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Light Eye of Stuttgart21 [OC] (live.staticflickr.com)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/pics
 

This was a guided tour of the future main station in Stuttgart called Stuttgart21.

More pictures: https://imgur.com/a/8QnDQrO
(Disclaimer: The descriptions could be wrong for the east/west orientation :P)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

it's famous for being almost 5 billion € over the initial budget of 4.5 billion.

[–] Downcount 4 points 5 months ago

The initial budget was 2.5!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It's like any budget planned in Germany (or the world) for mega projects like this.
But I can understand that considering this is (according to the guide) basically a full concrete-slab and cube underground made in basically one pour.