Integrating the train into the city: some thoughts from Spain

Luis Santos y Ganges & translated by Eric Rosencrantz — 2011-09-21T05:00:00Z

Are inner-city railways condemned to form boundaries or barriers within the city? Based on a critique of the situation in Spain, the author suggests a few ways of integrating the railway into the city. His proposals shed some revealing light on the rationale behind efforts to redevelop derelict railway land in France, too, such as the Jardins d'Éole rehabilitation project in Paris.
The railway system is a fully-fledged urban element unto itself, a vast, complex space that forms an integral

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Integrating the train into the city: some thoughts from Spain