CASE Expansion of the S-Bahn at Cologne railway junction
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Since January 2019, ORCA, in close cooperation with Heimrich & Hannot in Cologne, has been handling the communication for the expansion of the S-Bahn in the Cologne railway junction – an infrastructure project of great importance for the Cologne Metropolitan Area. The client is the Kompetenzcenter Marketing NRW (KCM), which is located at the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg. Several players are involved in the expansion project: In addition to KCM, these are the Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Nahverkehr Rheinland GmbH, DB Netz AG and DB Station&Service AG. The early and continuous involvement of citizens and various interest groups is of central importance for the project. The aim is to communicate the complex infrastructure topic, which requires explanation, to a heterogeneous target group and to win as many stakeholders as possible as long-term supporters of the expansion project.
Key tasks:
– Development of the communication and citizen participation strategy
– Ongoing advice
– Development and creation of content (concept, editing and text)
– Further development and continuous support of the website www.sbahnkoeln.de
– Development of communication media and campaigns
– Support for press relations