Disabled Access to the Hessentag

May 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

A couple with a wheelchair - ©Can Stock Photo Inc. / lisafxIn preparation for the Hessentag, the town of Oberursel and the local transport operators have been pulling out all the stops to make the town as accessible as possible.

For example, by the time the Hessentag starts, all of the stations between Weißkirchen and the Hohemark on the line U3 will have been modernised and allow you to get in and out of the trains without steps to go up or down.  There are ramps from the pavement up to the platform, and the platform is at the same level as the floor in the train.

When the main station is finished [Read more…]

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The Hessentag will soon be upon us

May 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The rear of Oberursel's main stationThe Hessentag in Oberursel is exactly 3 weeks away, and after suffering roadworks in the town for the past couple of years we are now entering the final phrase.

Further roads are now being closed off to enable the stages for the concerts to be erected, and the area around the main station looks more like a building site than ever, despite the U-Bahn part re-opening at the beginning of the week.

The new underground passage is not finished and the station building is still surrounded by scaffolding, with access to the platforms via a back entrance.

The road that goes past the station – recently re-opened – is about to be closed again in one direction until 24th June (Nassauer Straße, between the Feldbergstraße and Berliner Straße). [Read more…]

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Stuttgart 21

October 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

For the past few weeks, the German news has been full of reports about the “Stuttgart 21” project.

“Stuttgart 21” is the re-development of Stuttgart’s main station and the surrounding railway lines.  At present, Stuttgart is a “Kopfbahnhof”, meaning that it was built as a Terminus and the tracks end there.  Trains go in and out through the same entrance, consequently passengers in high-speed intercity trains change direction when the train stops there and train crews have to change ends to continue their journey.

It is not the only such station in Germany.  Frankfurt and Munich, for example, were built this way as well.

But now the station is to be transformed into a “Durchgangsbahnhof” – one where the tracks run through and out the other side.  This is said to save time, because the stops will be shorter – the train crews can stay where they are.

At the same time, new lines should improve connections to Paris and to Stuttgart’s airport. [Read more…]

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