Trigger
Image of Rail is a conceptual framework that integrates all elements and all usages of train stations and their surroundings. It is a kind of virtual concrete that links all stake holders and uses.
Prime domain(s)
Rail, Planning
Prime theme(s)
Urban mobility hubs
Additional theme(s)
Users & Services, Design & Identity
Related showcases
Amsterdam Centraal, Den Haag Centraal, Arnhem Station, Public Transport Smart Card
MEZZANINE
Lead partner
DRS (temporary), Bureau Spoorbouwmeester
Second contact
DRS
Extended summary
Image of Rail (Spoorbeeld) represents the Design Guidelines of the Dutch National Railways. Image of Rail is created for all parties involved with railway planning: from rail partners to construction companies, designers, urban planners, retail, architects and governments. It creates unity between all these disciplines and puts the traveller in the centre of the experience.
Text by Lava (adapted)
GROUND
Form (description)
Image of rail entails six subjects: rail policy, station building, station environment, rail infrastructure, rail environment, and finally, rolling stock. It’s a conceptual framework for organisation of zones in combination with design guidelines.
Operation (usage)
Image of Rail is developed, maintained and monitored by a special agency (Bureau Spoorbouwmeester) assigned by both NS (national railways) and ProRail (national railway provider). In practice Image of Rail integrates all station usages and moreover its safeguards the operations of all connections in the stations as well as the connections between the station and its environments (public space, trains, etc.). In short: Image of Rail works as virtual concrete.
Performance (result)
Image of Rail enhances the perception and use of public transport by train, and particularly the use of train stations. It is results in improved use, wayfinding and adequate crime prevention and social safety.
BASEMENT
Backgrounds
In preparation.
References
Bureau Spoorbouwmeester, Ontwerpen aan het Spoor, Rotterdam 2014
Station Centraal, 2010 – Link to Google books
Station Centraal, 2010 – Link to Google books
Precedents
Breda Station (Netherlands), Uppsala Central Station / Resecentrum (Sweden)
Foreign potentials
All stations worldwide.
Related projects and pilots
Leiden Centraal (Netherlands), Schiphol Airport; Wayfinding of Mijksenaar (Netherlands).
More to come soon.
More to come soon.
Links
Other media
Download pdf: Image of Rail by RVDB for DRS
Image credits
Bureau Spoorbouwmeester
Lava
RVDB Urban Planning
Lava
RVDB Urban Planning
Image of rail (Spoorbeeld)
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