The spatial impact of train stations on small and medium-sized European cities and their contemporary urban design challenges

• Maarten Van Acker ^[1] ; Manuela Triggianese ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Antwerp

     University of Antwerp

     Arrondissement Antwerpen, Bélgica

     
  2. [2] Delft University of Technology

     Delft University of Technology

     Países Bajos

     
• Localización: Journal of urban design, ISSN 1357-4809, ISSN-e 1469-9664, Nº. 26, 1, 2021, págs. 38-58
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • After a decade marked by the renewal of grand European high-speed railway stations, today, a second wave of station renewal is at hand. This paper argues the importance of the train station in the historical development of smaller cities. Based on comparative research of recent best practices, the contemporary urban design challenges of smaller and medium-sized stations are explored. The paper concludes that the station is no longer shaped as a monolithic, architectural cathedral, as for the grand stations, but interweaves the world of the passer-by with that of the local inhabitant as a system of public infrastructure and facilities.