Masterplan CEVA Railsystem, Geneva
The new CEVA rail connection (Cornavin–Eaux-Vives–Annemasse) between Geneva’s main train station and the French agglomeration is part of a comprehensive planning project affecting 200’000 people and 160’000 jobs. It connects large development areas, dense urban neighborhoods, smaller suburbs, and important public facilities (Stade de Genève, Cantonal Hospital, universities).
The master plan’s core idea is to upgrade the train station areas into new urban centers. For the six CEVA stations in total, a system of parameters and prototypes was developed for organization and design across three levels: city, surroundings, and station. This allows good coordination among the interventions of various stakeholders (SBB, transport operators, city, investors, etc.) and enables an integrated transportation and urban development of the stations, station plazas, and neighborhoods.
The new planning tool, the “plan guide” (a dynamic master plan), aligns the different time horizons that need to be considered in the development of station areas.
