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Engaging the community and connecting people with nature
[icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-chevron-sign-right” spacing=”0px” /] The problem: Nuth’s residents have an attractive nature area close to their doorstep – but the railway line blocks their access to it. The station itself is also under-used and somewhat detached from its neighbourhood, separated from residential areas by the motorway.
[icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-chevron-sign-right” spacing=”0px” /] Finding solutions: Citizens’ Rail partners brought together the local community and businesses to plan improvements to the station. Options discussed include providing better access to the bordering green space by constructing a new bridge over the railway (or potentially a foot crossing), and integrating better with the neighbourhood by bringing more bus routes into the railway station. The latter of these ideas has now been implemented as part of the project (read more).
[icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-chevron-sign-right” spacing=”0px” /] 40,000 people live in Nuth
[icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-chevron-sign-right” spacing=”0px” /] The station currently receives 500 users per day
[icon size=”14px” color=”#d42053″ background=”#ffffff” radius=”0px” type=”icon-chevron-sign-right” spacing=”0px” /] 80% of those using the station arrive by foot or bike
Local residents and businesses have come together as part of Citizens’ Rail to help plan improvements at the station. This new “project group” has developed an action plan.
An international, multi-disciplinary group of nearly 50 students visited Nuth in October 2013 and developed their own visions for the station as part of an international masterclass. Find out more and view the students’ presentations.
Complementing Citizens’ Rail, the Mijnspoor project is working with citizens to develop a vision to transform a former mining railway line into a bicycle route connecting Nuth to green areas in the east. In the vision, Nuth is envisaged as a transport hub from which people can explore nature.
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[icon size=”28px” color=”#94269E” background=”#94269E” radius=”0px” type=”icon-stop” spacing=”0px” /] Heerlen – Sittard line [icon size=”28px” color=”#FA113C” background=”#FA113C” radius=”0px” type=”icon-stop” spacing=”0px” /] Heerlen – Kerkrade line [icon size=”28px” color=”#28249E” background=”#28249E” radius=”0px” type=”icon-stop” spacing=”0px” /] Heerlen – Aachen line [icon size=”28px” color=”#1EEB3D” background=”#1EEB3D” radius=”0px” type=”icon-stop” spacing=”0px” /] Proposed Avantisline (approximate route only)
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Find out how you can get involved by contacting info@citizensrail.org.
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