Lack of money and inexplicable construction stops: it feels as if the completely rebuilt Telfs-Pfaffenhofen train station (Innsbruck-Land district) in Tyrol has been just a piece of work for centuries. No outsider can understand the delays in the multi-million dollar project. The renovation started in 2020.
Cables are sticking out or down in many places, the toilet facilities are not yet finished and the baker still cannot move to the intended building. The waiting cabin looks archaic, the bare interior walls are stained – anything but inviting. This is what it currently looks like at the ‘mobility hub’, the completely rebuilt Telfs-Pfaffenhofen train station, which has been highly praised by ÖBB and the State of Tyrol.
Delivery promised for 2023
The ÖBB started the 20 million euro project in 2020 and the municipality of Pfaffenhofen was promised completion in 2023, according to Mayor Andreas Schmid. “The delays are incomprehensible or difficult to explain to outsiders,” says Schmid.
Curiosities supervises the planning and construction phase
The story of the redevelopment of Tyrol’s third largest train station has been peppered with curious facts from the start. The ÖBB originally did not even provide a toilet facility or a place to stop for a drink. Only after financial concessions from the municipalities of Pfaffenhofen and Telfs were both included in the plans, was there no timely completion.
The flow of money came to an end in 2023
“The work was abruptly stopped in 2023 – reportedly because no more money was available,” says Mayor Schmid. The ÖBB announced spring 2024 as the next completion date for all station facilities. The agreement did not last either. Finally, the timetable change in December 2024 was specified as the date. The ‘result’ is known.
The mayor of the location no longer understands the ÖBB world
“The possibly missing 200,000 euros is disproportionate to the total construction costs of 20 million,” Schmid shakes his head in disbelief. As mayor of the location, he is repeatedly asked why the community is not continuing. “It’s beyond our control,” the mayor said. Lately he has not heard anything officially from the ÖBB on this matter.
Delivery delays
At the request of the “Krone”, the ÖBB provided the following information: “Due to additional costs, the cost calculation had to be re-evaluated and appropriate financing had to be secured (also from the state and the municipality). Unfortunately, the last planned completion of the multifunctional building including the toilet facilities could not be completed as planned due to delays in delivery.”
hope dies last
No completion date was given. Apparently the talk is spring 2025 – hope is the last to die.
Source: Krone
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