Located near a large sports stadium, the new station forms a salient feature in the heterogeneous surrounding urban fabric, above which it is elevated. The challenge for the architects was to create a station that could cope with up to 25,000 people an hour during big sporting events, but that would not appear deserted or out of proportion for the rest of the time. The difference in height of the two platforms, which each serve two tracks, was determined by the railway authorities. The split level is cleverly exploited co articulate the structure and to create views through it.