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The new expansion, seen from North |
The world’s busiest railway station is located in Tokyo. It’s called Shinjuku Station. The station serves the westerns suburbs of Tokyo, and works as an inter-city, commuter and metro station. I opened in 1885 and handles today over 3,64 million people per day, with JR as the biggest operator.
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The new expansion will be based at the current station |
The station consists of many past expansion developments, and should need real refurbishment. A four lane highway is crossing the tracks, and skyscrapers rising around the whole station. Not to mention the huge challenge to change this into a construction site, and build something here at all!
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Shinkansen 500-series on final approach |
To become the ultimate hub, the station should be reorganized. The new station should have all these things:
- Bus connections
- Commuter connections
- Metro connections
- New high-speed lines
- A mall
- A hotel
- Offices
- Green areas and uraban space
- Roofs over the tracks to protect the travelers from the weather
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Proposal of the new station |