as a barrier, noise pollution, blocking high level urban development Rail tunnel and underground station to be integrated in new city developments 6

7 3. The stations changing role for customers Example: Breda High Speed Railway Station Breda will be part of the Dutch HSR network. Therefore, it gets an excellent connectivity: Rotterdam: 22 min. Schiphol Airport: 40 min. Paris:180 min. Brussels: 61 min. A new station and new city area is being developed The Hague Amsterdam Schiphol Rotterdam Antwerp Breda London Paris Brussels Midi 7

8 Breda High Speed Railway Station All customer s expectations will be integrated in one building for the city - Train, bus, bicycle, car, and pedestrians - Offices - Appartment blocks - Shopping and leisure - Interconnecting the city 8

9 4. How to achieve the new Railway Station? Typically, many parties are involved with different objectives Railway Authority (ProRail): Railway Company (NS): Local Municipality: Real Estate Developers: Local Citizens: Consultants, architects, engineers: More capacity and safety Attractiveness of stations, retail Attractiveness and safety of city Value creation Convenient city Integrate all stakeholders expectations How to achieve this? 9

10 4. How to achieve the new Railway Station? Integrate all expectations in the new station Government Policies Transport Passengers Real estate customers Local citizens & stakeholders Railway Authority (ProRail) Dutch Railways (NS) Developers Local Municipality Integrate expectations into specifications To be done by the consultant, architect, engineer: Compile all expectations into specifications Structuring of specifications Feedback with all customers / stakeholders Design, engineering Prepare for tender documents 10

11 4. How to achieve the new Railway Station? Integrate knowledge in specifications document Government Policies Transport Passengers Real estate customers Local citizens & stakeholders Railway Authority (ProRail) Dutch Railways (NS) Developers Local Municipality Integrate knowledge into specifications Traffic and transfer capacity Transfer speed and comfort Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety Retail, shopping, leisure, living, working Urban integration, connectivity Sustainability 11

12 4. How to achieve the new Railway Station? Iterative and interactive process with stakeholders Optimize specific functions Integrated specifications document Specific design: Rail Transfer facilities Retail Comfort Bus, car park, taxi Feedback with stakeholders Optimized design of the Station Integrate the design 12

13 Conclusions Expectations of the different customers are changing: This changes the role of the railway station Diversity of functions, better integration in urban surroundings This induces new challenges in developing a railway station. Main capabilities required for this: Integrate all expectations into specifications Integrate knowledge to compile specification documents and design Facilitate an iterative and interactive design process with stakeholders 13

14 End of this presentation Thank you 14