Re: Stuttgart 21 protests

[Alexander Terekhov]

Alan Mackenzie wrote:
[...]
> Er, silly Alex, it's not a matter of "walk through" stations vs. "head"
> stations.  It's a matter of the current 16 platforms (with room for
> expansion) vs. rigid 8.  As you probably don't know, Nuremberg, a city
> about the same size as Stuttgart has a "walk through" main station, but
> has 21 platforms, all of which are used.  8 platforms is fine for a
> smaller less important place like Boeblingen, but would be dreadful for
> Stuttgart.  Stuttgart Hbf. is a _main_ station, one where many people

Blah blah blah. 

The facts are:

http://www.verkehrsmittelvergleich.de/bahnhof/nuernberg-hbf

"Täglich passieren hier um die 450 Züge den Bahnhof"

http://www.stuttgart.de/item/show/160625

"Der Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof ist mit täglich rund 160 Zügen" 

450 versus 160... see the light now silly Alan?

regards,
alexander.

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