The modern exterior of Bologna Main Station, designed by Christoph Ingenhoven, featuring sleek architectural lines that blend seamlessly with the historic surroundings.
The modern exterior of Bologna Main Station, designed by Christoph Ingenhoven, featuring sleek architectural lines that blend seamlessly with the historic surroundings.
PROJECTS / BOLOGNA MAIN STATION
Bologna Central Station
The traffic access concept for Bologna Central Station is characterised by the skilful linking together of various transport systems, such as people movers, the underground railway for regional trains and the high-speed railway. The respective tracks and the structural facilities for the above links thereby form the basis for all further developments within the local vicinity of the Central Station.
The transport systems are used by groups of individuals displaying various types of behaviour. Long-distance travellers are generally at the station well in advance of the starting time for their journey and take luggage with them. The movements of these travellers within the station are slow. Regional and underground trains are regularly used by commuters who know the station very well.
A further group is represented by business travellers who use the Central Station as a starting point for reaching their destination in conjunction with taxis or local public transport within the city.
The station is also used by individuals who only take advantage of the retail trade facilities within the station and pass through the station in order to reach other destinations on foot. These people are usually prepared to take small detours so that they can purchase fast food products on the way to work or their trainee position without getting wet.
In summary there are four groups of users:
-Long-distance railway travellers: people getting on and off trains with luggage who have plenty of time before and after the journey and who use retail trade facilities in the station foyer.
-Users of underground railway and regional trains: commuters and professional people getting on and off trains on regular journeys. They often reach the station just before the start of their journey and are very sensitive to any detours.
-Transit passengers: use of retail trade facilities in the vicinity of the platforms
-People passing through the station: The station connects the edges of the city to the north and south of the tracks. Due to the attractive urban design and retail trade structure within the station buildings, people are prepared to take small detours on foot every day to reach their destination.
