Eindhovens Railway Station
Eindhoven’s central station opens up the region of Eindhoven for (inter-)national railroad traffic. Moreover the adjacent bus station ‘Neckerspoel’ ensures the bus transport in the city and in the region. Additionally there are taxis available outside Central Station at the North and South end.
The present station building was built in 1956 by a design of the architect Koen van der Gaast. The building resembles a Philips radio from that time. Therefore the building is better known as “the radio”.
The NS and the city of Eindhoven have the ambition to improve the accessibility, the capacity, and perception of the central station. Part of this ambition is the improvement of the Station Tunnel.
For this reason the municipality, in association with NS and ProRail, wants to broaden the Station Tunnel and to make it deeper in order to get a broader and higher station passage. This station passage results in a better entrance to the platforms, and moreover it is an important route between the station’s southern and the northern side. The placing of elevators on the platforms is another possibility. This way the disabled can reach the platforms better.
By making the station tunnel broader and deeper there will be more space in the central station for shops that specifically aim for travellers and passengers. You can think, for example, of a sandwich shop, a magazine shop and a florist.
In spite of the extensive changes in the central station, nothing will change on the south side of the monumental terminal. “The Radio” will remain intact.
