heres some in Minneapolis to start off the thread:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2184436601_3d757bf803.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/753433313_dfc27f99db.jpg?v=0

http://www.lightrailnow.org/images02/min-lrt-Hiawatha-Airport-Lindbergh-term-42779-20050827_Peter-Ehrlich.jpg

sorry for the bad quality on the rest of these, i took screenshots from Google Maps:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/Picture6-1.png

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/Picture4-1.png

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/Picture5-1.png

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/Picture8-1.png

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/Picture7-1.png

Central Park Metrolink station, built in 2005 but will be unused until 2011.

http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/manchester/images/8-metrolink.jpg
http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/517.$plit/C_71_article_1124821_image_list_image_list_item_0_image.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/3630502365_64fc33f457_o.jpg

That is a very nice LRT underground station in Minneapolis. I wasn't aware that they had underground stations there.

It reminds me of a much bigger and nicer version of the Amherst St station here in Buffalo, which is also island platform.

The electronic screens even look similar.

Canary Wharf London:

http://www.freefoto.com/images/9908/11/9908_11_7848---Canary-Wharf-underground-station_web.jpg?&k=Canary+Wharf+underground+station

That is a very nice LRT underground station in Minneapolis. I wasn't aware that they had underground stations there.

It reminds me of a much bigger and nicer version of the Amherst St station here in Buffalo, which is also island platform.

The electronic screens even look similar.

That pic is of the main airport terminal station. They were going to make the downtown section of the rail underground but it was too expensive.

do you have any pics of the buffalo station?

This is the best picture that I could find.

http://i50.tinypic.com/nnkz7l.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/205822430_229fb7e866_b.jpg

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (SET I)

HOLLYWOOD AND HIGHLAND
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/3206036602_7a78c90e45_b.jpg
GARYRAPOPORT, FLICKR


HOLLYWOOD AND VINE
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/447124180_75fe5a9148_o.jpg
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CHRISAND STEVE, FLICKR
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3500/3296131923_3d52be79d4_b.jpg
CLANDEROS1, FLICKR


LTR GOLD LINE, CHINA TOWN STATION
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2502/3973676307_3f88b16f91_b.jpg
PRAYITNO, FLICKR


WILSHIRE / WESTERN
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ENOT FEMALE, FLICKR


EAST L.A., GOLD LINE LTR STATION
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2696/4107999695_e14b44855f_b.jpg
LAPIE, FLICKR

MARIACHI PLAZA, GOLD LINE LTR
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4361806254_aefd773a4f_b.jpg
WEHARDY, FLCIKR

it would be very hard to find a "visually appealing" station in america lol.. moscow, hands down, has the most beautiful stations.

I guess it's up to personal opinion. Perhaps they are not to the beauty of the Moscow Metro, but I think that some of those LA stations are pretty nice. I remember once reading once that they pay more attention to aesthetics and art than other subway agencies...or something like that.

Well it may not win any best contests in the looks dept, this station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line is unique. Its one of the deepest stations in the US, @ 160 feet below Union City. The Station was built in the Palisades Tunnel which used to be a Freight tunnel but was sold to NJT in the 1990s, the station opened in 2006.

Bergenline Avenue Station

http://images.nycsubway.org/i53000/img_53888.jpg

http://images.nycsubway.org/i53000/img_53899.jpg

http://images.nycsubway.org/i53000/img_53902.jpg

http://images.nycsubway.org/i53000/img_53871.jpg

~Corey

^^ That last station is quite good.

Those stations from Los Angeles however, they're just hideous. I can't even think of an era or design style in which they'd suit. They're quite simply ugly.

And yes, it is a matter of opinion. And I applaud Los Angeles for actually having a metro, considering what the city is up against.

Some nice modern stations from the metrobits.org Arts and Architecture page (http://mic-ro.com/metro/metroart.html):

Bilbao, Spain
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/bilbao-abando-400.jpg

Bochum, Germany
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/bochum-lohring.jpg

Dubai, UAE
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/dubai-khalid-bin-al-waleed.jpg

Lille, France
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/lille-porte-de-valenciennes.jpg

London, UK
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/london-southwark-400.jpg

Lyon, France
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/lyon-valmy.jpg

Munich, Germany
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/munich-westfriedhof-400.jpg

Naples, Italy
http://mic-ro.com/metro/images/naples/naplesmaterdeisquaredk8.jpg

Oporto, Portugal
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/porto-casa-da-musica.jpg

Portland, Oregon, USA
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/portland-interstate.jpg

Rio, Brazil
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/rio-cardeal-arcoverde-train-3.jpg

Tokyo, Japan
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/tokyo-iidabashi-400.jpg

For photo credits see here (http://mic-ro.com/metro/metroart.html).

Verdun (Green Line, Mtl), 32 years old
http://mmonla.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/verdun-metro-2.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/23334157_f5561582ba.jpg

any moscow pics?

also, how do people get down to the one in NJ? i doubt they go gown 160 ft of stairs. elevator?

any moscow pics?

also, how do people get down to the one in NJ? i doubt they go gown 160 ft of stairs. elevator?

Express Elevators , its the same at the Cliff station , but theres also a Emergency Staircase.

it would be very hard to find a "visually appealing" station in america lol.. moscow, hands down, has the most beautiful stations.

Yes, I agree about Moscow. I like how some cities do incorporate "their image" to the stations.

i.e. those Moscow stations would not fit in L.A.


I guess it's up to personal opinion. Perhaps they are not to the beauty of the Moscow Metro, but I think that some of those LA stations are pretty nice. I remember once reading once that they pay more attention to aesthetics and art than other subway agencies...or something like that.

This is true. The city spends a lot of "moola" in aesthetics, and in trying to make each station reflect the cultural aspects of the neighborhoods they serve...

Verdun (Green Line, Mtl), 32 years old
http://mmonla.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/verdun-metro-2.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/23334157_f5561582ba.jpg

Post more from Montreal :yes:

I love the brutal, unforgiving concrete used throughout Montreal's Metro.

^^ That last station is quite good.

Those stations from Los Angeles however, they're just hideous. I can't even think of an era or design style in which they'd suit. They're quite simply ugly.

And yes, it is a matter of opinion. And I applaud Los Angeles for actually having a metro, considering what the city is up against.

Speaking of hideous......................

Here are some more...............LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (SET II)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/3386370275_1f96dd809b_o.jpg


METRO STATION INCORPORATED TO APARTMENT/LOFT BUILDINGS
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/3043169538_0b7b24fccd_b.jpg

PERSHING SQUARE, MEZZANINE
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3298637509_1a419cee63_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/182010346_cd9903b71f_b.jpg

STREET LEVEL ENTRANCE TO 7TH STREET METRO CENTER STATION
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/206339830_9ef82d72c9_b.jpg

UNION STATION - RED LINE - GOLD LINE - METROLINK - AMTRAK
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/416191185_d5f9bff1df_b.jpg


GOLD LINE LTR
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/351048005_94dffa76e0_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2928565921_e0b8479ed0_b.jpg

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/307433398_e99e491708_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/2995506511_abb8dfcdcd_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4126827571_be5357742c_b.jpg

I don't get what the last one is trying to look like. And a beam is kind of useless over the stairs and escalator if it doesn't shelter you from rain in a storm.

I don't get what the last one is trying to look like. And a beam is kind of useless over the stairs and escalator if it doesn't shelter you from rain in a storm.

Fortunately LA is not known for toooo much rain. Also, if you look closely it appears there is a solid strip in the middle of the beam over the stairs (although I am sure it would be of limited use if it were raining hard). With that said, it seems to be rather common in a lot of systems to have escalators/stairs not covered. I can specifically remember in Munich that some are not (which was quite a problem in the downpour when I was there). The same goes for some of the underground stations in Washington DC, which again was a problem for me when I was there.

Steve

^^^^Yup, that last station is near the beach (Redondo Beach),... not much rain around these parts.


Ok, enough of my town,...L.A., let's enjoy some pics of MOSCOW, RUSSIA

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/4021913253_d4bb33a82b_b.jpg

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/466703773_4ceedc7c19_o.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4347276209_c52a3593dd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2914647610_19a80b8241_b.jpg

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/94/248812360_6c89dfde81_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2635/3871359316_e4cefa479d_b.jpg

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1132/1089141040_b55f188afd_b.jpg

^^ Phantastic but not modern (as the thread title suggests)

^^ Phantastic but not modern (as the thread title suggests)

Sorry, someone wanted to see them,.. I can take them off if ya guys want.

No problem, I also enjoyed them.

Prague, Czech Republic ; metro station "Střížkov"

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/3158/23926477.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/6381/70960042.jpg

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3686/32916809.jpg

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/9030/86791225.jpg

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/2153/58126649.jpg

^^^^ That's a nice one :)

any moscow pics?

also, how do people get down to the one in NJ? i doubt they go gown 160 ft of stairs. elevator?

Thats nothing compared to London...Hampstead is 192 feet below ground, and Bull&Bush station is over 221 feet underground...

Bull and Bush Station doesn't exist though.

Bull and Bush Station doesn't exist though.

It does, its other name is North End...it never opened to the public, but its still there...on the Northern Line

It does, its other name is North End...it never opened to the public, but its still there...on the Northern Line

If trains don't stop, and passengers don't use it, then it isn't really a station.

If trains don't stop, and passengers don't use it, then it isn't really a station.

yeah but it exists...

Thats nothing compared to London...Hampstead is 192 feet below ground, and Bull&Bush station is over 221 feet underground...

Or a Prague station at 100m underground.

I've made polls for two modern metro stations in Moscow:

Victory Park (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1054459) (2003)
Sretensky Bulvar (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1072347) (2007)

Essen Hauptbahnhof, Ruhr area, Germany:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Essen-station-essenhbf.jpg/800px-Essen-station-essenhbf.jpg
wiki

Moskva citi, Moscow, Russia, :

http://cf.juggle-images.com/fit/white/600x600/wg-moscow-5.jpg
cf.juggle-images.com

Äußere Kanalstraße, Cologne, Germany:

http://www.subways.net/germany/KVB5102_AeussereKanalstrasse.jpeg
subways.net

moscow is so beautiful.

how about this? :lol:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1066/1139013390_da71416a61_o.jpg

Obviously NYC has no fear of subway bombings :P Dont think that bin could be any more of a terrorist threat.

Obviously NYC has no fear of subway bombings :P Dont think that bin could be any more of a terrorist threat.

Eh, it's just Times Square. Who would want to bomb that station???

Notting Hill Gate station I think is one of the best looking stations in the world...

And its real old, most of the good looking station posted on here are 1960s-00s...not 1870s

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/298020795_b7c698b743.jpg

http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/photos/2007/02/london_notting-hill_gate_wide.jpg

Are there modern stations in New York?

At least there are modern works of art in old stations, like at 14th St or Prince St:
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/new-york-14-st.jpg http://mic-ro.com/metro/images/newyork/newyorkprincestrs7.jpg

look at this ridiculous station in Haifa:
http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/-Z74/hf1.jpg

^^ O.M.G!

look at this ridiculous station in Haifa:
http://www.designboom.com/cms/images/-Z74/hf1.jpg

What's wrong with it? It's a funicular railway rather than a standard metro. It climbs almost 300m along its length!

Yeah, similar station in HK.

Yeah! just don't slip on a banana peel cause you're f***ed.

LOS ANGELES (SET III)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4361804616_49a302c090_b.jpg


BETWEEN FREEWAYS
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/215285789_7d2fb9e6c8_b.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2125/2080705640_2fa922c6cf_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/3282639454_850f26cdb3_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/2695015555_77c9964d36_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4361806498_12fe7707f3_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4361065349_f29a2c1047_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4361065609_bfc6001ceb_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/383529593_e7a8182299_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/383529585_715e82f921_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2411766619_5f468263ae_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/165475019_8a73b5c68a_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3384/3553111250_60e5d2ab73_b.jpg

FINISHING TOUCHES TO METRO STATION/LOFT COMPLEX
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/411700352_e1d471dd04_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/411700233_918a11658a_b.jpg


ANOTHER APARTMENT/LOFT/STATION COMPLEX - LOS ANGELES IS LEARNING TO DESIGN LIFE WITHOUT A CAR
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2554680442_125e43b94c_b.jpg
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2553859603_fa7d00a1f9_b.jpg

RED LINE - UNIVERSAL STUDIOS STATION
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3374705752_1907e2e629_b.jpg

While it is currently a streetcar system, the TECO line in Tampa, Florida (USA) is equipped to be interchangeable with LRT vehicles and may eventually be upgraded for them. This is one of the largest stations on the system, the Dick Greco Plaza.
(photo from www.tampabaytransitinfo.com)
http://www.tampabaytransit.info/nhn.jpg

(photo from genesisgroup.com website)
http://www.genesisgroup.com/images/primary_photos/stp-aerial.jpg

There's another Moscow station in the "pseudo-hi-tech" style, Myakinino.
(my photos)
http://forum.mymetro.ru/uploads/1264717530/med_gallery_11571_740_1282819.jpg
Seems miscladded, but this "rural hi-tech" style has in common with the fact that the station is outside the Moscow territory.

http://forum.mymetro.ru/uploads/1264717530/med_gallery_11571_740_1170954.jpg

Another one, Gor'kovskaya, in St. Petersburg is the old one but with rebuilt modern upper hall.
(from metro.nwd.ru)
http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14442&mode=view

Inside:
http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14448&mode=view

http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14518&mode=view

http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14446&mode=view

http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14520&mode=view

http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14519&mode=view

At night:
http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14922&mode=view

Post more from Montreal :yes:

I love the brutal, unforgiving concrete used throughout Montreal's Metro.
:lol: It's exactly because of the "brutal, unforgiving concrete" that I was just about to reply you "no way!"

http://blog.fagstein.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/metro.jpg
photo @ http://blog.fagstein.com/tag/montreal-police/ (http://blog.fagstein.com/tag/montreal-police/)

I like it. All it needs is a better roof.

http://metro.nwd.ru/download/file.php?id=14922&mode=view

I like it. All it needs is a better roof.
Conditions are harsh in outer space :lol:

Not exactly a subway station but it's the only train station in Sydney I like, because of the nice harbour view.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Circular_Quay_Station_View.jpg

That is quite a view. I love the glass fare gates at Moscow's system.

When it finally finishes (estimate is now somewhere around 2017. First estimates were around 2009 I believe :D) the Amsterdam Noord-Zuid lijn is gonna look great :

http://www.nzlijn.amsterdam.nl/contents/pages/143749/cs-bouwbord_zuidzijde-a3.jpg

Are there modern stations in New York?

there are a few. the new south ferry stop on the 1 train is pretty nice. the new fulton st stations and the WTC path stations will be pretty amazing. the roosevelt island station has a 1950's scyfi vibe to it lol.

i'm currently far too lazy to search for pictures though.

This is Olympic Park Station in Sydney - one of my favourite modern stations. I found these on the net as I don't have any of my own.
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/4514/olympicparkstation.jpg (http://img519.imageshack.us/i/olympicparkstation.jpg/)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3015/olympicparkstation2.jpg (http://img237.imageshack.us/i/olympicparkstation2.jpg/)

heres a pic of the 46th street station in Minneapolis:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2180488277_2d48153762.jpg

Must say I'm pleasantly surprisied by Los Angeles's efforts here: since it is a city which has developed a very bad reputation for previously shutting its PT systems down.

^^ I once saw an old map of what Los Angeles did have. They sure got rid of a lot! LA was criss-crosed with an amazing amount of rail/tram lines.

I'm going to add North Melbourne to the list. This station sees a lot of action during the day, though it mostly serves as a transfer point as there's not a lot in the vicinity of the station; mostly old factories and other rail lines.

http://www.cox.com.au/umbraco/ImageGen.aspx?width=510&image=/media/32640/nmelb01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/North_Melbourne_station_main_entry_2009.jpg

http://www.cox.com.au/umbraco/ImageGen.aspx?width=510&image=/media/2628/_mg_9949.jpg

Melbourne's blessed with many surviving old Victorian-era stations, which I'll get around to posting pictures of one day.

I'm not a big fan of L.A., but that subway was truly remarcable!

North Melbourne shots look pretty good too.

I like Titan station in Bucharest a lot...quite a decent feat of engineering:

http://filipalex.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/3.jpg

^^ I once saw an old map of what Los Angeles did have. They sure got rid of a lot! LA was criss-crosed with an amazing amount of rail/tram lines.



Don't remind us :( Los Angeles once had the largest rail system in the world, who would've of thunk it huh?. It was WAY over a thousand miles of track. It baffles me when I see this map because I live here and know the distances. If you look at the map, it even climbed the mountains in the north (Mt Lowe) there were resorts up there.

Must say I'm pleasantly surprisied by Los Angeles's efforts here: since it is a city which has developed a very bad reputation for previously shutting its PT systems down.

Yes, but it is costing us dearly for that dreadful mistake. Whom ever the Mayor was back then who killed our Red and Yellow Electric Car System should be resurrected and shot at the spot.

http://www.usgwarchives.org/ca/losangeles/postcards/mtlowe/grgt.jpg

http://www.erha.org/pe_system_map.jpg

^^yeah that happened to minneapolis too:
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w150/dathribab/streetcar.gif

http://www.tholt.com/images/cohatrol.jpg

http://www.tramz.com/mx/mc/mc79.jpg

Must say I'm pleasantly surprisied by Los Angeles's efforts here: since it is a city which has developed a very bad reputation for previously shutting its PT systems down.

Most of that was because the city controller at the time hated the Hunnington family that owned the pacific electrified rail company (aka red car) and and began dismanteling the system. Also with the construction of the Interstate system LA began to sprawl and it was growing faster than the red car could expand. Not to mention CA's regulatory burden started to grow to unsustainable levels for private rail companies unless you were doing intercity rail (hence why most local lines are now either private/public partnerships or fully govt owned. Also why it takes years to get a system built. INstead of having a private company looking at the most profitable routes city controllers, congressman, and city council members steer projects in ways they have no idea about to pander to constituents and other interests in their district.

I still say if hunington were alive today, even starting where we are at with our current metro system he could cut the cost per mile in half and increase the construction speed.