Massive infrastructural projects don't get much bigger than the Stuttgart 21, Germany's most ambitious rail project that the country has been trying to complete for 27 years.
Stuttgart is Germany's sixth-largest city and one of the hubs of industry in the country. When the project was proposed in 1995, its aim was to help turn Stuttgart into one of the transport hubs of not just Germany, but at the heart of Europe as a whole. To that end, it is completely redesigning how railroads travel through its center, adding tunnels, bridges, new foundations, and a striking new park. But 27 years later, the promise of economic advantage and the realities of finishing the project are still divisive. Like many other nations, Germany has had significant infrastructure projects that haven't entirely gone as planned. In the public's perception, the Brandenburg Airport in Berlin still looms large. This is a glimpse inside Stuttgart 21, one of the world's most unique and long-running railway projects, which is both complex and contentious.
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