Stuttgart 21

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Stuttgart 21 (for 21st century) is a major railway and urban development project in Stuttgart, Germany, that is replacing the surface railway lines with tunnels. It is a part of the Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded railway and the Main Line for Europe (Paris—Vienna) within the framework of the Trans-European Networks. Its core is a renewed underground Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof, among some 57 kilometres (35 miles) of new railways, including some 30 kilometres (19 miles) of tunnels and 25 kilometres (16 miles) of high-speed lines. The project was highly controversial up to 2010, and still is since, due to destruction of old structures, large area construction works, high costs, and ongoing duration. The still operational central terminus station, with 16 surface platforms shortened and with impeded access due to the large construction pit, is going to be replaced by an underground through-station with only 8 platforms. The project was officially announced in April 1994. Construction work...

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