Taken by itself, it does not sound very spectacular: Beginning in 2006 both automatic and conventionally driven trains will be running in mixed operation on the tracks of the U2 Line. For over 270 public transport experts, who attended an international conference in Nuremberg at the beginning of December, however, it is a milestone in transportation history – after all, the RUBIN project (realization of an automatic subway in Nuremberg) is blazing a path that shows how existing subway systems can be intermeshed with automatic subway lines and how conventionally operating subway lines can be successively converted to automatic operation.

And because this path must not only be followed, but also described, gernBotschaft was commissioned by VAG to document the entire project. The goal of the communications task was clearly outlined from the very beginning: to provide all conference participants with quick access to detailed information about the past, present, and future of the Nuremberg subway system and, at the same time, to provide an opportunity for constant updating and expansion of the medium.

The solution that has now been found comprises a modular system of thematic double pages, and gernBotschaft was responsible for text, creation, translation, and production. Using this system, all parts of the documentation can be individually adapted to the status of the project, and an expansion – including for copies already in circulation – is possible at any time. The flexibility of the RUBIN Project documentation is thus top-of-the-line.