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Stuttgart 31

SC202- It's a crazy world

Announced in 1994, officially started in 2010, the project of Stuttgart 21 (new underground railway station instead of the current terminal station) is said to be delayed again until 2031, because Deutsche Bahn obviously laid 1000km of wrong cables.

(German TV, no translation/subtitles available):
www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-story/stuttgart-21-verplant-verbaut-verschoben/swr/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzIzMjcyMzY

Costs went from the initially planned 4,5 billion Euro to currrently 11,5 billion (which could rise to 25 billion).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21

For train travellers and commuters the building site involves such long detours to get to the platforms that someone has uploaded a map of "Fernwanderweg S21" to Komoot: www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/1453895759

From the start there have been protests that continue to this day- a demonstration every Monday and a permanent picket across the road from the station building

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25 comments

Ko Hummel said:

Der Fernwanderweg ist ja spitze, fantasie haben die Leute schon
2 days ago ( translate )

Gudrun replied to Ko Hummel:

Besten Dank, Ko! Wenn du den öfters gehen musst, entwickelst du Galgenhumor....
2 days ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Interesting; thank you for the link.
2 days ago

Gudrun replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thank you, Jaap, you're welcome!
2 days ago

Xata said:

Another embezzlement of public funds for sure, happening everywhere unfortunately...
2 days ago ( translate )

Gudrun replied to Xata:

Obrigada, Isabel! Sadly they always find scapegoats somewhere in the lower ranks...
2 days ago

Edna Edenkoben said:

Einfach herrlich! Die Fotos, der Titel zum Hauptbild und dann der Fernwanderweg!! Der hätte auch ein Hauptbilddasein verdient ;-))
2 days ago ( translate )

Gudrun replied to Edna Edenkoben:

Schönen Dank, Edna! Die unendliche Geschichte... Mir tun die Pendler leid, jetzt geht es mit den Streckesperrungen munter weiter. Ich würde zu gerne die Berliner Bonzen und Politiker dazu verdonnern, zwangsweise ein Jahr lang täglich aus dem Stuttgarter Umland zu pendeln- ohne Dienstwagen!
2 days ago ( translate )

Percy Schramm said:

Klasse Fotos von diesem speziellen Beispiel verfehlter Politik.
2 days ago ( translate )

Gudrun replied to Percy Schramm:

Großen Dank, Percy! EIn reines Immobilienprojekt, wo die Allgemeinheit dafür zahlt, dass sich ein paar die Taschen vollmachen.
2 days ago ( translate )

Edna Edenkoben replied to Gudrun:

Allerdings. Für die Pendler muss das furchtbar sein. Ach ja, gute Idee mit den Berliner Bonzen und Politikern und nicht nur bei Stuttgart 31. Da gäbe es noch viele Situationen, die sie mal erleben müssten!!
2 days ago ( translate )

Amelia said:

Grand plans for unfinished projects are far from unusual, Gudrun. High Speed Rail throughout England is one very expensive blunder; but at a more local level, the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road project, was happily cancelled (after much planning and consultation) before it even started, resulting in the princely sum of over £32m being wasted, money that Shropshire Council now has to repay to central government.

I always think of Germany being so meticulously efficient !! ;-)))

I hope you are managing to stay cool.
2 days ago

Gudrun replied to Amelia:

Thanks a lot, Amelia! Wasting the money for planning and consulting still is cheaper than pressing on with a project that will never function properly. I have read about that high speed rail project- small solace that other countries are as bad as we are;-) Funny that the Swiss always do things better - that shows it's possible!
2 days ago

tiabunna said:

That sort of thing happens here too!
2 days ago

Gudrun replied to tiabunna:

Thanks very much, George! As always when politicians have a say instead of experts....
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