The trains of the Central Railway Line now travel to and from Luzern’s main train station in an underground tunnel. The old railway line is therefore available for redevelopment. Working together with city-of-Luzern experts, EBP has been assigned to carry out a crime prevention assessment of the area along the route of the old railway line.
The Central Railway connects the city of Luzern to its surrounding municipalities. After operating above ground for decades, the railway line was recently relocated below ground. As a result, a new public space has arisen where the trains used to run above ground.
In order to prevent the area from turning into a crime zone or a no-go area, the city of Luzern has undertaken to evaluate the area along the route of the old railway line according to the latest findings in the field of crime prevention through environmental design. Working together with the crime prevention expert Christian Weicht, EBP provided its consulting services to the Luzern Office of the Environment, Transportation and Safety.
EBP and Christian Weicht completed the following tasks:
Afterwards our findings were used as a basis for further planning in the area along the route of the old central railway line.