Challenge: The Limmattalbahn line connects
the Limmat Valley municipalities and the canton of Aargau with the
canton of Zurich, and conversely the city with the surrounding
conurbation. The line represents the backbone of the Limmat Valley
identity and serves to greatly improve the quality of life for residents
as well as make urban centres more appealing and communities more
lively.
Solution: The total of 54 stopping points assume a central role in the overall project. At intervals of around 500 metres, these points are the most prominent identity-bearers, and indicate the visibility and findability of public transport access and help create a uniform identity for the entire region.
As a total contractor for bus stop infrastructure, BURRI public elements AG is implementing the entire project, from planning to production. The architectural implementation is taking place in cooperation with the architectural office 10:8.
Cleverness: The bus shelters consist of five striking components: a large one-piece prefabricated concrete element, a long wooden bench, slender rectangular steel supports, a one-piece steel roof, a windbreak made of glass with a specially designed and technically innovative bird screen and the cabinet element for all the technical equipment. A handicapped accessible railing runs along the rear edge of the platform as a guiding structure.
As a competence centre for the public space, BURRI is pleased to be
putting not only the stopping point infrastructure in place, but also
the bicycle parking infrastructure and entire route lighting, which
comprises LOOP LED catenary suspended luminaires. In addition to all this, BURRI will be equipping the key transport hubs in the project
environment with traffic control systems and masts.
