New construction of a long-distance bus terminal on Dresdner Strasse
At its meeting today, the city council decided to build a new long-distance bus terminal on Dresdner Straße. In March 2022, the city council had already passed a resolution in principle to bundle the public transport systems at the main railway station site.
The future central bus station, which will be built on the main station forecourt after 2025, will be supplemented by a long-distance bus terminal on Dresdner Straße.
The new pedestrian tunnel with access at the main station will provide a good link between long-distance, regional and local transport by road and rail.
The new long-distance bus terminal on Dresdner Straße will have four bus platforms with bus stop islands. The buses will approach from the landward direction and leave in the cityward direction.
Passengers will reach the bus platforms via a widened pavement. A partial canopy provides protection from the weather.
A car park with 33 parking spaces, including two charging bays, is also planned. Twelve bicycle boxes with charging facilities for e-bikes will also be built - in addition to the existing 48 bicycle parking spaces under the roof of the tunnel extension.
The long-distance bus terminal, the car park and Dresdner Straße along the terminal will be equipped with new street lighting.
The construction work will be carried out in three phases. In construction phase 1, the road to the entrance to the long-distance bus terminal, including the canal connection to the ESC network, will be built in the area of the existing access to the electronic signal box (ESTW). In construction phase 2, the bus platforms and their adjacent lanes and walkways, including the canopies, will be built. And in construction phase 3, the short-term car park, the exit with adjoining footpath and the road surface of the city-side public transport stop will be built.
The work will begin in the 2nd quarter of 2023 and continue until the 4th quarter of 2024.
Ten trees will have to be felled for the construction of the long-distance bus terminal. These will be replaced by 33 new plantings.
The costs for the new long-distance bus terminal total approx. 2.87 million euros. They have risen by around 30 per cent due to the current price increases in the construction industry.
Funds from the compensation payments that the City of Chemnitz received from the Free State due to lower revenues as a result of the coronavirus pandemic are available for these additional funds.