Train travellers as station manager?: Trade-offs in the distribution of space for access & egress facilities - A case study at station Nijmegen

Train stations are developed by rail companies, for the benefit of travellers. Choices and trade-offs must be made. However, there are no guidelines on how to approach these trade-offs. This study aims to find out to what extent consulting train travellers from the station developer’s perspective contributes to making trade-offs in the...

Architectural Approach for the Co-existence of Traffic-served Space and Meeting Space: Based on the Hague Central Station designed by K. van der Gaast in 1970

This thesis aims to analyse the coexistence of traffic-served spaces and meeting spaces in a railway terminal complex, with a particular focus on The Hague Central Station, designed by K. van der Gaast in 1970. The study is going to evaluate the significance of incorporating meeting spaces in the railway terminal complex and analyse the design...

Between dwelling and rail: seeking mutual benefit in transit oriented development and railway station expansion in the peri-urban area

A new approach is needed for redeveloping peri-urban railway stations in the Netherlands, like Amsterdam Lelylaan,to solve a set of pressing issues in their specific context: the monocentric character of many of our cities, the poor quality of public space around peripheral railway stations, and the disconnection between the local and the city...

Inclusive station development: Achieving post-war neighbourhood renewal by creating station areas of the future

In recent years the redevelopment of railway station areas has had an important role in urban planning and governmental politics. As most of the central stations have been improved focus of municipalities and the Dutch national government have shifted to the smaller, peri-urban stations. When researching these peri-urban stations it became clear...