Stuttgart 21 Protest
Stuttgart 21 Rail Hub Project is a controversial development. The project will replace Stuttgart's historic railway terminus with a through station, largely underground, integrating into Europe's Paris-Vienna trunk route. Opponents of the scheme argue that the billions it is costing would be better spent on modernising smaller stations and regional lines. The development will destroy a large section of the city park, require the uprooting of many very old and beautiful trees, and threaten mineral water sources. Part of the historic railway terminus building will also be demolished.
In 2010, a demonstration by many thousands of Stuttgart residence ended in controversy as a result of a heavy-handed police response in which a 66 year old engineer, Dietrict Wagner, was effectively blinded when he was hit in the face at close range by a water canon blast. In February this year, Dietrict travelled to Britain to warn Boris Johnson against controversial plans to deploy water canon in London.
Stuttgart 21 Protest
Stuttgart 21 Rail Hub Project is a controversial development. The project will replace Stuttgart's historic railway terminus with a through station, largely underground, integrating into Europe's Paris-Vienna trunk route. Opponents of the scheme argue that the billions it is costing would be better spent on modernising smaller stations and regional lines. The development will destroy a large section of the city park, require the uprooting of many very old and beautiful trees, and threaten mineral water sources. Part of the historic railway terminus building will also be demolished.
In 2010, a demonstration by many thousands of Stuttgart residence ended in controversy as a result of a heavy-handed police response in which a 66 year old engineer, Dietrict Wagner, was effectively blinded when he was hit in the face at close range by a water canon blast. In February this year, Dietrict travelled to Britain to warn Boris Johnson against controversial plans to deploy water canon in London.