Pedestrian traffic flow and layout optimisation at Zurich Hardbrücke station

Hardbrücke station is an important station for the numerous developments in the Zurich West district and an important transfer point between the S-Bahn and local urban transport. As part of the "Hardbrücke streetcar connection" project, platforms were planned on both sides of Hardbrücke, from which additional exits lead to the central platform 2/3 of the SBB. In order to accommodate the growing pedestrian traffic flow, SBB planned to remove obstacles on the platform as far as possible and to achieve an even distribution of passengers on the platform by covering the entire area. Our task was to show whether the passenger facilities at the station were sufficient to accommodate the passengers up to and including the 4th partial extension of the Zurich S-Bahn 2030.