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| ===== 1. Introduction===== | ===== 1. Introduction===== | ||
| - | {{:start:1-france:b-redesigning:architecture:pont1.png?500 |}}<WRAP justify>This is the suggested footbridge over a somewhat similar sort of station where the footbridge would span the railway tracks and go right the way over the road Avenue de la Gare to the Alpes car park near the Sainte-Marie school. Indeed, the whole redevelopment would be a bridge over the past, symbolised by the road, into the future, symbolised by the new soft path approach with its cycle and pedestrian paths. | + | {{:start:1-france:b-redesigning:architecture:pont1.png?500 |}}<WRAP justify>This is the suggested footbridge over a somewhat similar sort of station where the footbridge would span the railway tracks and go right the way over the road. In La Verpillière, it would span the Avenue de la Gare to the Alpes car park near the Sainte-Marie school. Indeed, the whole redevelopment would be a bridge over the past, symbolised by the road, into the future, symbolised by the new soft path approach with its cycle and pedestrian paths. |
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| ==== The importance of location for the station ==== | ==== The importance of location for the station ==== | ||
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| ==== No additional costs for inhabitants==== | ==== No additional costs for inhabitants==== | ||
| - | The main focus of the changes would thus be to reduce the potentially dangerous motor congestion around the school area where 1,600 children come every day, as well as encouraging people living in and around La Verpillière to leave their car behind and bring a bike for their daily commute to the railway station. If they do decide to take their car, then there is no planned charge: inhabitants of the two towns of La Verpillière and Villefontaine would incur no additional direct expenses. | + | The main focus of the changes would thus be to reduce the potentially dangerous motor congestion around the school area where 1,600 students come every day, as well as encouraging people living in and around La Verpillière to leave their car behind and bring a bike for their daily commute to the railway station. If they do decide to take their car, then there is no planned charge: inhabitants of the two towns of La Verpillière and Villefontaine would incur no additional direct expenses. |
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| ==== Re-routing buses==== | ==== Re-routing buses==== | ||
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| ==== Using the rail services ==== | ==== Using the rail services ==== | ||
| We have sited the new station on the first floor, thereby making the SNCF ticket offices closer to the main car park on the south side of the tracks and available to users travelling in both directions. It would have a larger waiting area opposite it on the south side of the tracks. The footbridge, which would be covered, would be accessible to all thanks to a gradual slope on the north side to allow cycle and large numbers of students to use it comfortably. To reach both platforms, there would be escalators and stairs down from the footbridge as in the illustration above. On the south side, so as not to take up too much space in the brownfield site, there would be escalators and stairs on the outside going up and down to cope with the considerable flows of commuters and students. | We have sited the new station on the first floor, thereby making the SNCF ticket offices closer to the main car park on the south side of the tracks and available to users travelling in both directions. It would have a larger waiting area opposite it on the south side of the tracks. The footbridge, which would be covered, would be accessible to all thanks to a gradual slope on the north side to allow cycle and large numbers of students to use it comfortably. To reach both platforms, there would be escalators and stairs down from the footbridge as in the illustration above. On the south side, so as not to take up too much space in the brownfield site, there would be escalators and stairs on the outside going up and down to cope with the considerable flows of commuters and students. | ||
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| - | ==== Adding extra services==== | ||
| - | In addition, on both sides of the track, inside the covered, heated area on the ground floor, there would be both stairs and a large lift for reduced-mobility users and possibly cyclists; the rest of the space downstairs would be taken up by at least two types of shop: on the south side a snack bar-cum-news kiosk, and on the north side a cycle shop sited right next to a much larger cycle shed that could cater for 500+ bicycles. The towns of La Verpillière and Villefontaine could therefore sponsor the cycle shop to help with cycle repairs for the newly introduced "3Vs" (**v**élos de La **V**erpillière et de **V**illefontaine), while cycle commuters could benefit from a service of bike repairs/overhauls if they left their bike in the cycle shop while at work. Of course, the shop would also sell new products too, but the daily after-sales service would be the major factor in allowing the business plan to work, since a cycle shop could not otherwise compete with the superstore giants like Decathlon. | ||
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| ==== Making the station more user-friendly ==== | ==== Making the station more user-friendly ==== | ||
| + | In addition, on both sides of the track, inside the covered, heated area on the ground floor, there would be both stairs and a large lift for reduced-mobility users and possibly cyclists; the rest of the space downstairs would be taken up by at least two types of shop: on the south side a snack bar-cum-news kiosk, and on the north side a cycle shop sited right next to a much larger cycle shed that could cater for 500+ bicycles. The towns of La Verpillière and Villefontaine could therefore sponsor the cycle shop to help with cycle repairs for the newly introduced "3Vs" (**v**élos de La **V**erpillière et de **V**illefontaine), while cycle commuters could benefit from a service of bike repairs/overhauls if they left their bike in the cycle shop while at work. Of course, the shop would also sell new products too, but the daily after-sales service would be the major factor in allowing the business plan to work, since a cycle shop could not otherwise compete with the superstore giants like Decathlon. | ||
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| Inside the main concourse upstairs and downstairs on the south side, there would be sliding glass doors to keep as much of the heat or cool in, depending on the season. There would also be modern toilets available, since this is an obvious service that is not always provided at small stations because of the cost of keeping them clean. As at Lyon Perrache station, for instance, it is suggested that there be a 50 cent charge to partially cover this cost and to make more unlikely unwanted degradation of the facilities: people who pay generally want something clean and are less interested in graffiti. | Inside the main concourse upstairs and downstairs on the south side, there would be sliding glass doors to keep as much of the heat or cool in, depending on the season. There would also be modern toilets available, since this is an obvious service that is not always provided at small stations because of the cost of keeping them clean. As at Lyon Perrache station, for instance, it is suggested that there be a 50 cent charge to partially cover this cost and to make more unlikely unwanted degradation of the facilities: people who pay generally want something clean and are less interested in graffiti. | ||
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| ==== Eating at the station ==== | ==== Eating at the station ==== | ||
| - | Also downstairs, there could be a small eating area for people wanting a coffee and croissant or a sit-down snack outside the multipurpose snack shop-news kiosk. The current owners of a mobile snack van do a regular trade, especially among high school students: they could be given the first right of refusal to the offer of running the snack bar-kiosk in far better surroundings, and it would be better for people to be able to sit down rather than eat by the side of a busy road. With people waiting regularly for trains and buses right next door, the chances are the owners would do a roaring trade. All of this would certainly enhance the prestige of the station and encourage people to use the station, especially those who hesitate because of the thought of waiting mindlessly on a cold platform in the wind and rain. | + | Also downstairs, there could be a small eating area for people wanting a coffee and croissant or a sit-down snack outside the multipurpose snack shop-news kiosk. The current owners of a mobile snack van do a regular trade, especially among high school students: they could be given the first right of refusal to the offer of running the snack bar-kiosk in far better surroundings, and it would be better for people to be able to sit down rather than eat by the side of a busy road. With people waiting regularly for trains and buses right next door, the chances are the owners would do a roaring trade. |
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| + | All of this would certainly enhance the prestige of the station and encourage people to use the station, especially those who hesitate because of the thought of waiting mindlessly on a cold platform in the wind and rain. | ||
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