Modern urban mobility, made up of interchanges and new services like car sharing or bike sharing, cannot do without centralized hubs. These real “lungs” must be able to fraction and distribute the huge traffic flows that move daily within large metropolitan areas. The role of these “lungs” is performed by railway stations, which increasingly position themselves as intermodal exchange centers, capable of stitching together the gaps in urban transport and the discontinuities of transport services.
Parking for cars, motorcycles, and bikes, car sharing, bike sharing, integration with metro and bus stations, connections with airports, and of course, long-distance and metro trains, are all the services that a station offers for urban transport intermodality.
In addition to this, the large stations are true city squares that go beyond transport services; they are lived as meeting places where spending time is pleasant and safe.
A hub for services, shopping, and intermodality, this is the role of today’s and tomorrow’s station.
In this perspective, Grandi Stazioni Rail redevelops, enhances, and manages the fourteen largest railway stations in Italy. An asset of over two million square meters visited by millions of people every year.