Stuttgart 21: Chaos and opportunities - the train pulls the emergency brake!

Stuttgart 21: Chaos and opportunities - the train pulls the emergency brake!

Deutsche Bahn has decided to change the original plans for the construction of the new Stuttgart underground station. This decision is classified as positive because it may be able to prevent a chaotic situation before commissioning in December 2026. Although all tunnels of the project have already been successfully promoted, challenges and criticisms remain. In 2024, rail replacement traffic and missed connections are expected, which could cause many commuters to switch to the car increasingly and additionally strain the streets. This was announced Schwäbische.

The underground networking and the new routes should also bring advantages. From the end of 2026, travelers from Lake Constance can reach Stuttgart Airport without a change at the main train station. "This is a real progress," said the infrastructure board of Deutsche Bahn, Berthold Huber. The last tunnel bitch in the new airport tunnel was celebrated with a large festive setting, and the importance of the project for traffic planning and infrastructure was underlined in numerous speeches, as was underlined on German Bahn.

The tunnel situation

The Stuttgart 21 project itself is not uncontroversial. Again and again there were cost increases that rose from initial 2.6 billion euros to over 11.4 billion euros, which heated up skepticism among the population. Stuttgart 21, an extensive traffic and urban development project, is intended to fundamentally reorganize the Stuttgart railway node and suggests a connection from eleven new, mostly underground routes and four new stations. Historically, the project was first presented in 1994 and has to deal with protests, citizens' initiatives and comprehensive discussions about the environmental costs, as described on Wikipedia.

The new railway node is commissioned gradually, whereby a partial operation is planned from the end of 2025. The critics' concerns about the possible negative effects on the environment and urban development remain in the room. Despite these challenges, the future improvements for regional and national traffic are of great importance and can be seen as a real gain for the Stuttgart region in the long term.