The Stuttgart-Ulm rail project association has been inviting visitors to the eighth open days of the construction site around Stuttgart Central Station since yesterday.

Until Easter Monday, April 1, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., interested visitors can view the new station building with the striking chalice-shaped columns, the closed platform hall roof and the first light eyes, the first platforms in the station trough and the conversion of the Bonatz building. Experts will inform visitors at around 20 information stands about construction progress, the Stuttgart Digital Node and local and regional transport (bwegt) as well as the Stuttgart S-Bahn and the planned Stuttgart Rosenstein district. The two entrances to the construction site are located near the station tower and near the Staatsgalerie / Wulle-Steg stop. The last admission is at 16:30. Admission is free.

„Even on Easter Sunday, the flow of visitors remains high. The enthusiasm of the visitors is infectious and motivating for everyone involved, summarizes Bernhard Bauer, Chairman of the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project association, on the second day of the event.

Once again, huge crowds flocked to the site of the future through station to see the construction progress live and on site. „Around 60,000 visitors on the first two days demonstrate the high level of interest in this type of citizen-oriented communication and openness. The anticipation of the completion was palpable everywhere,“ continued Bernhard Bauer.

The Stuttgart-Ulm railroad project association, together with DB Projekt Stuttgart-Ulm GmbH and its partners, has been organizing the opportunity for citizens to visit the construction site since 2016. Last year, over 90,000 visitors came to experience the construction progress over the three days. In addition to the specialist topics and the impressive buildings, the youngest visitors were also catered for: with children's excavators, a children's Easter rally and painting and search stations, the whole family can enjoy a visit. The event has been taking place since 2016 and this year's is the eighth. In the coronavirus year 2021, it was not possible to visit to this extent.

All the association's information on the open construction site days can be found on the homepage www.its-projekt.de as well as on the Facebook and Instagram channels (@infoturmstuttgart).

With kind regards
David Bösinger
Press Office Manager

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Photographer: Yannik Michael

Visitor figures for the event from previous years over all three days:
2016: 30.000
2017: 25.000
2018: 40.000
2019: 35.000
2020: 64.000
2021: Cancelled due to pandemic
2022: 59.000
2023: 90.000
2024 (sum of 1st + 2nd day): 60,000 (31,000 + 29,000)