New pedestrian and bike underpass for the railway station Gland, mobility aspects

Gland, Switzerland is located on the lake of Geneva, between Geneva and Lausanne, and serviced by frequent train connections to both towns and beyond. The average passengers flow was 6’000 persons / work day (2013) and planned to increase to 9’000 /day in 2030.

The existing railway station underpass was problematic because its gauge was insufficient regarding the foreseen pedestrian and bicycle flows, and its Northern access is incompatible with the planned extension of the rail infrastructure (4th line through the station).

A mandate was given to a work group composed of a civil engineer, architects and a transportation engineer in order to propose a design draft for a new underpass corresponding to the future needs in terms of flows, comfort and quality. The transportation engineering tasks, realized by Tamara Bozovic within Citec Ingénieurs Conseils included:

  • The analysis of the current (2013) pedestrian and bike flows for the peak hours – access points, routes and use of the underpass, identification of the transit and the travelers’ flows (in situ counts and cross-checking with the travelers’ data)
  • The estimate of the pedestrian and bike flows for 2030
  • The recommendation for the management of the pedestrian and bike flows for the future underpass and its accesses
  • The recommendation for the gauges and geometries for the pedestrian and bike infrastructures, corresponding to the aimed quality standards
  • A collaboration with the architects for the conception of the pedestrian and bike routes (relative positions, conflict points, legibility and comfort for the access to the bus station, integration with the existing shared plaza and the railway station equipments)

Rendering: Architram / CFF. Links: article, 24 heures (newspaper) / article, Tribune de Genève (newspaper).

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