HVV: U5 before the end – leftists want trams instead of new subways
Created: 06/19/2022, 16:42
By: Kevin Goonewardena
Is the controversial project of the century U5 off the hook?
A study says: the revival of the tram network in Hamburg is the better alternative.
Hamburg – The plans for a new, fifth subway line for Hamburg have been known for a long time.
The preparations for the construction are already underway, despite the lack of a building permit and complaints from residents.
Although the completion of the mammoth project is not planned for the end of the 2030s, the Bramfeld – City Nord section, the first of several sections of the new line, is scheduled to go into operation as early as 2028 and Bramfeld and the large housing estate Steilshoop will be connected to the urban subway system for the first time. be connected to the mains in the HVV.
The construction of the new subway line started in autumn 2021.
Recently there were allegations from the CDU faction of the Hamburg guarantee that the construction of the U5 would progress too slowly.
Now there is new trouble about the planned line U5 of the HVV, as reported by 24hamburg.de.
Surname: | Subway line U5 |
Start and end of construction: | 2021, late 2030s (total distance) |
Length: | about 24 kilometers |
planned stations: | 23 |
U5 Hamburg: Routes that don't meet people's needs
A total of 23 stations, including Winterhude in the Kampnagel area, the UKE, the Grindelviertel or the arenas (Volksparkstadion/BarclayCard-Arena) and thus a total of more than 250,000 people will receive a subway for the first time through the approximately 24-kilometer route of the HVV line U5. railway access.
The number of expected passengers had recently been corrected significantly upwards.
But again and again the revival of the tram service, which was discontinued in the 1970s, is brought into play.
Now the “Die Linke” has presented an expert opinion, which questions the benefits of the HVV subway line U5 in unprecedented detail.
A visualization of the planned U5 station "City Nord". There are doors between the platform and the train that open automatically when the train stops.
© HIGH RAIL
On 52 pages, the report breaks down the disadvantages of the previously planned route of the U5.
The Hamburger Abendblatt, for example, mentions the fact that most passengers would change at stops on Metrobus line 5, for example at Grindelhof (University of Hamburg) in Rotherbaum or Dammtor station.
The U5 of the HVV, however, bypasses these areas not least because of the planned swing to the UKE.
The large housing estate Steilshoop is currently also better connected with buses.
The left welcome the first connection of the settlement, in which around 10,000 people live, to the Hamburg subway network.
But today's seven bus stops would only be faced with a planned subway station on the new HVV line of the U5.
As a result, some residents would have to walk up to a kilometer to reach the new Steilshoop U5 station.
Or have to change from the bus to the subway again.
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Routing that does not meet needs, not necessarily shorter travel times from door to door, longer construction times, higher construction costs and hindrances during the development, for example through closures or the removal of the excavation, the climate suitability is also always in question - the study by left-wing politicians and traffic experts Heike Sudmann and the authors Dieter Döge and Jens Ode, which was presented on June 16, 2021 in Hamburg City Hall, came to a devastating conclusion for the U5: A tram network would be the superior alternative to the new construction of the HVV underground line U5.
Hamburg tram: alternative to the HVV line U5 in less time and at a “fraction of the cost”
The tram network could be built "in a significantly shorter time and for a fraction of the cost" and run "where there is a need and potential" and would be "barrier-free and easily accessible." A tram network with 109 stations and five was used as a comparison Lines designed, but also a reduction to the area of the planned U5 would mean with 66 stops for a denser network, shorter distances and less need to change trains.
If the figures are correct, the Hamburg Senate is well advised to carefully consider whether the concept for the light rail system is significantly better than the previous U5 plan
Petra Ackmann, State Chairwoman of the Hamburg Taxpayers' Association
Criticism of new construction for HVV line U5 in Hamburg: "What arguments, facts and figures still have to be put on the table?"
The critics of the HVV line U5 have already reacted.
The Hamburger Abendblatt quotes from those who rejected the construction even before the new study was published: "What arguments, facts and figures still need to be put on the table for the mayor and senate to understand that the U5 is totally oversized?" Against several lawsuits are already pending regarding the construction of the U5.
HVV: Hamburg tram as a supplement to the new U5 building?
According to the Abendblatt, left-wing politician Sudmann sees the study as an opportunity for the factions of the Hamburg Parliament to start talking again about the planned construction of the HVV line U5 and possible alternatives.
The results of the investigation have therefore been passed on to the MPs.
Sudmann does not expect the construction of the U5, which has already begun, to be stopped.
Rather, she sees the tram as a supplement to the subway network, which also includes the prospective expansion of the U4 line to Wilhelmsburg.
Whether as the sole alternative to the new subway plans or as a supplement to the existing public transport network - the SPD majority in the citizenship would have to shed its fundamental rejection of the tram.
