railway station

Transport

NS Velperpoort - Arnhem
the Netherlands
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The Velperpoort railway station in Arnhem, redesigned in 1986 by Rob Steenhuis - Spoorbouwmeester, features a distinctive architecture characterized by its division into a north and south entrance. The south entrance hosts a station building uniquely angled in relation to the railway tracks, encapsulated within a robust concrete frame.

 

This frame serves as a structural backdrop for service elements housed in eye-catching red boxes, which are suspended from the structure itself.

 

Design cues such as the yellow roof edgings and pedestrian bridge draw inspiration from "de Stijl" or neoplasticism, enhancing the visual and thematic coherence of the station's design.