Dutch Railway Commuters Slide into Holland Train Station (Videos)

12 years ago Zachary Shahan
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OK, this is too cool to pass up. Ever dream of our cities being a little more like playgrounds? Well, apparently, some creative Dutch design folks are on your side. In the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands, design firm HIK Ontwerpers installed slides (or “transfer accelerators”) at the Overvecht Railway Station.

“The designers explained the slide is a gift to the rail commuters and hope it will create a playful urban area that could generate positive energy in a disadvantaged neighborhood,” the UK’s Metro reports.

Have to love this translated line from second video below, as well:

“As you can see, we have become so lazy we can’t even walk down stairs.” Though, I wouldn’t be so cynical — I think it’s just a creative way to make the train station more interesting and fun (and, heck, it really is an efficient mode of transport, so it’s practical, too).

Here are two videos of the slide in use (yes, it works like any other slide):

http://youtu.be/3NVCiBNGCjY

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Zachary Shahan

Zach is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao. Zach has long-term investments in Tesla [TSLA], NIO [NIO], Xpeng [XPEV], Ford [F], ChargePoint [CHPT], Amazon [AMZN], Piedmont Lithium [PLL], Lithium Americas [LAC], Albemarle Corporation [ALB], Nouveau Monde Graphite [NMGRF], Talon Metals [TLOFF], Arclight Clean Transition Corp [ACTC], and Starbucks [SBUX]. But he does not offer (explicitly or implicitly) investment advice of any sort.

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5 thoughts on “Dutch Railway Commuters Slide into Holland Train Station (Videos)”

  • I am going there this weekend, I’ll have to check it out.

    • Anonymous
      August 10, 2011 at 7:50 pm
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      oooh, luck you 😀

      love the netherlands

      Take a pic of the slide (& anything else) for us if you can 😀

  • BlueRock
    August 12, 2011 at 3:33 pm
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    Simple, effective, fun. Kudos.

    Heh. I wish I was 8-years old again – that little dude was straight up those stairs for another go. Actually, there’s a design flaw – if you’ve got kids in tow, they’ll never want to leave. Oops. Missed the train! 😀

    • Anonymous
      August 12, 2011 at 3:55 pm
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      Haha, true 😀

  • It has nothing to do with cleantech but I gotta admit this is a brilliant and fun idea. 🙂

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