Another railway facility will be added to the station in Ústí n.O

Ústí nad Orlicí - Near the historical building of the train station in Ústí nad Orlicí, whose preservation was advocated by the civic association Nádraží nedáme!, another building for the needs of Czech Railways will be constructed. It is not yet clear whether it will also serve for passenger processing, said Pavel Halla, spokesperson for the Railway Infrastructure Administration (SŽDC). The question also remains about the use of the old station.
    "We will be building a new technological facility. The old building is unsuitable for modern technologies, it does not have the required floor load capacity, and it is not possible to install ventilation due to heritage protection," said Halla. He did not rule out that the new building might also have a ticket machine, a shelter, and facilities for passengers. "It has not been decided, it depends on Czech Railways and the opinion of the city," Halla added.
    The current old dilapidated building of the railway station, according to architect Rudolf Freye's design, stands atypically in the middle of the railway tracks. Czech Railways wanted to demolish it as it stood in the way of the modernization of the railway corridor. However, it was opposed by the civic association Nádraží nedáme! which gathered about 17,000 signatures for a petition for its preservation. Additionally, the building has been repeatedly declared a cultural monument.
    What the historical building will be used for still remains uncertain. "The inter-ministerial committee is looking for a way to finance the reconstruction of the cultural monument and a model for its use," said Petr Hájek (Oušťáci Association), the mayor of Ústí nad Orlicí, to ČTK. In the original station, for example, only a restaurant could remain, and there was a proposal from the public to create a rock club in it.