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BERLIN INAUGURATES NEW MAIN RAILWAY STATION
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 26 - 05 - 2006


BERLIN'S NEW MAIN RAILWAY STATION, A DAZZLING
CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL AND GLASS, WAS INAUGURATED ON FRIDAY IN A
PARTY-LIKE CEREMONY ATTENDED BY CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, DPA REPORTED.
THE NEW "HAUPTBAHNHOF," CLOSE TO THE CHANCELLERY BUILDING AND
WITHIN SIGHT OF THE REICHSTAG'S GLASS CUPOLA, LOOKS CERTAIN TO PROVE
A MAGNET FOR TOURISTS VISITING THE CAPITAL FOR THE WORLD CUP STARTING
NEXT MONTH.
OPERATOR DEUTSCHE BAHN (GERMAN RAILWAYS) PREDICTS AS MANY AS
300,000 PASSENGERS A DAY WILL USE THE STATION, WITH 1,500 LOCAL,
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAINS ARRIVING AND DEPARTING DAILY.
TWO GREAT EUROPEAN RAIL ROUTES - FROM PARIS TO MOSCOW, AND
STOCKHOLM TO VIENNA - CROSS AT THE NEW TRANSPORT HUB, WHICH TOOK
ALMOST EIGHT YEARS TO BUILD AT A COST OF 700 MILLION EUROS (885
MILLION DOLLARS).
THE BUILDING ECLIPSES ALL THE OTHER BERLIN STATIONS, WITH ITS
CATHEDRAL-LIKE ROOF OF GLASS AND SOLAR PANELS, 400-METRE-LONG GLASS
CONCOURSE, 59 ESCALATORS AND 37 LIFTS.
THE NORTH-SOUTH LINE RUNNING UNDERNEATH IT PASSES THROUGH A TUNNEL
3.6 KILOMETRES LONG, WHILE A 2.4-KILOMETRE ROAD TUNNEL TAKES CARS
DIRECTLY INTO THE BUILDING'S UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT.
THERE IS ALSO A SHOPPING CENTRE WITH 80 DIFFERENT STORES AND
RESTAURANTS ON THREE OF THE FIVE LEVELS.
THE NEW LANDMARK LIES IN WHAT USED TO BE THE BORDER ZONE BETWEEN
EAST AND WEST BERLIN. DEUTSCHE BAHN CEO HARTMUT MEHDORN SAID IT
SYMBOLIZED THAT GERMANY HAD FINALLY OVERCOME ITS LONG PARTITION.
MEHDORN ALSO PRAISED HANY AZER, A NATIVE OF EGYPT WHO WAS THE
PROJECT'S CHIEF ENGINEER.
AFTER THE INAUGURATION SPEECHES MERKEL, MEHDORN AND TRANSPORT
MINISTER WOLFGANG TIEFENSEE SYMBOLICALLY PRESSED A BUTTON TO OPEN THE
NEW STATION.
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