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Höchst train station: redesign progresses - bus station put into operation

22.12.2018 | 13:43 Clock | Citywhispers
Höchst train station: redesign progresses - bus station put into operation

(ffm) For a good year now, the City of Frankfurt am Main has been extensively redesigning the area around the main entrance to Höchst Station. Almost halfway through the construction project, a first important milestone has been reached: the new Central Bus Station (ZOB) is now in operation. Councillors Mike Josef (Planning and Housing) and Klaus Oesterling (Transport) took stock on site on Thursday, 20 December, and gave an outlook on the construction phases still to come.

"The infrastructure at Höchst station was getting on in years and did not meet either current or future requirements," said Transport Director Oesterling. Josef added: "The redesign therefore addresses many points and significantly upgrades the southern station area as a whole."

The entire station forecourt will be redesigned and modernized to be barrier-free. So far, the intersections of Adolf-Häuser-Straße with Ludwigshafener Straße and Leverkuser Straße as well as the sidewalks in Adolf-Häuser-Straße have been fundamentally renewed. During the construction work, bus stops had been relocated, buses were diverted.

Since this week, buses now stop at the new bus station west of the station. The modern bus stop facility has been fitted with bus shelters and seating. Twelve more trees will be added in the spring, providing more greenery and a better urban climate.

The nine bus lines 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 253 and 804 as well as the night bus lines n1 and n8 stop at Höchst station, all of which are announced via modern digital display panels. "With its twelve tracks, eleven bus lines and high traffic volume, Höchst station is Frankfurt's second-largest station and a central transport hub not only for Frankfurt's west," Oesterling emphasizes. Around 45,000 passengers use buses and trains here every day.

Where commuters get on and off, cycling should not be neglected either: The streets running parallel to the tracks south of the station are therefore getting bicycle protection lanes. This has already been done in the eastern part, and in Dalbergstraße, bicycle-friendliness will be achieved from April 2019, along with the basic renewal of the road.

Bicycle parking facilities are of course also available. These were installed on the north side of the station several years ago, but have recently been extended as demand has increased. 156 bicycles can now be parked by cyclists in the covered, double-decker parking facilities. A total of at least 30 bike racks are provided on the south side.

Work is already continuing on the project's jewel, the south station forecourt. Following preliminary work, the square has now been undergoing renovation for just under three months in line with the requirements of a listed building. When the construction work is finished, high-quality basalt paving will create a link to the listed building. In addition, there will also be new trees here. "The station forecourt is an important part of the project because it is Höchst's calling card," says Councillor Josef, explaining the project. "I am very pleased that a lot of things are moving forward in Höchst. But we will not rest on that alone."

The redesign of the southern station surroundings has been progressing steadily from west to east since the start of construction and will reach its conclusion with the rearrangement of the angled parking spaces at the Bruno-Asch-Anlage and the design of Dalbergstraße, just under two years after the start of construction by the "excavator bite" at the end of 2019.

The project is part of the "More Beautiful Frankfurt" program. It is subsidized with about 1.9 million euros by the state of Hesse and costs a total of about 4.6 million euros. A construction period of just under two years is planned

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