Randstadrail station
Randstadrail is a project for a new light urban rail network between The Hague and Rotterdam and runs partly over existing tram and railway tracks. This new viaductis built over the entire length of the Beatrixlaan, with a new station halfway. The space-frame tubular construction follows the curve that Joan Busquets has set out for the alignments and the roadways on the Beatrixlaan. For a length of 400 m the viaduct is constructed from a skeleton structure of rings of mild-steel strips with a diameter of about 10 m, interconnected by diagonally set tubes to form an open tube structure. The relatively great structural height of the tube makes it easy to cover the large spans. The construction will be supported by V-shaped columns and provides room for two tracks for passing trains. Thanks to the big spans of 40 and 50 m there are relatively few columns at street level. There is also hardly any visual obstruction at eye level, so that social safety and traffic safety are not compromised.
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