Published on January 20, 2025 at 2:43 p.m. / Modified on January 20, 2025 at 2:47 p.m.
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The Simplon car park is experiencing its last hours. The building built in the late 1980s is unrecognizable. If nothing remains other than the floor and the load-bearing walls, it will soon be demolished as part of the Lausanne station construction site. But before we can deliver the final blow, certain preparations are in full swing. In fact, the filling of the postal tunnels, which are located under the platforms, has already been carried out while the anchoring work on the south wall will begin shortly.
In total, 650 anchors will be made in order to prevent the current platforms from collapsing. This work consists of placing, under tracks 6, 7 and 8, steel rods with an average length of approximately 17 meters. “Firstly, we must strengthen the railway platform which is today supported by the Simplon car park,” says Benjamin Lejeune, one of the project managers of the Lausanne station. Then we can demolish the current building, platform 5 and track 9 during 2026.”
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