Stuttgart 21 Rail Hub Opens

TransportPosted 09/11/202609/11/2026 at 4:33 am

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Starts 12/13/2026

Stuttgart, Germany

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Infrastructure: rail hub and tunnel network under construction · Checked 2026-10-29

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InvestmentPlanned: Total project costs risen by €3 billion to €14.5 billion
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“Total project costs had also risen by €3 billion to €14.5 billion.”
Production capacityPlanned: Some 30 km (19 mi) of tunnels; station with 8 platforms
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“some 30 kilometres (19 miles) of tunnels”
Production targetPlanned: New Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof scheduled to open December 2031; a June 2026 audit found the 2026 date unrealistic
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“The new Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is scheduled to open in December 2031”
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2010-02-02Demonstrated
Construction begins
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“Construction work began on 2 February 2010.”
June 2026Demonstrated
Audit finds the 2026 commissioning date unrealistic
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“By June 2026, a Deutsche Bahn audit found the 2026 commissioning date to be unrealistic.”
December 2031Planned
Scheduled opening of the new station
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Stuttgart 21 - Wikipedia
“The new Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof is scheduled to open in December 2031”

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart_21
en.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 11, 2026· Starts Dec 13, 2026 ✓· 53% of score
Date has moved, per en.wikipedia.org: "…te for main elements of the project was delayed again, to December 2026.[5][6] In 2025, the planned…"
[2]82%
Stuttgart 21 2026 opening cancelled
railjournal.com· Published Feb 16, 2026· 24% of score
International Railway Journal reports Deutsche Bahn's CEO told the supervisory board the December 2026 phased opening date is no longer achievable; no replacement exact date has been set, so the pin's stored December 2026 date is now known to be wrong even though a precise new date isn't yet fixed.^[1]
[3]80%
Germany: Stuttgart 21 delayed again
railwaygazette.com· Published Feb 15, 2026· 24% of score
Railway Gazette International, a rail trade publication, independently corroborates that the digital signalling system and construction issues have forced Deutsche Bahn to abandon the December 2026 opening target.
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Germany's 27-Year Struggle to Complete a Rail Project (The B1M)
youtube.com· Published Mar 3, 2021· 0% of score

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