MISC | Favourite Main Station [Archive]

get13

December 27th, 2006, 03:48 AM

Mine is also Glasgow Central. I love it.

From Wikipedia
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line, and was opened by the Caledonian Railway on July 31, 1879.

It is the busiest railway station in Scotland. According to Network Rail, the station has 34 million people departing from, or arriving at Glasgow Central in the most recent year. This also makes it the busiest station in the entire United Kingdom outwith the London area. Glasgow Central serves all of the Greater Glasgow conurbation's southern towns and suburbs, the Ayrshire and Clyde coasts, as well as being the terminus for all inter-city services to destinations south of the border.

From the air:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/centralsta_aerial_03.jpg

Argyle Street running under the station:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralbridge.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/centralsta_bridge_03.jpg

Main Entrance:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralfront.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralcanopy.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralsign.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentraltower.jpg

Platforms going over Argyle Street:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralbridgeint.jpg

Main Concourse:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralconcourse.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralboards.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/070404f.jpg

Platforms:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralsideshed.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentralmainshed.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentrale.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral1213.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral78.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral11a.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral3.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/glasgowcentral2.jpg

Roof:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18/Get13/Glasgow%20Central%20Station/stationroofaccess_large.jpg

Bahnsteig4

December 28th, 2006, 11:36 PM

I found Waterloo to be both convenient and handsome.

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gb/station/London/Waterloo/052000_waterloo.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/gb/station/London/Waterloo/Waterloo-frombalcony-01.jpg

And I only know the domestic part.

Bahnsteig4

December 28th, 2006, 11:40 PM

612Buddha

December 29th, 2006, 06:19 AM

I love Amsterdam's Centraal Station

Küsel

December 29th, 2006, 08:53 AM

I love these:

Hauptbahnhof Zurich
http://www.sengers.ch/izueri/christkindli-markt/DSC_5739.jpghttp://www.sengers.ch/izueri/christkindli-markt/DSC_5689.jpg

And by architecture Stadelhofen Station by S.Calatrava:
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/8/stadelhofen1.jpg
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/stadelhofen/stadelhofen2.jpg

THE classic - Rautatieasema Helsinki
http://www.harriahola.net/photos/photos/20040526000557-helsinki_rautatieasema.jpg
http://mk23.image.pbase.com/u41/kaj_e/upload/34081647.RailwayStation.jpg

Julio Prestes, Sao Paulo
http://www.socio.ch/maro/images/centro7.jpg

Hauptbahnhof Berlin (I only knew it in DDR times and early 90s :( )
http://www.flanieren.de/photo_blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Berlin%20Hauptbahnhof%204.JPG

And NOT to forget: Paddington Station
http://www.atoc-comms.org/photo_archive/Stations/adelantes%20at%20paddington.jpg
http://robertdfeinman.com/london_vert/images/paddington_station_clock.jpg

Max

December 29th, 2006, 05:50 PM

Kiev, Ukraine.

Old Terminal have been built in mid 1930.
http://photobank2.kiev.ua/Architecture/Img/03586.jpg

New Terminal.
http://www.yunakov.com/foto/vokzal3-2.jpg

http://photobank2.kiev.ua/Architecture/Img/03591.jpg

http://www.yunakov.com/foto/vokzal5-2.jpg

http://www.yunakov.com/foto/vokzal8-2.jpg

http://www.yunakov.com/foto/vokzal7-2.jpg

http://www.yunakov.com/foto/vokzal6-2.jpg

Down In London

January 2nd, 2007, 04:36 PM

I like the exterior of Huddersfield train station although it isn't really a main station.
My favourite stations ae both in Melbourne:
Findlers Street
http://sylvestre.ledru.info/blog/media/5/findlers_by_night.jpg

and the other train station in melbourne with the wavey roof-has anyone got any better pictures of it?
http://www.mondophoto.net/oceania/australia/melbourne/flinder-station/DSCN2641.jpg

sweek

January 3rd, 2007, 04:55 AM

Penn Station, New York.

http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/1219/bc4c15abf76e7823f3cbcd5le1.th.jpg (http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bc4c15abf76e7823f3cbcd5le1.jpg)
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/3166/c8682d3bf06a5a670c2af72un6.th.jpg (http://img506.imageshack.us/my.php?image=c8682d3bf06a5a670c2af72un6.jpg)

nashcode

January 3rd, 2007, 01:17 PM

Chennai Central

Chennai, TN, India

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/ChennaiCentral2.JPG

SM247

January 3rd, 2007, 01:17 PM

Now for some Australasian ones. Melbourne has been pretty well covered, so some more:

Dunedin, NZ (unfortunately doesn't see terribly much traffic these days):

http://www.dgolds.com/oldsite/AustraliaNZ/Images/008_Wes_at_Dunedin_Station.jpg

Central (suburban)/Sydney Terminal (intercity):

http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/sydney/kveau0451s.jpg
http://www.danscartoons.com/sydney's-central-station.jpg

Perth (note potplants between the tracks):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/PerthRailwayStation_gobeirne.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Transperth_Perth_Train_Station.jpg

Adelaide (the only non-electrified main station in Australia but with a casino conveniently located upstairs)

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/campuses/northtce/images/adelaide/railway_station.jpg
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0004/img/station35_02.jpg

Brisbane - Roma St (intercity trains):

http://cdn.tripadvisor.com/Images-g255068-d255380-b1375774S-View_of_Roma_Street_station_from_our_room-Holiday_Inn_Brisbane-Brisbane_Queensland.jpg
http://www.jdstein.com/archives/images/australia/romastreetstation.jpg

Brisbane - Central (suburban trains):

http://www.ace.edu.au/High_res_photos/ACE_Brisbane/highres_ace_brisbane_central_station.jpg
http://www.koalaplanet.org/images/uploads/2006/central001.jpg
http://www.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~sota/photo2k2/brisbane03.jpg

Bitxofo

January 4th, 2007, 06:43 AM

Barcelona, Estació de França (France station):
;)
http://i16.tinypic.com/2hxu78j.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/33m9yfd.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/2cerjis.jpg

http://i18.tinypic.com/3yfze2w.jpg
:wink2:

Thermo

January 5th, 2007, 03:30 PM

Antwerpen Centraal
http://www.53a-pix.co.uk/picture/Station1-AC-291203.jpg
More http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=282787

Joba

January 5th, 2007, 05:46 PM

what are your favourite central/main stations?

i dont really know many of them, but two of my favs are

antwerp central station:

http://home.conceptsfa.nl/~martens/Images/4.jpg

That's a pretty old drawing you got there. Here's a recent picture:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/poller1/Hpim1233.jpg

eomer

January 5th, 2007, 09:13 PM

Paris Gare de Lyon
http://www.paris.org/Gares/Lyon/gifs/gare.de.lyon.facade.jpg
http://accel9.mettre-put-idata.over-blog.com/0/32/35/33/hall_paris_gare_de_lyon.jpghttp://www.francebalade.com/paris/garelyontrainbleu.jpg
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/conc4en/img/garedelyon.jpg

greg_christine

January 6th, 2007, 02:22 AM

All railroad stations in the southwestern United States should look like the Santa Fe depot in San Bernardino:

http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/images/pic_history2.jpg

http://www.sbrhs.org/Giffs/SB-Depot-Ad-6-04.gif

http://www.sbrhs.org/jpg2/CRW_3699.jpg

For more information, see:
http://www.sanbag.ca.gov/about/santa-fe_depot.html

groentje

January 6th, 2007, 11:39 PM

I like the façade of Brussel Centraal, and the hall is nice, too. But the platforms and mezzanine are up for a lot of work...
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9897/brusselcentraalbuiten6kj.jpg
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6509/brusselcentalbinnen6fg.jpg
http://old.solvay.org/meeting/pictures/brussel/meeting_13_februari_brussel_centraal.jpg
http://www.nicospilt.com/20050511_8407.JPG

DiggerD21

January 7th, 2007, 04:08 AM

I can't decide which is my favourite main station in Germany (by architecture)!

It must be one of these:

Frankfurt
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Frankfurt_am_Main_-_Hauptbahnhof_-_Neues_Dach.jpg/800px-Frankfurt_am_Main_-_Hauptbahnhof_-_Neues_Dach.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Frankfurt_am_Main_Hauptbahnhof_von_oben.jpg/800px-Frankfurt_am_Main_Hauptbahnhof_von_oben.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Frankfurt_hbf_01.jpg

Berlin
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2006-09-19_Berlin_HBF.jpg/800px-2006-09-19_Berlin_HBF.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof_pano_06.jpg/800px-Berlin_Hauptbahnhof_pano_06.jpg

Hamburg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/HamburgHauptbahnhof.jpg

http://mayhem-chaos.net/photoblog/images/hamburg_hauptbahnhof.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Hamburger_hautpbahnhof.jpg

Leipzig
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Leipzig-Hauptbahnhof-overview.jpg/800px-Leipzig-Hauptbahnhof-overview.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/4/40/Leipzig_Hauptbahnhof_Passage.jpg

Dresden
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Dresden_Luftbild_Hauptbahnhof_2005.jpg/800px-Dresden_Luftbild_Hauptbahnhof_2005.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Dresdner-Hauptbahnhof-neu.jpg/800px-Dresdner-Hauptbahnhof-neu.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Dresden-Germany-Main_Station-Entrance_Hall.jpg/400px-Dresden-Germany-Main_Station-Entrance_Hall.jpg

Nefast

January 7th, 2007, 12:27 PM

Paris gare du nord
http://www.paris.cx/streets/bigpictures/gare_du_nord/mvc-011f.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6061/garedunord1mk1.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/992/garedunord2ud1.jpg

Mo Rush

January 7th, 2007, 02:04 PM

Southern Cross is just awesome...good looking enough to host sports events..

DiggerD21

January 7th, 2007, 02:07 PM

Sports events in a railway station? :?:

freeluas

January 7th, 2007, 05:28 PM

yes its a fantastic station, plus it has good food facilities and a nice bar to have a drink and admire the view. Also when the building is finished and the outside re surfaces it has several tram routes for onward journeys.
Same for Amsterdam Central, which also has all its tram routes conveniently commencing there. No point having a Central Station without further onward transport links. Havnt a good Photo but Sao Bento in Porto is very nice, with huge mosaics and tiles on the walls, curently being restored. Spain has more than a few beauiful stations too. More like Cathedrals than mere stations.

Mo Rush

January 8th, 2007, 01:46 AM

Sports events in a railway station? :?:

not really..i just think the roof is awesome...the design would make an awesome indoor arena..

sweek

January 8th, 2007, 02:17 AM

Groningen is another favourite of mine, although I think it's still a bit of a construction site at the moment because of the underground bicycle parking garage.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1110/52773110centralstationhph5.jpg
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3290/afb38gj9.jpg

eusebius

January 9th, 2007, 01:32 AM

Yes, that's from 2004 ^^
Now:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/339508391_c47f00d54f_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/148/340686496_a0c8963205.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/333899752_0f8be97d02_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/299377535_07c92ef3c0.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/298192996_6d54628ef1_o.jpg

It is not really a culture shock, bearing in mind that the Groningen museum is a mix of styles, and built in the canal separating the station area from the old city.

aquablue

January 9th, 2007, 01:40 AM

Penn station is my favorite -- so vibrant and multicultural. Union station in D.C is my second favorite.

eusebius

January 9th, 2007, 01:55 AM

The Hague, Hollands Spoor

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/76897215_c02c49927d_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/78971052_f10a1328a5_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/89866187_30646a4347_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/76897177_e63c910328_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15650988_e186602662.jpg?v=0

London, Waterloo station

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/271259521_ba55654c74_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/293114131_fe5295d490_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/318465539_1cfdb3d7e2_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/350856761_111019fcfd_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/283517540_e30b054c89_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/298853015_44a1c3bc36_b.jpg

Plus of course, just about any recently built station in Portugal!

earthJoker

January 9th, 2007, 12:56 PM

Bitxofo

January 9th, 2007, 09:34 PM

Here is my thread about one of my favorites (Zürich HB):
http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=221636

Other favorites
-Antwerp
-Berlin Main Station
-Barcelona France is beautifull but not busy enought for a maion station.
Barcelona França station was the central station until 1976, now it is the 2nd central station of Barcelona and it is becoming busier and busier.
;)

earthJoker

January 10th, 2007, 10:04 AM

Llanfairpwllgwy-ngyllgogerychwy-rndrobwllllanty-siliogogogoch

January 10th, 2007, 10:43 AM

My favourite is 's-Hertogenbosch station, means I am home

http://www.raoulsuermondt.nl/foto/ns_station_den_bosch.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/thumb/d/d1/Perron_Station_Den_Bosch.jpg/300px-Perron_Station_Den_Bosch.jpg

But the old one was much more beautiful

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/shertogenbosch/afb8.jpg

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/shertogenbosch/afb32.jpg

Arichis

January 10th, 2007, 08:36 PM

I find the Stazione Centrale in Milan, Italy to be particular beautiful. It is a strange mixture of Art-Deco and Liberty (Italian Art Nouveau), with a little fascist arrogance thrown in. A major refurbishing project is currently in progress.

It has been characterized by Frank Lloyd Wright to be one of the most beautiful stations in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Central_Station).

Milan Centrale Station - Outside
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/arichis/stazione.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/arichis/station_detail_front.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/arichis/Milano-Centrale-1.jpg

Internal Hall
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/arichis/milano_station.jpg

Fountain Detail
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/arichis/stazcentralefountain.jpg

Phobos

January 10th, 2007, 10:20 PM

But the old one was much more beautiful

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/shertogenbosch/afb8.jpg

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/shertogenbosch/afb32.jpg

Do you have moe pictures of this beautiful station?I searched on google but found nothing.Was it destoyed in WWII?

Bitxofo

January 11th, 2007, 12:40 AM

That's good news, but it seems to me that the connection to lokal transportation could be better (wasn't a problem for me as my hotel was in walking distance from the station)

BTW the Pablo Casals to Zürich is the most important train on that station ;)
Now, there are HS trains from BCN to Madrid every 2-3 hours from França staion!
;)
Here you are, last Saturday:
http://i18.tinypic.com/29puc03.jpg
:wink2:

Llanfairpwllgwy-ngyllgogerychwy-rndrobwllllanty-siliogogogoch

January 11th, 2007, 04:05 PM

Do you have moe pictures of this beautiful station?I searched on google but found nothing.Was it destoyed in WWII?

@phobos; Yes it was destroyed in WW2,unfortunately.
It would be great if the building still existed
Here you can find more info(in Dutch) and pictures

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/gebouw.asp?rec=363

Zim Flyer

January 11th, 2007, 04:23 PM

This is the main Train station in Harare, the picture isn't so good as it's illegal to take pictures of the Train Station and other public buildings:

http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/africa/062399/images/station_bg.jpg

Justme

January 11th, 2007, 04:50 PM

Barcelona França station was the central station until 1976, now it is the 2nd central station of Barcelona and it is becoming busier and busier.
;)

That's great news. I read somewhere that they were planning on closing Barcelona França, which I found really sad, as it's such a lovely station. Glad to see that they will keep it now.

Pity it's not on the metro though, although from memory, a few "rare" commuter trains passed through or terminated at it. It really should be somehow more integrated into the great network Barcelona has, and used more.

Is this now the main terminus for the High Speed trains to Madrid? Or just secondary for that HS link?

Bitxofo

January 11th, 2007, 07:12 PM

^^Metro line 4 arrives to BCN França, station Barceloneta. Also commuter train line R10 arrives to França station, from BCN airport.
;)
Now, França station is the main station for H.S. trains to Madrid.
:yes:

earthJoker

January 11th, 2007, 10:35 PM

But Barceloneta station isn't really connected to BCN França is it? If I remember correctly there was some distance between the two stations.

Are the H.S. leaving from França because it has standard gauge and Sants Estció has iberian gauge?

Sports events in a railway station?

There are sport events in the Main Station of Zürich, like beach soccer or beachvolleyball:
http://www.gabathuler-wenger.ch/platform/content/content/2556.jpg

Phobos

January 12th, 2007, 08:24 PM

@phobos; Yes it was destroyed in WW2,unfortunately.
It would be great if the building still existed
Here you can find more info(in Dutch) and pictures

http://stationsweb.brinkster.net/gebouw.asp?rec=363

Thanks for the link Dovelig :okay:

gincan

January 13th, 2007, 01:14 AM

That's great news. I read somewhere that they were planning on closing Barcelona França, which I found really sad, as it's such a lovely station. Glad to see that they will keep it now.

Pity it's not on the metro though, although from memory, a few "rare" commuter trains passed through or terminated at it. It really should be somehow more integrated into the great network Barcelona has, and used more.

Is this now the main terminus for the High Speed trains to Madrid? Or just secondary for that HS link?

I'm sure the'll close it down once they've built the planned station at sagrera. Now for me the real station in Barcelona is Estacio del Nord although it now serves as a Bus station. I wish I had seen that one i full operation with steam engines. Easily on pair with Atocha although on a smaller scale. Franca i think is just sterile and boring. For Europe I vote for Amsterdam.

Bitxofo

January 13th, 2007, 02:40 AM

^^BCN França station is NOT going to be closed, it is decided!
;)
Trains traffic is increasing a lot in Spain thanks to H.S. and with the liberalization of railways more stations will be needed for all the new rail companies.
:yes:

greg_christine

January 13th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Sports events in a railway station? :?:

How about sporting events above a railway station. Pennsylvania Station in New York City is in the lower levels of Madison Square Garden:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Msg2005d.JPG/800px-Msg2005d.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/IMG_0501.JPG/800px-IMG_0501.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/DSCN3272.JPG/800px-DSCN3272.JPG

Depending upon the type of event, Madison Square Garden can seat up to about 20,000.

greg_christine

January 13th, 2007, 03:37 PM

It should also be noted that North Station in Boston is in the lower levels of TD Banknorth Garden, which replaced Boston Garden:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/TD_Banknorth_Garden_rainy.JPG/800px-TD_Banknorth_Garden_rainy.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Fleet_Center.jpg/450px-Fleet_Center.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Mbtaatnorthstation.jpg/799px-Mbtaatnorthstation.jpg

TD Banknorth Garden has a maximum seating capacity of 19,580.

Sen

January 19th, 2007, 12:52 AM

I like the Shinjuku station in Tokyo and the original penn station in new york.

RSG

January 21st, 2007, 01:00 AM

Southern Cross Station in Melbourne is the best station in Australia. Looks fantastic.

http://www.melbourne.stays.com.au/property/image/01/86/56/img_18656_025294_max800x600.jpg

http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/doielect.nsf/2a6bd98dee287482ca256915001cff0c/86c29cba930e31ccca25717600098b4d/$FILE/VLine%20Platforms%

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6607/southerncrossstationjz7.jpg

I also rate the TGV station at Lyon Saint Exupery Airport.

http://cnci.org.za/pix/TGV%20station%20Saint%20Exupery.jpg

Minato ku

January 21st, 2007, 01:09 AM

Lyon Saint Exupery Airport station is not a Main.

Lyon has two main stations.
-Lyon Part Dieu
-Lyon Perrache

Joka

January 21st, 2007, 02:12 PM

I like the Budapest Keleti Station

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/BudapestKeletiStation.jpg/800px-BudapestKeletiStation.jpg

GENIUS LOCI

January 23rd, 2007, 06:37 PM

An aerial of Milano Stazione Centrale

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6567/pi0il.jpg

Fede_Milan

January 25th, 2007, 04:56 AM

Milan Central Station definitely!

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6783/milanostazione019ns.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/7039/milanstation19su.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/7811/imagee6ff9c6d1494ec7d445yw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/184/imagebb8579e3d37aa941769kq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yardmaster

January 26th, 2007, 08:02 PM

Great thread. those european stations ... I wish!

Melbourne's Southern Cross is pretty good (though here half-finished) ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/transport/sth_crss2005.jpg

So is Sydney Central ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/transport/sydcen3823.jpg

but there aren't too many stations in the world that take a decent photo pretty much from the full 360 degrees. Flinders Street Melbourne is one of them.

From the west:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Clocktowers/flst2639_m.jpg

from the north:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Domes/flst_3141.jpg

north-east :

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Flinders%20St/flst4958r.jpg

from the east:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/unused/flst_3237.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/flst_4573.jpg

from the south:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/fldsk_2811.jpg

even from the subway:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/sub_2232.jpg

though a subway means something different here to what it means in NY ... and where are the trains?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Melbourne/Daily/unused/flst_2438.jpg

Hybrid 87

January 27th, 2007, 04:59 PM

Some of my favorite railway stations

Jelgava (picture is old, but the station hasn't changed
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20060311_30652.jpg

Ventspils 1
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20040415_ventspils1.jpg

Aloja (Abandoned)
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20061203_56711.jpg

Valka (Abandoned)
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20041207_9063.jpg

Mežciems
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20050324_12494.jpg

Cekule (try to find the station building) :D
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20050718_18173.jpg

Cēsis
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20060426_32709.jpg

But my most favorite is:
Riga Central Station
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20050225_11492.jpg
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20050620_16626.jpg
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20061111_54450.jpg
http://www.parovoz.com/gallery/20061231_60050.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/75/178236056_d59a96f7d6_m.jpg
http://img15.echo.cx/img15/4572/stacija39up.jpg
http://img15.echo.cx/img15/3348/stacija25od.jpg

And still this is no match for the old Riga station (demolished in the 1960ties or 70ties)
http://www.postcardman.net/148273.jpg

UT596001

January 27th, 2007, 07:36 PM

But Barceloneta station isn't really connected to BCN França is it? If I remember correctly there was some distance between the two stations.

Are the H.S. leaving from França because it has standard gauge and Sants Estció has iberian gauge?

The trains between Barcelona and Madrid runs in HSL from Madrid to Roda de Barà, in this station the train change the gauge and runs in the standard line to Sant Vicenç de Calders, and in then to Barcelona via Vilanova i la Geltrú (but, when this line falls the trains runs to Barcelona via Vilafranca del Penedès). In Barcelona Sants, now, only have 8 iberian gauge tracks. All trains (except Altaria "Triana") continue to Barcelona-Estació de França via Passeig de Gràcia (the really 2nd more important station of Barcelona, all Catalunya Exprés trains and suburban trains stop in) because Sants station now are in works for rebulding station and for the arrive of HSL line, and the Estació de França station have little traffic is ideal for the finish of this trains.

Two points:
1) Estació de França has during long time (since medium 90's) the terminal of Catalunya Exprés trains network to the south of Catalonia (Tarragona, Valls, Lleida, Mòra la Nova, Zaragoza, Reus, Tortosa, València). When the Sants station rebulding works started some Arco trains (Barcelona-València and Barcelona-Murcia) started in Estació de França, at the same time the Talgo trains Barcelona-Montpellier "Catalan Talgo, Barcelona-Paris "Joan Miró" and Barcelona-Milan/Zürich "Pau Casals" started in Estació de França for the same reason. More time ago, when we restablished the direct link between Barcelona and the Airport, we choose to terminate the trains at Estació de França because Sant Andreu Comtal station are more busiest than Estació de França and haven't got any trains to terminate the trains at Montcada-Bifurcació or Granollers-Centre. Later, when the trains of Barcelona-Madrid line where are changed (from VII Talgos+252 electric locomotive to 120 emu trains with automatic gauge change system) there are changed their finish station to Barcelona-Estació de França and have their base in this.

2) Talgo "Triana" not finish at Estació de França because the Talgo manteniment base are located at the north of Sant Andreu Comtal station, and when the train arrives to Barcelona goes later to this station. This is the same operation for all Talgo trains (except Cartagena-Montpellier "Mare Nostrum").

Già

January 28th, 2007, 12:50 AM

My favourite station is Milano Centrale of course, but it needs to be remoderned and cleaned....
Budapest station is very very nice......! I like it

sorry for my english...:bash:

Già

January 28th, 2007, 01:15 AM

MILANO STAZIONE CENTRALE

http://z.about.com/d/goitaly/1/0/0/2/-/-/train-station.jpg

http://home.edo.uni-dortmund.de/~vplaga/photos/turkey_05/midRes/2005-08-27__08-53-19

http://xoomer.alice.it/treninter/news/AVTOMI/avmic.jpg

http://www.johnpool.net/78mitrst.jpg

IVNIUS B.

February 10th, 2007, 12:43 PM

My favourite is Estació del Nord in Valencia.
Built around 1915 and very stylish.

sorry i don't have pics to share with you :(

Bitxofo

February 13th, 2007, 01:09 AM

Milano Centrale is impressive!
:drool:

Douly

February 13th, 2007, 06:16 AM

Antwerp and Milan's railway stations are awesome.

Here's Marseille's Gare Saint Charles (currently being modernised and extended), famous for its monumental staircase.

http://www.petrophoto.net/photos/villes/france/marseille/marseille10.jpg

old photos:

http://paquita.wordpress.com/files/2006/10/escalier-gare-saint-charles.jpg

Recent ones:

http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pbglk-vqL4BtyxkOvxUfHyf7glibgATB_CR4BPOfkC-hHwYRR_F00kw0nrOEDVkSKEPJhwOVMzlgEcHAftH9MnNcZgXU6Rqk0Nnx8MZ88SVGJaM8Gzeuu-v2bB0b89GB4uEbCuDxIoyfW5ApTb7Su1DEcWHZM8__z

http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pbglk-vqL4BtyxkOvxUfHyf7glibgATB_CR4BPOfkC-jQJAea7rEBTMWE-BQWIT6fK2f_m0YL6WCJFialFPo0dxg9mr0K7XK5QY4FipQAIi9ulWlN2EFUNM1xL8hRz-v-DBm9oiMbXXwW9mwk9Kr9ExlXE_IBlcM0

http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pbglk-vqL4BtyxkOvxUfHyf7glibgATB_CR4BPOfkC-inlzjB4o3RkLLdeLbRoKe9E_c2fffmhb7RBk_4CaNDlJIlWyRd2CiTC_qBlXsZ_6zmxYqHa0KnQrME5_Dc0FLRsyF8BnbFMt67SdCqYm99Loteu5Y2eMcD

The extension of the railway station (supposed to open in June)

http://tkfiles.storage.msn.com/x1pbglk-vqL4BtyxkOvxUfHyf7glibgATB_CR4BPOfkC-jVjO_Ije1lXeQG1fMIe5hL2-Vfh9YzXCtzdprGaxFeyQa6PoodTILhPzxUlGg8d4oyThj1JWl3hYtvKYKefxSAaZHIXgljVwwq4o2yBcFfcYG-23BSy4tr

xlchris

February 22nd, 2007, 05:14 PM

Amsterdam Central Station

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oostzijde_Amsterdam_CS.JPG/800px-Oostzijde_Amsterdam_CS.JPG

http://www.netherlandsrailways.co.uk/Images/Amsterdam-CS-building-(fron.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/fredrik.matthaei/Bahnbilder/Amsterdam_CS_1977_1.jpg

http://www.graemont.com/images/Amsterdam_cs.jpg

http://www.domnik.net/topoi/commons/NL/amsterdam/04n_railwaystation2.jpg

http://www.bmz.amsterdam.nl/adam/pics/msp/centraal.jpg

**Extra**
http://www.nicospilt.com/JH20040521_0050.JPG

JoKo65

February 28th, 2007, 02:29 PM

My favourite Köln [Cologne, Colonia, Кельн] main station:

http://www.ft-cgn.de/Bildervorlagen/Koeln-02.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/deutschland/_MG_7448.jpg

http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Blog/E202E4E9-F04D-45CE-AF29-42B4A4E02880_files/Koln%20HbF%20(IMG_9652).jpg

http://www.vaiski.net/saksa042005/1804_35%20Koeln%20Hbf%20ICE3.jpg

http://www.telcondex.de/pub/images/kb_mzero/Originale/Hbf.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/89131.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/88732.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/86663.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/86633.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/85801.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/80772.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/80094.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/80093.jpg

http://www.**************/bilder/79495.jpg

JoKo65

February 28th, 2007, 02:59 PM

More fotos of Köln Hbf. (the german high speed hub):

http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Photos-Colonia_files/Blick%20von%20oben%202%20(IMG_9539).jpg

The „Hohenzollernbrücke“, behind that bridge ist the main station.
http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Photos-Colonia_files/Koln%201%20(IMG_9274).jpg

From left: The Hohenzollernbrücke, the cathedral, the main station and – in blue – the musical dome.
http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Photos-Colonia_files/Koln%20bei%20Nacht%20(IMG_9695).jpg

View from the cathedral, on the other side of the river Rhine you see the station Köln-Messe/Deutz.
http://www.vaiski.net/saksa042005/1804_30%20Koelner%20Dom%20Hohenzollernbruecke.jpg

http://www.vaiski.net/saksa042005/1804_29%20Koelner%20Dom%20Hohenzollernbruecke.jpg

The TGV (train à grande vitesse) connecting Cologne, Brussels and Paris.

http://www.boecker-varel.de/images/Eisenbahn%20allg.%20Hbf_Koeln%20003.jpg

IC with advertising in Köln Hbf.
http://www.trainnet.org/Libraries/Lib019/101_001.JPG

View from southeast at the station.
http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Photos-Colonia_files/Koln%20HbF%20(IMG_9599).jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/deutschland/7469-hohenzollernbr%FCcke.jpg

On the other side of the river, the LVR-Tower.
http://www.spiegelschlag.ch/spiegelschlag/Photos-Colonia_files/LVR%20Turm%20(IMG_9360).jpg

Yardmaster

February 28th, 2007, 03:57 PM

^^ Marklin, eh? Gone into bigger things!

Great photos, great station!

Rohne

February 28th, 2007, 04:47 PM

Köln Hbf was a nice station before WWII. but nowadays it's just ugly

JoKo65

February 28th, 2007, 05:16 PM

I don't think so, since of it's modernization it's one of Germany's best.

Justme

February 28th, 2007, 06:24 PM

^^^ I agree. It's been remodelled quite well in the last few years. The only let down is the platz in front of the Dom as you leave the main entrance.

JoKo65

March 2nd, 2007, 03:49 AM

Yes, but they are working on it too.

HansA

March 5th, 2007, 04:18 PM

I don't see what's so special about Cologne's Hauptbahnhof. Many main stations in big german cities look similar. (Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne). In my eye's, the new Hauptbahnhof in Berlin is one of the best in Europe.

My top 5 in Europe would be:
1. Berlin Hauptbahnhof
2. Amsterdam Centraal
3. Antwerpen Centraal
4. Beloruskaya Vokzal (Moscow)
5. Kazanski Vokzal (Moscow)

JoKo65

March 5th, 2007, 04:36 PM

I don't see what's so special about Cologne's Hauptbahnhof. Many main stations in big german cities look similar. (Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne). In my eye's, the new Hauptbahnhof in Berlin is one of the best in Europe.
[…]

Munich is totally different.
Frankfurt and Hamburg look similar, but they are not in such a good shape as Cologne.
Berlin is from another epoche, can't be compared.

Another aspect is the Cathedral and the Rhine in neighbourhood to the station that's simply great.

JoKo65

March 5th, 2007, 04:40 PM

Not to forget: Cologne ist the german number one for high speed trains.

matherto

March 6th, 2007, 08:41 PM

any pics of Grand Central?

GENIUS LOCI

September 21st, 2007, 04:02 PM

An aerial of Milano Stazione Centrale

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6567/pi0il.jpg

Let's have a look back

http://i19.tinypic.com/4p0l20k.jpg

This pic is a bit old (surely of the '80s) but I like it anyway :cheers:

http://i14.tinypic.com/6gjwbdj.jpg

Benonie

September 21st, 2007, 04:57 PM

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/poller1/Hpim1233.jpg

This main building and its huge dome is under renovation at this moment.
It marks the end of a complete transformation with trains on 3 levels, including a level for high speed Thalys-trains.
There's also a new shopping mall, a premetro-station and an underground car-and bicycleparking.
There's a complete new entrance at Kievitsquare

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/HST-Ports/foto8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/HST-Ports/foto6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/snot/HST-Ports/foto5.jpg

http://www.ludovico.be/antwerpen/station/ANTWERPEN-station.7.jpg

http://www.ludovico.be/antwerpen/station/ANTWERPEN-astridplein03.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0709.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0725.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0732.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0740.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0745.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0748.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0753.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0765.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0755.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0779-1.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0774.jpg

http://www.foudurail.net/photoantwerpen/niv1.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_0780.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6926/1000565bewerktsf3.jpg

Notice the trains on the highest and lowest level
The shops are at level -1
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7551/1000584bewerktya1.jpg

New entrance at Kievitsquare (pics De Snor)
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03614.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03591.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/De_Snor/DSC03587.jpg

(pics: Snor, Da Vinci, Infrabel and others)

Justme

September 21st, 2007, 09:19 PM

Great stuff. Is that upper concourse near the roof and outside on the roof open to the public, or was that a special occasion? ^^^

hix

September 21st, 2007, 10:02 PM

^^ That was a special occasion! :banana:

Skyprince

September 21st, 2007, 10:55 PM

Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station :D

by Nazrey
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/8792/23zm.jpg

by baleto

http://static.flickr.com/92/250353825_94bb579fdf_b.jpg

Reasonable KL Ekspress from KL Sentral to KUL
by trayflow

http://static.flickr.com/53/136347434_a67e8fcdc8_b.jpg

by bakhtiar bukari

http://static.flickr.com/25/60243192_31b4470354_b.jpg

by nickywkd

http://static.flickr.com/87/250330795_6c5c28e1cf_o.jpg

by `sak

http://static.flickr.com/110/293090840_5acad8feb8_o.jpg[/

by Greg
Taken 28.12.2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v730/Greg8000/PIC_0178.jpg

by Ian Fuller

http://static.flickr.com/43/75860439_42586c6d5b_b.jpg

by Baqthier
http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~goh.andrew/kelantan/kl_sentral.jpg

http://www.uat.com.my/images/project/sentral1.jpg

http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~clm/photos/00000014/00000002/00000022.web.jpg[/

http://kltalk.com/klsentral/sentral83.jpg

http://kltalk.com/klsentral/sentral85.jpg

http://kltalk.com/klsentral/sentral81.jpg[/QUOTE]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/504/9closeupmkl11.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/503/9sentralhotel.jpg

KLIA express/KLIA tramsit platform

http://img112.exs.cx/img112/3443/kliaexpres11my.jpg

Glodenox

September 21st, 2007, 11:56 PM

Just a small correction about Antwerp Central Station: Those shops are located on floor 0 ;) At floor -1 there are going to be 4 more terminating tracks, but those aren't finished yet (though they are nearing completion I've seen).

I must say I've been happily surprised by many of these railstations that were in this thread...

- Greetz Glodenox

Conrad

September 22nd, 2007, 06:58 PM

My favourite main station is the Art Decoesque Helsinki Central railway station by Eliel Saarinen

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Helsinki_Railway_Station_20050604.jpg

Entrance hall:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/37974932_baa7ed7e5b_o.jpg

Station's restaurant:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/143055180_6212f87639.jpg?v=0

Main facade:
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8574/helsinkierhauptbahnhofvuf3.png

From the air
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7608/helsinkierhauptbahnhofnd5.png

FREKI

September 22nd, 2007, 10:28 PM

what are your favourite central/main stations?
In terms of design I was very impressed by Washington DC's.. ( my only complain is that they make you wait like in airports before they let you onto the plantforms so you can board the train - that was hella anoying - but the station was great! )

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/washington-dc-city-guide-ga-20.jpg

http://andrewprokos.com/d/union-station-interior?g2_itemId=1255&g2_serialNumber=5

Rebasepoiss

September 22nd, 2007, 10:52 PM

My favourite main station is the Art Decoesque Helsinki Central railway station by Eliel Saarinen

I'll add a few pics from myself too:
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=469659
http://www.foto24.ee/photo.php?photoID=469662

FM 2258

September 22nd, 2007, 11:28 PM

My favourite station is Milano Centrale of course, but it needs to be remoderned and cleaned....
Budapest station is very very nice......! I like it

sorry for my english...:bash:

I loved Milano Centrale when I was there. Almost missed my train to Roma because the board said the only train leaving at my scheduled time was going to Napoli. Good thing I asked someone about it. The passenger rail system in Europe is very impressive.

Macca-GC

September 22nd, 2007, 11:35 PM

Berlin
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/2006-09-19_Berlin_HBF.jpg/800px-2006-09-19_Berlin_HBF.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Berlin_Hauptbahnhof_pano_06.jpg/800px-Berlin_Hauptbahnhof_pano_06.jpg

Without a doubt, this is my favourite train station in the world!

erbse

September 23rd, 2007, 12:59 AM

The main station (Hauptbahnhof) in Cologne (Köln) should look like this again:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/K%C3%B6lner_Hauptbahnhof_um_1900.jpg/800px-K%C3%B6lner_Hauptbahnhof_um_1900.jpg

Please, anybody, reconstruct this baby as it was before that cruel war :master: Would definetly be my favourite in the entire universe.

Novak

September 23rd, 2007, 01:23 AM

^^ Geez, what a knockout! I don't know how does the current Köln Hauptbahnhof exactly look like but I'm afraid I have an idea..

And indeed the new Berlin Hauptbahnhof totally kicks ass. And I'm a fan of the Helsinki Central too.

erbse

September 23rd, 2007, 02:04 AM

No prob buddy, I can help you to remind the splendid grand style of the current look:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/K%C3%B6ln_Hauptbahnhof_Front.jpg/800px-K%C3%B6ln_Hauptbahnhof_Front.jpg
:puke:

But luckily also some of the old parts could be retained...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/KoelnHBF_Bahnsteig%C3%BCberdachung.jpg/800px-KoelnHBF_Bahnsteig%C3%BCberdachung.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Koeln_RdFlug_1.JPG/800px-Koeln_RdFlug_1.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Alter_Wartesaal_2.jpg/800px-Alter_Wartesaal_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Alter_Wartesaal.jpg/800px-Alter_Wartesaal.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Hauptbahnhof_Detail_Koeln2007.jpg/800px-Hauptbahnhof_Detail_Koeln2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Hauptbahnhof_Bahnsteige_Koeln2007.jpg/800px-Hauptbahnhof_Bahnsteige_Koeln2007.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Advertisement_of_4711main_station_Cologne.JPG/800px-Advertisement_of_4711main_station_Cologne.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/78_468.jpg/800px-78_468.jpg

For sure, it probably would be quite expansive to reconstruct the pre-WW2-version, but it would be definetly worth every damn cent and effort to recover a marvellous piece of Cologne's old cityscape.

goschio

September 23rd, 2007, 03:49 AM

I really disliked cologne central station. Looks somewhat messy with all the different styles combined. And I certainly do not agree that cologne station is in a better shape than Frankfurt or Hamburg. Was that supposed to be a joke?

KHS

September 24th, 2007, 06:47 PM

Zagreb Main Station

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/CzasNaZywiec/Chorwacja/IMG_0451.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5258/img1676cvt3.jpg

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n183/goxic/Zagreb/do4.jpg

Già

September 25th, 2007, 02:26 PM

I loved Milano Centrale when I was there. Almost missed my train to Roma because the board said the only train leaving at my scheduled time was going to Napoli. Good thing I asked someone about it. The passenger rail system in Europe is very impressive.

Trains going to Naples always stop at Rome.... so you could take it too!

RawLee

September 25th, 2007, 02:40 PM

Budapest Nyugati Railway Station
http://www.hungary-tourist-guide.com/image-files/budapest-nyugati-postcard.jpg

http://www.amadeus.hu/images/nyugati.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1788/resizeofimg2483au2.jpg

Keleti Railway Station
http://www.fotovilag.hu/upload/userimages/70-fotoismeretek/01-alapok/keleti.jpg

http://www.budapest-photo.hu/Budapest%20kepek/Keletipu.jpg

http://www.budapest-photo.hu/Budapest%20kepek/Keleti%20palyaudvar%20fohomlokzat_2005%20februar%205_007v_kicsi800.jpg

werner10

September 26th, 2007, 01:16 AM

Amsterdam's Central Station
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/nl/f/fc/Centraal.jpg

The station is currently under construction
http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0009.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0001.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0002.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0003.jpg/Image

Main entrance Hall
http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0004.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0005.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0006.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0007.jpg/Image

http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/amsterdam-cs/s_amsterdam-centraal-central-station-0008.jpg/Image

Below ground level two metrolines cross at Amsterdams Central Station. The eastline and the new north/south-line (u/c)
http://www.benthemcrouwel.nl/www.benthemcrouwel.nl/portal_presentation/transport/northsouth-line/s_noordzuidlijn-centraal-station-central-station-northsouthline-0001.jpg/Image

Last pic by Amstelbright
http://www.picserver.nl/i/SX5Q8A1QC0H9/730w

Sky_Line

September 26th, 2007, 08:30 PM

Antwerp is beautiful, but I don't think it's very convenient to be honest. At least not in the old layout; I hope it will be a lot better once they're done with the rebuilding.

Not sure if it counts as a "main station" since there are many in London, but St. Pancras is quite beautiful.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5739/chextom2.gif
It looks slightly spooky at night!
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5561/st20pancras20dawnnf5.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4613/stpancrassr3.jpg

Love it.

Lake

September 30th, 2007, 10:54 PM

Zürich Mainstation

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/391492876_7e9ba32620_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/270217425_481e70f0e8_o.jpg

And the u/c extension project:
http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/infrastruktur_bahnausbauten_dml_shilquai_vaps.jpg

http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/infrastruktur_bahnausbauten_dml_loewenstrasse_lowenstark2.gif

RawLee

October 3rd, 2007, 04:16 PM

http://mct.sbb.ch/mct/infrastruktur_bahnausbauten_dml_loewenstrasse_lowenstark2.gif

54 tracks?:eek2:

Minato ku

October 3rd, 2007, 05:02 PM

It could be an error, it is maybe Sx, S-Bahnhof instead of 5x

earthJoker

October 3rd, 2007, 05:23 PM

It could be an error, it is maybe Sx, S-Bahnhof instead of 5x
It's not an error, the tracks are just not numbered through. The reason for this is simple, this way you can easier for the passenger to find out where to go. You have to see that tracks 51-54 are only temporary until 31 - 34 are build.
I don't know why the numbers 4x are not used. Actually I think tracks 1 and 2 should be 41 and 42, and the tracks 3-18 should be 1-16.

Letters are not used because they already define the sectors of a track.

BTW there are 26 tracks.

Svartmetall

October 4th, 2007, 03:11 AM

Favourite: Berlin Hauptbahnhof by FAR. It's amazing!

Second Place: London Waterloo

Third Place: Sydney Central.

Xusein

October 4th, 2007, 05:18 PM

St.Pancras, London

I have never been here, but it truly is quite a beauty.

http://www.alexwaterhousehayward.com/blog/uploaded_images/StPancrasMidlandHotel-790436.jpg

Schmeek

October 4th, 2007, 07:23 PM

I love Train stations....they seem to hold a certain magic. It's like any major transport hub, I suppose, like airports; there is a buzz to them because there is invariably a mix of people from all walks of life from many different nations each doing their seperate thing, trying to get somewhere. But I think train staions have something more than airports or bus stations. I think because many of them are so old, you can sense/smell the history and the people from a bygone age.

My favorites from those I have visited are London St Pancras, Berlin Hauptbahnhof, Amsterdam Centraal, Paris Gare du Nord, and I loved the station at Marseille for it's location because as soon as you leave the train and exit the station you are presented with an amazing view over the whole city!

And as a Bristolian I suppose I'd better add my city's station, the beautiful Bristol Temple Meads. It is the oldest railway terminus building(or main station) in the world. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, trains first ran here in 1840.

The main entrance

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa272/Berbaking/DSC01844.jpg

The old main building now housing a museum

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa272/Berbaking/brunel.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa272/Berbaking/01050619.jpg

Ps sorry about the quality of the first image - that's one of mine! Other images were anonymous.

Justme

October 5th, 2007, 07:25 AM

Previously I had listed Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof as one of my favourite stations, but having used it extensively over the last few days I sadly will exclude this from my list. The station is still visually impressive, but a station needs more than cosmetics to be great. The problems I found for Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof were as follows:

• Some of the East/West (top level) platforms are far too narrow for practical usage, and this is already before the station has even reached it’s capacity. There are area’s on the platform where the escalators or light wells are placed and here there is little more than a meter or two of space. Coming off the ICE, it was so packed it was almost impossible to get off the train. This didn’t just happen once, but several times and also on the S-bahn trains that use that top level.
• When I came off the ICE, I needed to buy a local train ticket for the S-bahn. I could only see four ticket machines on the platform (in pairs and spaced quite far apart), and everyone else coming off the ICE were having the same idea, so there were long lines behind each machine. So long, it took me 20minutes to get a ticket missing several S-bahns in the process. Again, I noticed this several times when I used the station.
• At the end of the journey, I had arrived at the station with several hours before my train to kill and wanted to shoot around the city. Usually this is a simple process of storing my luggage, but not at this station. There was only one left luggage point which had a massive line that covered a good section of that side of the top floor. I waited for 15 minutes but gave up when the line wasn’t moving and realized that their left luggage was already full. This is crazy as it wasn’t even a weekend, just a normal weekday.
• The Hauptbahnhof, it’s all it’s physical glory is really in a stupid location with poor connections to the rest of the city. I noticed on their website how they talk of great connections for Europe, East-West, North-South, but this is really just advertising nonsense. It doesn’t matter if trains come from the North and that they enter the station from the North. I came from the South and entered from the West. What really matters is local transport, and this station is very poor for this. There is no North-South local transport at all. No U-bahn stop, and the only local connection is the East-West S-bahn. I know that in a couple of years a small U-bahn shuttle will link it to the south, but it will probably be another 15years before a real U-bahn line links this station.

Sure, many other stations also have some problems, but this is a new station and I would have thought that they would have learned enough from over a hundred years of station building to get these right.

Andrew

October 6th, 2007, 03:18 AM

Svartmetall

October 6th, 2007, 03:59 AM

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this before now, but I really like the interior of Auckland's Britomart railway station (pics are from Google):

http://p.vtourist.com/1116229-Railway_station-Auckland.jpg

http://www.lpk.co.nz/finaledit/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/14012007extra.JPG

http://www.citynoise.org/upload/1089441845trainstation1.jpg

http://ufies.org/~aleith/transit/auckland/britomart.jpg

http://www.opus.co.nz/uploads/pics/Britomart2.jpg

The platforms are underground, I really like the curved metal ceiling and coloured lighting.

Britomart is a disaster. It was built in a hurry, has had pieces of roof fall in and is hellishly impractical. It only has two tracks leaving the whole station hindering its capacity big time. Not only this, but the whole thing is occupied by old diesel trains which give the station an unhealthy blue haze and disgusting smell, not only this, the ballast has been so stained by oil you can hardly tell it's ballast anymore! A total of five platforms exist, but they park trains in there ready for peak meaning trains quite often double park and this involves running up and down the platforms. It's incredibly poorly lit and at night can be very dark and dingy. As you can quite clearly see, the roof isn't exactly waterproof and puddles form on the platforms, not a good start. Finally, the platform information system is shocking.

So yes, Britomart isn't a bad LOOKING train station, it's just one of the worst I've ever used and I use it almost daily unfortunately.

p-s-30@za2

October 6th, 2007, 06:56 AM

Tokyo stasion
Kyoto station
Umeda station

Basel_CH

October 6th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Central Bahnhof Basel (Basel SBB)

http://www.biologie.de/w/images/e/ea/Central-Bahnhof_SBB_von_Basel.jpeg

http://www.sengers.ch/basel/basel/DSC_0432.jpg

http://www.sengers.ch/basel/basel/DSC_0434.jpg

invincible

October 6th, 2007, 12:04 PM

Hey, dark lighting isn't always bad. Melbourne's Southern Cross station has night time lighting levels similar to a very overcast day, and it's just a bit of mood lighting. :D Having lots of people and lots of trains at any given time helps too.

http://www.vq.id.au/dump/20070911.jpg

In terms of track infrastructure, Britomart might struggle a bit in the future - the number of tracks and platforms there is comparable to some outer suburban terminus stations over here.

Justme

October 6th, 2007, 08:24 PM

Irwell

October 6th, 2007, 08:45 PM

And as a Bristolian I suppose I'd better add my city's station, the beautiful Bristol Temple Meads. It is the oldest railway terminus building(or main station) in the world. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, trains first ran here in 1840.

The oldest operational railway terminus in the world is Liverpool's Lime Street station, which opened in 1836, though the oldest remaining railway terminus, though now in disuse, is Manchester's Liverpool Road station which opened in 1830.

My choice in this poll would be Manchester's Piccadilly station, recently voted the best railway station in the UK.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/359830611_d2b8544bf5.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Manchester_Piccadilly_Inside.jpg/800px-Manchester_Piccadilly_Inside.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1371/531459072_1c8ae1e799.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/366360534_2775dc6b40.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1121/651358878_72387601af.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/385428069_9d1dd752b2.jpg

Svartmetall

October 7th, 2007, 01:29 AM

Britomart doesn't seem to count for me. It maybe the central terminus, but it's really just the size of a suburban station or a large metro station - though generally a lot less busy. I believe they only started Sunday train services in Auckland 2 years ago on only 3 trains an hour on that day.

Yep, that's correct - 3 trains per hour, one train per line so you get an hourly service on each line. It's a half hourly service on each line on Saturday though.

Andrew

October 7th, 2007, 01:38 AM

Britomart is a disaster. It was built in a hurry, has had pieces of roof fall in and is hellishly impractical. It only has two tracks leaving the whole station hindering its capacity big time. Not only this, but the whole thing is occupied by old diesel trains which give the station an unhealthy blue haze and disgusting smell, not only this, the ballast has been so stained by oil you can hardly tell it's ballast anymore! A total of five platforms exist, but they park trains in there ready for peak meaning trains quite often double park and this involves running up and down the platforms. It's incredibly poorly lit and at night can be very dark and dingy. As you can quite clearly see, the roof isn't exactly waterproof and puddles form on the platforms, not a good start. Finally, the platform information system is shocking.

So yes, Britomart isn't a bad LOOKING train station, it's just one of the worst I've ever used and I use it almost daily unfortunately.

Ah right, I didn't know that. I just took a look down there when I was on holiday in Auckland last year and thought it looked cool. Shame about the problems with it.

anguspil

October 7th, 2007, 02:47 AM

Buenos Aires Main Stations

Constitucion Station (Main South Station):

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6629/estconstext1is1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/4830/estconstext2np0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/968/estconstext3ss2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7797/estconstint1fe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Retiro Mitre Station (Main North Station):

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2564/estretiromitrepe3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/4831/estretiromitre2op0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Retiro Belgrano Station:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3641/estretirobelgr1es9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

erbse

October 7th, 2007, 02:34 PM

Damn, SP really has some architecturally impressive (and huge) stations :eek:

Yardmaster

October 8th, 2007, 06:54 PM

Yep, that's correct - 3 trains per hour, one train per line so you get an hourly service on each line. It's a half hourly service on each line on Saturday though.

Seriously you Kiwis ... for somewhere without oilfields you need to do better than that. I know Wellington's a bit more PT- friendly, but Auckland aspires to be a global city.

But Britomart is ... better than nothing! btw, where did the name come from?

Svartmetall

October 8th, 2007, 10:40 PM

Seriously you Kiwis ... for somewhere without oilfields you need to do better than that. I know Wellington's a bit more PT- friendly, but Auckland aspires to be a global city.

But Britomart is ... better than nothing! btw, where did the name come from?

Named after Point Britomart (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Britomart) in Auckland.

If you're interested in our rail timetables...Just go here and type in "Southern Line" and "Western Line" (http://www.maxx.co.nz/timetables/timetable-ordering.html). The Southern Line timetable shows both the Southern and Eastern line so don't worry about searching seperately for the Eastern Line. Yes Auckland is very PT unfriendly (and by the way I'm not a Kiwi, ;) ), and no I really don't think it will ever be a global city really... Not in the true sense of the term.

city_thing

October 9th, 2007, 04:16 AM

Auckland might be one day. It has the population, the natural setting and weather. It just needs to put a massive amount of funding into PT. Considering how committed NZ is towards sustainability, I'm suprised they haven't announced any major PT transport projects (apart from the City centre loop).
It seems these days that Wellington has really stolen the crown for being 'NZ's best city'.

Auckland does have a long way to go before it's "world class" (this term is thrown about so much that it's lost all relevance) -it has to compete for glory against the brash, arrogant cities of Australia's east coast for one thing, and those cities won't like their tourists choosing Auckland over themselves.

Anyway, back to topic, I liked Britomart. I had no idea it was such a disaster.

Danielle Bandeira

October 9th, 2007, 10:46 PM

GENIUS LOCI

October 10th, 2007, 07:43 PM

A "coupple" more pics from Milano Centrale

http://www.sfiis.org/f_milanostazionecentrale.gif

http://www.miniaturna-zeleznica.com/Slike/MilanoCentrale002.jpg

http://www.miniaturna-zeleznica.com/Slike/MilanoCentrale001.jpg

http://www.miniaturna-zeleznica.com/Slike/MilanoCentrale004.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Milano_-_Fontana_della_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_3-jan-2007_-_06.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Fontana_della_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_3-jan-2007_-_06.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/DSC01845_-_Atrio_Stazione_Centrale%2C_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_29-12-2006.jpg/450px-DSC01845_-_Atrio_Stazione_Centrale%2C_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_29-12-2006.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/DSC01837_-_Atrio_Stazione_Centrale%2C_Milano_Sinistra_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_29-12-2006.jpg/450px-DSC01837_-_Atrio_Stazione_Centrale%2C_Milano_Sinistra_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_29-12-2006.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/DSC01833_Atrio_della_Stazione_Centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_28-12-2006.jpg/800px-DSC01833_Atrio_della_Stazione_Centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_28-12-2006.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/DSC01839_Lampade_della_Stazione_Centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_28-12-2006.jpg/450px-DSC01839_Lampade_della_Stazione_Centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_di_G._Dall%27Orto_-_28-12-2006.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_16.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_16.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/P1050287.jpg/450px-P1050287.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_09.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_09.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Staz.jpg/449px-Staz.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Travellers_at_Milan_Central.jpg/800px-Travellers_at_Milan_Central.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_01.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_1-1-2007_-_01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Atrio_delle_scale_mobili_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_30-12-2006_-_04.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Atrio_delle_scale_mobili_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_30-12-2006_-_04.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Atrio_delle_scale_mobili_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_30-12-2006_-_01.jpg/800px-Milano_-_Stazione_centrale_-_Atrio_delle_scale_mobili_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_-_30-12-2006_-_01.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/DSC02042_Uscita_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg/800px-DSC02042_Uscita_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg

http://www.msrmilano.com/images/R_StazCentrale.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/IMG_3050_Campate_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg/800px-IMG_3050_Campate_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg

This one is crazy :nuts:

http://milan.arounder.com/media_/pict/IT000007310.jpg

Here lot of cool pics of Stazione Centrale >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stazione_Centrale_in_Milan

cernoch

October 16th, 2007, 09:19 PM

I like this railway station in Samara, Russia:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9689/samaraai5.jpg

DAMN I m good

October 17th, 2007, 03:08 PM

samara is also the name of a lada isnt it ?

railcity

October 18th, 2007, 09:09 AM

I like this railway station in Samara, Russia:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9689/samaraai5.jpg

Oh - that has changed a lot since I was there the last time! ;)

M.Schwerdtner

October 20th, 2007, 04:21 PM

Kyoto Station ... ive get lost in the damn shopping centre. :nuts:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/1655105830_6c30c81ece_b.jpg

Bitxofo

October 21st, 2007, 02:49 AM

I remember Kyoto station in 2001, I was very impressed, it was really huge!
:eek2:

M.Schwerdtner

November 27th, 2007, 10:14 AM

Berlin Central Station

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/2068407520_a0fddd7dee_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2298/2068407052_d44e55baf8_b.jpg

GENIUS LOCI

November 10th, 2008, 01:10 PM

Milano Centrale airview

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3010768997_2dfcf85b71_b.jpg

Timon91

November 10th, 2008, 05:59 PM

Beautiful station in Milano!

Joka

November 10th, 2008, 06:06 PM

Looks like a rather big construction site to the right of those towers, what's going on? (or has already gone on?)

GENIUS LOCI

November 10th, 2008, 06:23 PM

^^
Lombardia Region new seat ( http://www.urbanfile.it/index.asp?ID=3&SID=101 )... actually the whole area is under developement

Here is a rendering by Skymino, using the same shot, which shows how the aerea will look like in 2014 (but it's a bit OT over here :) )

http://i38.tinypic.com/24w7hgh.jpg

serdar samanlı

November 10th, 2008, 10:46 PM

Haydarpaşa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Haydarpasa_train_station.jpg

Slartibartfas

November 11th, 2008, 03:09 PM

From the modern ones I like the new mainstation of Berlin a lot. It upholds the concept of the old stations in a modern language. (Furthermore its size impresses).

For some reason I also love the design Samara, it looks so sci fi like :) I like that.

Iemand

November 11th, 2008, 04:10 PM

Liège-Guillemins (Calatrava)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2496658812_e2d96ff9c5_b.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Panorama_Sept_2008.jpg/800px-Panorama_Sept_2008.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_2294.jpg

Ribarca

November 11th, 2008, 04:14 PM

Liège-Guillemins (Calatrava)

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/Da_Vinci_photos/100_2294.jpg

Beautiful.

:rock:

CityPolice

November 11th, 2008, 11:16 PM

Mine is Grand Central Terminal

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg/745px-Image-Grand_central_Station_Outside_Night_2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Grand_Central_test.jpg/800px-Grand_Central_test.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Grand_Central_Terminal_clock.jpg/800px-Grand_Central_Terminal_clock.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Oyster_Bar.jpg/800px-Oyster_Bar.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/Grand_Central_Terminal_NY_Mercury_Statue.jpg/800px-Grand_Central_Terminal_NY_Mercury_Statue.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/GCT_colonnade_jeh.JPG/450px-GCT_colonnade_jeh.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Grand_Central-02.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Grand_Central-03.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Grand_Cental_Terminal2007.jpg/800px-Grand_Cental_Terminal2007.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Grand_Central-01.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6157/dscn2476sr0.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2704833336_3f3bf3f44f_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2718740234_de1bcbaf3b_o.jpg

Bitxofo

November 12th, 2008, 04:41 AM

Estació de França, in Barcelona:
:)
http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/2661796066_874e925fc4_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2898095087_d10acaa5db_b.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2425684093_f1bda2436d_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/386956672_06fef710e0_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2370771675_0655201942_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2431196769_9664d35acd_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/301806628_fb335d8233_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1012/540703954_bec8cbbd07_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2616270480_658263144e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/540547409_182063bd0c_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2174/2400484219_604ee8a2f6_b.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2158/2091352913_7abb5eb10d_o.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

By Flickr
:drool::drool:

japanese001

November 12th, 2008, 06:22 AM

金沢駅
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/967/247587128888968e6c51oul2.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9797/2998135065a52c542ff5bxv6.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7077/28623041770dcb0155a9bnz7.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/719/77132755bcbb8c1ae5osi0.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/2677/21771879331c3fe419c3btd1.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/701/2935054560e71c836800onx3.jpg

Kyoto Station ... ive get lost in the damn shopping centre. :nuts:

京都駅
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1664/2973406678184496b6eabra8.jpg

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7169/2931399028045c24e751oyl8.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6012/30211760090c7c8e7d0bbwh2.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/729/296862541459eee9bc90byq9.jpg
名古屋駅
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/8392/2767356110ab9006f41boow5.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9806/2422634819dafd4a8103odk4.jpg

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7595/298677421085482309d1bdy5.jpg

serdar samanlı

November 13th, 2008, 10:17 AM

samara is also the name of a lada isnt it ?

Yes, that is a Russian automobile.

serdar samanlı

November 13th, 2008, 10:19 AM

Grand Central looks tiny compared to the skyscrapers around it.

serdar samanlı

November 13th, 2008, 10:21 AM

Pics of Haydarpaşa Terminal http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Haydarpa%C5%9Fa_Terminal

mr_storms

November 14th, 2008, 08:46 PM

The new berlin station is great.

No mention of a personal favorite, DC Union Station. Simply gorgeous, even if it is more of a glorified mall with a train station attached these days...
http://blog.aia.org/mt-static/plugins/Ajaxify/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/imagemanager/images/favorite_architecture_images/37_union_station_d.c._lg.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1142/839698545_a14736700c_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/1809303698_cc48190ee4_o.jpg

KB335ci2

November 14th, 2008, 11:07 PM

Chatrapatti Shivaji Terminus, Bombay (Mumbai), India
image source: dark side of chand on flickr.com
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2356/newfordendeavoureverestqv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestqv7.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestqv7.jpg/1/)

image source: s e l v i n on flickr.com
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/3131/newfordendeavoureverestkx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/newfordendeavoureverestkx4.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img394/newfordendeavoureverestkx4.jpg/1/)

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1714/newfordendeavoureverestzr4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/9595/newfordendeavoureverestqm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestdn2.jpg/1/w800.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestdn2.jpg/1/)

photo source: nimboo on flickr.com
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/8005/newfordendeavoureverestaa4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestaa4.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img367/newfordendeavoureverestaa4.jpg/1/)

CityPolice

November 14th, 2008, 11:49 PM

Grand Central looks tiny compared to the skyscrapers around it.

Most of the station is on ground level and underground

apaoli

November 16th, 2008, 01:38 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3010768997_2dfcf85b71_b.jpg

L'eleganza Made in Italy

Woembah

October 19th, 2009, 10:32 PM

Berlin Hbf is my favourite, but I think my local main station (Haarlem, Netherlands) is just a beauty as well.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2059/2078912048_d5fb72cf03_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2810876931_6454345127_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3535482391_fd4e3fc545_b.jpg

thun

October 20th, 2009, 04:37 PM

Zurich HB. One of the most busiest train stations in the world but still quite compact and with beautiful old parts.

Thermo

October 21st, 2009, 12:38 AM

Antwerp Central station - obviously. No one comes near :)

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/Fotos_Wieland/Skycrapercity/100_3106.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/57/208485473_5542be5275_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/3080575720_954dd4c92b_b.jpg

http://www.tripreport.be/station/station%20-%2002.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3216/3153952589_2c4358b3dc_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3153953577_45af2aa23d_b.jpg

Andre_idol

October 21st, 2009, 01:48 AM

^^ It´s a beauty :drool:

Shezan

October 21st, 2009, 03:49 AM

wow :cheers:

webeagle12

October 21st, 2009, 07:26 AM

Antwerp Central station - obviously. No one comes near

mama mia :tyty::drool::drool::drool:

sweet mother delicious

sergiogiorgini

October 21st, 2009, 09:40 PM

groentje

October 22nd, 2009, 12:30 AM

In many languages, the main stations are called Central Station or something a like, but big cities often have more then one main station, Paris and London as main examples, but also Berlin, where Zoo and Ost are main stations, too.

Justme

October 22nd, 2009, 12:54 AM

The thing with this thread is that not all cities have a "main" station, and not all countries have a practice of designating a city's station as its most important. It's really only Germany where they actually designate their most important hubs as "main stations." Maybe we should view it as "favorite major station."

I love all 19th Century stations. It is truly one of the great virtues of France's insistence on using existing infrastructure for their TGVs that these fantastic old buildings are still vital parts of our cities. If Maglev or something else had been implemented instead, places like the Gare du Nord and St Pancras would be on the road to being turned into museums.

I think it would be generally accepted that when described as "Main Station", it does not need the actual words "Haupt", "Central" or "Main" actually in the title. Most cities in the world in this case have a main or central station, and in the odd cases where it is not so, it is because they have a large rail infrastructure like London or Paris and have several "Main" stations, any of which would be valid for this thread.

lpioe

October 22nd, 2009, 07:59 PM

I just meant a big, important (international) station.
You are right, major station would probably be a more appropriate name.

metsfan

October 23rd, 2009, 05:40 AM

Hoboken terminal!

http://blog.nj.com/hobokennow_impact/2008/09/large_hoboken-terminal.JPG

http://www.american-rails-forums.com/AR%20Images/Stations/Hoboken_Terminal.jpg

I love this place. I wish they had the money to fully restore and clean it up.

- A

Patryk

November 8th, 2009, 04:11 PM

My favourite: Madrid Atocha

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/3476149769_09a3bf0754_b.jpg

http://media.salir.com/_images_/verticales/1/a/c/4/14931-estacion_de_atocha_no.jpg

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9404/p0151620004.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/i/p0151620004.jpg/)

http://www.disfrutamadrid.com/fotos/estacion-atocha.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BG_481UrTPI/SHJXTDTtITI/AAAAAAAAANA/kjk5slJ57_o/100_0569.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BG_481UrTPI/SHJZQW8pOOI/AAAAAAAAANM/zrsJKxLmWjM/s640/100_0571.JPG

http://brunosilva.net/bs-images/madrid_atocha.jpg?phpMyAdmin=3a02886d93c7a770c023ecd276b085f0

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_BG_481UrTPI/SHJXSxBLrDI/AAAAAAAAAM4/KIRs6bBTr6E/100_0568.JPG

http://www.atpm.com/12.12/europe/images/Atocha%20Station%2C%20Madrid%2C%20Spain.jpg

http://www.arteyfotografia.com.ar/contenido/objetos/dc/7f/21/dc7f21dacc635ae56690c2f10a6cae4af64a52ad/7147_1246300343339195.jpg

http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/imag/efe/2008/12/18/1786076w.jpg

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/15941299.jpg

Restless

November 8th, 2009, 07:09 PM

http://www.topboxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Beijing-South-Station-interior-simple-contemporary-unique-unifying-form-architecture-design.jpg

http://www.topboxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Beijing-South-Station-design-by-TFP-Farrells-in-Beijing-China.jpg

http://www.topboxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Beijing-South-Station-interior-largest-modern-contemporary-railway-stations-in-the-world.jpg

http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Beijing+Opens+New+Subways+Airport+Rail+Olympics+PlJZA_AmC2Bl.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/762/20080927001.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/1504/20080927006.jpg

http://www.greenpacks.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/beijing_south2.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2i70nlz.jpg

foxmulder

November 9th, 2009, 12:39 AM

I like the ones in Madrid, Berlin and Beijing a lot

Andre_idol

November 9th, 2009, 02:50 AM

Beijing looks amazing too!

groentje

November 10th, 2009, 05:47 PM

Lovely, that tropical garden in Atocha.

poshbakerloo

November 11th, 2009, 11:46 AM

I love Grand Central in New York and Saint Pancras, London...

TomTack

November 14th, 2009, 01:07 PM

Belgium has many little and big architectural masterpieces, some examples, the bigger stations (Ghent, Ostend, Hasselt, Leuven, Charleroi,...) are mostly district capitals. The other smaller ones are just really well preserved and worth looking at!

Ostend, 1838:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/142702938_18a1b45744.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Oostende/Oostende_Main_Hall.jpg

Essen, 1901:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3252/2686536223_45ac327b40.jpg

Sint-Joost-ten-Node (Brussels) ,1865:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2140/2101473417_2aa3242be3.jpg

Laken (Brussels) ,1856:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3020/2695429681_1e47f242d2.jpg

Watermaal-Bosvoorde (Brussels), 1884:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/3521141911_57d8e5aa15.jpg

Harelbeke,1896:
http://www.harelbeke.be/files/toer02/station.jpg

Elsene (Brussels), 1854:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2969574351_a7634c0f66.jpg

Schaarbeek (Brussels), 1913:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2282079955_e884b79838.jpg

Oostkamp, 1865:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/460561881_928bdaabc0.jpg

Ternat, 1856:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/356274472_92199da20c.jpg

Willebroek, 1914:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/3377540.jpg

De Haan, 1902:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/De_Haan_-_Tram_station.jpg

Opwijk, 1879:
http://cheminsdurail.ligne54.be/Leireken13-Opwijk.JPG

Mechelen, 1913:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/2628504893_2f4a9ec9bf.jpg

Avelgem, 1924:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2950445412_e83a4caca2.jpg

Ronse, 1844:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3300668009_5f86bb68cd.jpg

Oudenaarde, 1857:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3881857565_c36f2e7e2b.jpg

Moere, 1867:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1237/1468470484_cf669e0f23.jpg

Diksmuide, 1923:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3346/3409008527_f97501d16b.jpg

Herne, 1867:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2132/2487341789_eeff009a72.jpg

Aalst, 1856:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/158096704_f1f74a295e.jpg

Jette (Brussels), 1856:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2545391883_d86fcbe3d5.jpg

Bissegem, 1853:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3616/3404669990_a68519abb6.jpg

Lier, 1861:
http://www.roepingen.be/w-onderweg/figuren/station%20Lier.JPG

Leuven, 1875:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/333275071_c466bbc5a1.jpg

Sint-Genesius-Rode (Brussels), 1873:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/253/457042089_725bab1a0e.jpg

Ghent, 1908:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1144/801265316_66ab7a32ae.jpg?v=0

http://s3.amazonaws.com/picable/2009/09/10/1331511_GentSint-Pieters-Station_620.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Gent-Sint-Pieters_sp1.jpg/250px-Gent-Sint-Pieters_sp1.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/2j4ovgo.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Ghent/be_032_GENT_sp.jpg

Arlon,1885:
http://www.belgiumview.com/foto/smvote/0000239aa.jpg

Charleroi, 1858:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b139/Eric78/MediaNTL75_gare_existant.jpg

Chaudfontaine, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Chaudfontaine/080823-01.jpg

Bastogne, 1869:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Bastogne/050806-095.jpg

De Panne, 1870:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/De_Panne/depanne2.jpg

Essen, 1854:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Station_Essen.jpg

Geel, 1878:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Geel/stationgeel2r.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Geel/stationgeel3r.jpg

Houyet, 1894:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Houyet/20030718_Houyet_006.jpg

Old station build by King Leopold II to access to his castle in Houyet:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/1332082354_81cf9a5b0c.jpg

Kontich, 1836:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/23840810.jpg

Mariembourg, 1854:
http://www.xerbutri.nl/pict/verdwenen/L132_2/L132_2_0.JPG

Mouscron, 1842:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/Mouscron-Moeskroen/mouscron1.jpg

Neerpelt, 1866:
http://static.zoom.nl/7e18e8cd38173128d1d7cbbc04be4e33-station-neerpelt-2.jpg

Tournai, 1842:
http://blogsimages.skynet.be/images_v2/002/508/434/20081026/dyn001_original_980_735_pjpeg_2508434_897b278a3df73ac58f35aa80045746c7.jpg

Verviers, 1930:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_DlHhaFUfr1s/R3eCnI84xEI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/PNb4uzveXvg/GARE+TRES+BIEN.JPG

http://trainbelge.fte2.org/am/267%20-%20Verviers%20Central%20-%2003-06-09.jpg

Soignies, 1890:
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/800px-Soignies_GA1aJPG.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/tictack_no1/Soignies_GA1bJPG.jpg

Namur, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/misc/070915-108.jpg

Trooz, 1843:
http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/be/station/misc/trooz1.jpg

Antwerp, 1905:
http://arrigi.be/got/hdr/20080806_21h25m_HDR-station.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2529/3749738203_fededf12cb_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3590400054_16f6a552eb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3335315938_ab02064e4c.jpg

http://www.sky4studios.be/private/station/DSC_0667.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww67/meurisse/14%20Wervenroute%2017%20mei%202009/IMG_4224.jpg

http://libellle2.web-log.nl/libellle2/images/2008/12/21/antwerpen.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/3104775427_7573a8f23d.jpg

Dr.Seltsam

November 19th, 2009, 03:05 AM

I like this one in Nuremberg:

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7168/2354347441fd6a5d1ff0b.jpg (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/2354347441fd6a5d1ff0b.jpg/)
source (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tshlee/2354347441/)

frozen

November 21st, 2009, 10:29 PM

My fav is the Atwerpen Central Station, it's amazing!

My favourite stations in Spain:

ESTACIÓN PUERTA DE ATOCHA (MADRID)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1031/1479608648_996147faf0_b.jpg
‘Vacío Azul’ – ‘Blue Vaccuum' at Madrid Station, in honour of those who were killed in this Station and all the commuter trains net by Al-kaeda the tragic 11-M
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2852791957_25fe6a6520_b.jpg

The station is basically divided into two main section: Cercanías one (commuter trains) and Alta Velocidad (High Speed)

High speed section:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/459047939_93ea205ff2_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2355173810_23501ca5c4_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2516/4113130421_c92d533757_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/96393943_f1ee8e8abd_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3386190415_ee982c58f7_b.jpg

Atocha Cercanías:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2633976420_cb5de58cbb_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/3005047596_96efeb9dde_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/4078017515_2a30687b0a_b.jpg

LAS DELICIAS (ZARAGOZA)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/3287412511_883cc9c95a_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2147/2210491878_612e26e0f1_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2631/3979714667_3bd560d280_b.jpg
Waiting room:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2861847113_e32d201ff0_o.jpg

ESTACIÓ DE FRANÇA (Barcelona)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/435076766_28c5f8aa05_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/3503201437_a14ba69198_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/3179929529_30e4687993_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2203/2192387913_235da6d6ec_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2053711278_a2e62a6e3d_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3293294500_149d2b2559_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3577/3334138113_8f3ac63dd7_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3429596044_256a010c8c_b.jpg

frozen

November 23rd, 2009, 12:16 AM

ESTACIÓ DE SANTS (Barcelona's main railway station)
Has recently been refurbished

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/282597436_57fbd04b16_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3320170890_aef5e8f22f_b.jpg

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1379/1084966231_690d814a4f_b.jpg

frozen

November 23rd, 2009, 01:01 AM

ESTACIÓN BILBAO ABANDO (BILBAO, Spain)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2475770142_a3d7035b9d_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2458883067_c7db429903_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/323274508_3979f5dfac_o.jpg

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4115283695_b0cc4721ba_o.jpg

n.assis

November 26th, 2009, 03:48 AM

http://guilhermebusch.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/gare_do_oriente.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Gare_do_Oriente_-_Lisboa.jpg

http://saportareport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/calatrava-lisbon-1.jpg

http://galenfrysinger.name/eh69/orient06.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Lisboa_-_Gare_do_Oriente.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_20ILgrbDYCc/SjIJ466DQUI/AAAAAAAACJM/HerD4t-JkwU/s400/_Lisboa-Gare+do+Oriente.jpg

http://image63.webshots.com/663/1/45/72/2773145720101979850usmpnw_ph.jpg

gramercy

November 26th, 2009, 03:50 AM

Liége

November 30th, 2009, 02:15 PM

Barking for me.

Limoges Bénédictins was kinda disappointing in that the platform level was so ordinary compared to the nice building above.

IcyUrmel

December 2nd, 2009, 12:32 AM

ESTACIÓ DE SANTS (Barcelona's main railway station)
Has recently been refurbished

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/282597436_57fbd04b16_o.jpg

(...)

(...)

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http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1379/1084966231_690d814a4f_b.jpg

This thing looks awful, at least on these pictures. I wonder how it made its way to this thread.

TomTack

December 2nd, 2009, 09:32 PM

Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has completed a station with a vaulted glass and steel canopy in Liege, Belgium.

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava-20.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava-19.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava-21.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava16.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava07.jpg

http://*************************/belgium/jpgs/liege_tgv_railway_station_c300909_bbos2.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava05.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava02.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava18.jpg

http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/12/dzn_Liege-Gullemins-station-by-Santiago-Calatrava04.jpg

http://www.inhabitat.com/wp-content/uploads/Calatrava-TGV-Station-4.jpg

http://www.iconeye.com/images/news_nov_09/calatrava_620.jpg

frozen

December 4th, 2009, 01:05 AM

This thing looks awful, at least on these pictures. I wonder how it made its way to this thread.

It's a matter of personal taste.I quite like this station

Justme

December 4th, 2009, 03:59 PM

I agree that Barcelona Sants looks awful. If that is how it looks after renovation then the job was not well done. When I was last there a few years ago I thought it looked pretty bad and in fact much the same as in those photos. The building should be completely demolished and replaced with something far better. Is that the original building on the site, or was there originally a historical station there?

groentje

December 4th, 2009, 06:50 PM

It's nothing special, I agree, but awful? It's not a 19th century palace or a grand temple for the Progress, but the pictures I see don't give me the creeps or anything. I can imagine it's a very pleasant place to stay.

HunanChina

December 6th, 2009, 05:05 AM

All photo from baidu.com search engine

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indochinas

May 29th, 2010, 05:13 PM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/2901538.jpg

Nurnberg, Germany

Trainviationfanatica

May 30th, 2010, 05:10 PM

My favourite main station...

Expo Station (I know it is not a main station but the design is nice!

Exterior
http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/archi/norman_foster/expo.jpg
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/singapore-expo-wp.jpg

Interior
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Expo_MRT_Station_4,_Jul_06.JPG
http://image48.webshots.com/49/4/70/3/382747003LPbjtp_fs.jpg

Yardmaster

June 1st, 2010, 02:23 PM

thun

June 1st, 2010, 03:51 PM

Lisbon Oriente is pretty amazing in terms of architecture, but it really isn't that comfortable imo (especially the windy platforms). The best is imo Zurich HB - by far.

Yardmaster

June 1st, 2010, 08:14 PM

Justme

June 1st, 2010, 10:41 PM

^^ slightly off topic, but general "media" opinion here is that the Euro is stuffed, etc ... general media opinion might be totally revised next week, or even as a result of a Mediterranean raid.

The last two big wars started on your turf, but from my perspective, even if there is a hole in some of your pockets, at least you know what's worth constructing, and what's worth preserving. And knew how to build it in the first place.

Don't trust your media. If I believed local media here, I would believe Australia was a country with a serious racial problem.

The Euro is going through a tough time sure, but when it started it was below the US dollar. It then rose above it and it is still stronger than the US dollar, and Australian for that matter. If it was in serious trouble it would be lower than it is now.

The media does love to ramp up bad news and exaggerate it.

GENIUS LOCI

June 2nd, 2010, 01:11 PM

hafidz jon

June 2nd, 2010, 02:19 PM

Is that a train station or a metro station?

metro station

heywindup

June 2nd, 2010, 06:34 PM

heywindup

June 2nd, 2010, 06:35 PM

This station already looks quite dated.
My favourite main station...

Expo Station (I know it is not a main station but the design is nice!

Exterior
http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/archi/norman_foster/expo.jpg

groentje

June 6th, 2010, 08:34 AM

I don't mind, it's still very nice. As long as they maintain it properly, in a couple of decades this could become a monument. Don't forget that many Belle Epoque houses and stations were torn down because they were considered old-fashioned. Now, where smashing our heads when thinking of that stupidity...

Capital378

June 6th, 2010, 01:17 PM

And how on earth could I forget Berlin?

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/station/Berlin/Lehrter_Bahnhof/DSC_8231.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/station/Berlin/Lehrter_Bahnhof/DSC_8818.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/station/Berlin/Lehrter_Bahnhof/DSC_8830.jpg

http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/de/station/Berlin/Lehrter_Bahnhof/DSC_8863.jpg

:lol: Great work on a refurbishment to make it looks still like a brand new station in a modern style.

I do wish if some central stations in UK may able to fully (not just partly like St Pancreas) refurbish in such a way like this :)

Capital378

June 6th, 2010, 01:29 PM

One of my favourite (Isn't that main as all ur previous, but still a pretty nice one),
Nakanoshima Station (Keihan Railway/Osaka) :
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/54/83/beee1a9d9e186c9046aedae4a452a190.jpg
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/yoo_sa/imgs/c/9/c9fb2b6c.jpg
http://tabinote.air-nifty.com/weblog/2008/images/081108c.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4200451962_101a830a4f.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/4199693423_84b9716b05.jpg
http://www.yasui-archi.co.jp/works/detail/2008_nakanoshimaline/image_nakanoshimaline_1.jpg

Japanese really does pay a pretty much effort on making great designs, (well, that's Japan for sure ... ... LOL)
when will there's one in London looks like this ?

thun

June 9th, 2010, 09:18 AM

:lol: Great work on a refurbishment to make it looks still like a brand new station in a modern style.

I do wish if some central stations in UK may able to fully (not just partly like St Pancreas) refurbish in such a way like this :)

You realised that it IS brand new, don't you? :lol:

groentje

June 9th, 2010, 12:00 PM

You realised that it IS brand new, don't you? :lol:
You had the Lehrter Bahnhof on the same spot, of course, but not as big, not with so many levels, and certainly without so many trains. But you could say that Berlin Hbf is an upgrade of the old Lehrter Bhf.

thun

June 9th, 2010, 07:07 PM

Not really. There were actually two stations before the Hbf. The Lehrter Bhf. was a huge terminus destroyed in WWII. Afterwards, the Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was used as a S-Bahn station on the Stadtbahn.
Before the new Hauptbahnhof was buildt, the Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was demolished. So it is a brand new station. If you want to refurbish somethink (that's what you've talked about), you need to have an old structure before. Demolishing it makes a refurbishment imposible, doesn't it? So you can't compare the Hauptbahnhof to historic stations like St. Pancras.

groentje

June 9th, 2010, 10:37 PM

Well, I guess that depends on which definition you give to refurbish, of course. But that's way off topic.

flierfy

June 10th, 2010, 11:48 AM

The Lehrter Bhf. was a huge terminus destroyed in WWII. Afterwards, the Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was used as a S-Bahn station on the Stadtbahn.
The Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was an S-Bahn station way before World War Two. And the Lehrter Bahnhof itself was anything but huge. It was rather tiny in comparison of other termini.

MarcVD

June 10th, 2010, 10:30 PM

The Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was an S-Bahn station way before World War Two. And the Lehrter Bahnhof itself was anything but huge. It was rather tiny in comparison of other termini.

I had the opportunity to visit Berlin last year. Including a visit of the museum
of science and technology, which sports a huge railways section. One of its
displays is a large map of the Berlin rail infrastructure before ww2. I took a
picture of it, which I just looked at before writing this post. And from this
map I can say that
- the Lehrter Bahnof was really a terminus station, but indeed not very huge.
On the plan I see 4 tracks and 3 platforms.
- It was not an S-Bahn station but indeed a station of the national railway
system, terminus of a line heading north-west.
- It was not located on the Stadbahn but a bit more to the south, so one
can definitely not say that the new Berlin Hauptbahnof is a refurbishment
of the pre-ww2 Lehrterbahnof. It's not the same place.

June 11th, 2010, 09:25 AM

The Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was an S-Bahn station way before World War Two. And the Lehrter Bahnhof itself was anything but huge. It was rather tiny in comparison of other termini.

There's a pretty good picture on wikipedia of the old railway station. (looking to the Northwest).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lehrter_Bahnhof%2C_1910.jpg/800px-Lehrter_Bahnhof%2C_1910.jpg

You can see the main station hall, and behind it you can see the "Lehrter Stadtbahnhof" wich was build where the elevated Stadtbahn crossed the throat of the main station.

The terminal station was distroyed in the war, but the Stadtbahnhof survived. For the new station it was demolished (and the Stadtbahn was moved slightly)

Now here you can see the new station under construction. This picture was taken looking south.
http://www.smartec.ch/Pictures/lehrter%20bahnhof.jpg

What you can clearly see is the old alignment of the Stadtbahn, with the Lehrter Stadtbahnhof, and the new station, including the new alignment, under construction to the south of it. The old station and alignment have been demolished in the mean time. You do see however that the new Hauptbahnhof is really standing on the site of the old Lehrter Bahnof, albeit turned about 30°, so it really can be considered its successor.

thun

June 11th, 2010, 12:07 PM

Nobody said that it can't be considered its successor (in fact, DB originally planned to call it "Lehrter Bahnhof" and uses the name for internal purposes apparently). ;)

onetwothree

June 11th, 2010, 12:28 PM

From the cities I've been to my favourites would probably be Berlin Hauptbahnhof, St Pancras and Gare du Nord (in no particular order). Flinders Street, Melbourne looks gorgeous from the outside as well, but the rest drags it down.

iampuking

June 12th, 2010, 02:20 AM

Japanese really does pay a pretty much effort on making great designs, (well, that's Japan for sure ... ... LOL)
when will there's one in London looks like this ?

All it is is a bit of wooden panelling, which by the way, is a fire hazard. London has come up with far more interesting and innovative stations.

And I notice you criticise the refurbishment of St Pancras in another post, would you have prefered them knocking down the Victorian masterpiece and replace it with some glass box?

Nexis

June 12th, 2010, 04:02 AM

This is my Favorite Station in my state , its used by 107,000 daily all modes added.

Newark Penn Station

Serves :

Amtrak > Acela , Regional , Keystone , Cardinal , Palmetto , Silver Meteor , Vermonter , Pennsylvanian , Crescent , Carolinian

Future : ?

New Jersey Transit Rail > North Jersey Coast line , Northeast Corridor & Raritan Valley line

Future : MOM Network , Lehigh line , & West Trenton line

Newark Light Rail > Penn Station - Broad Street Station & Penn Station - Grove Street

Future : Penn Station - Paterson , Penn Station - Ironbound Streetcar

PATH > Newark - WTC line

Future : Newark - EWR ----Midtown Elizabeth via Jersey Gardens

Main Concourse

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3364365380_42446e414c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364365380/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

Waiting Area

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3363535717/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

Trackside Waiting areas

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/tasayu/4380616694/sizes/l/

Platforms

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/35255578@N04/3929167737/sizes/l/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2422/3555909560_0e596d0c0f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/demonjrules/3555909560/sizes/l/

Departure Board

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickr4jazz/2337912356/sizes/l/

The Light Rail Hallway

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364370502/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364490810/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3364477370_5e4a514652_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364477370/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

PATH Platform

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/4014269963_b18d0ddc49_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrgniqq/4014269963/sizes/l/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4569622342_f504f0f9d1_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_funks/4569622342/sizes/l/

Newark Light Rail in the Basement

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3641/3364469342_e5b5c3e883_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364469342/sizes/l/in/set-72157615431798809/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3600/3364466532_bb398de06e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35235829@N03/3364466532/sizes/l/

Outside

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4589718607_0ba5faa62d_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/4589718607/sizes/l/in/set-72157623710983153/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4672526555_6fdb0af964_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/4672526555/sizes/l/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4672526635_03acc26497_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42178139@N06/4672526635/sizes/l/in/photostream/

World Trade Center Bound Train Of Brand New PA-5 Cars @ Newark-Penn Station

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Amtrak NJ Transit PATH Train (NWK) pt 1

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Newark Light Rail : Newark Penn Station to Board Street Station

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~Corey

Ωρτimuş

July 8th, 2010, 01:45 PM

Marrakech Railway Station, Morocco

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7364/44511034527962d7be08b.jpg

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/6538/garemarrakechc9856916.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6301/39068909325febf89094b.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2774/5ffefcb.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4993/10041005383566038496529.jpg

http://www.ametema.com/images/realisations/album/REALISATION_003/slides/denuit1.jpg

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/320/43070841470a97ee9a09b.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1822/323602884336e5fe7af6b.jpg

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/7747/323686338699868a7691b.jpg

http://www.ametema.com/images/realisations/album/REALISATION_003/slides/img_4673.jpg

Flickr / Ametema.com / SSC Morocco

Ωρτimuş

July 8th, 2010, 01:59 PM

Marrakech railway station by Manchester School of architecture

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Luli Pop

July 8th, 2010, 09:19 PM

I love Gare de Marrakesh exteriors. I've seen personally and swear is most of the most beautiful new stations in the world.

But it's interior and "quais" looks really disgusting. Like a cheap american shopping mall or Las Vegas. It doesn't fit the rest of the station nor the city.

TheKorean

July 10th, 2010, 01:24 AM

Washington Union Station. Combination of modern comfort and old classic designs.

http://img687.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dscn1253r.jpg

sotavento

July 11th, 2010, 03:09 AM

Oriente Station in Lisbon is pretty amazing ... as are some of the others above from the Iberian Peninsula ... Barcelona, Bilbao.

At the moment, all we hear here is that you guys are going broke. If you are broke, you have riches to show for it!

A word of caution: don't let them sell off your national treasures, including your railway stations: ... it happens far too often. You'll never get them back.

No ... just the stupid guys at the government are going to be broke. :cheers:

The rest of us will manage to survive even AFTER the state defaults and colapses due to the excessive missmanagement of their own acounts and expenditures. :bash:

Lisbon Oriente is pretty amazing in terms of architecture, but it really isn't that comfortable imo (especially the windy platforms). The best is imo Zurich HB - by far.

Oriente is suposed to be enlarged (from 8 to 13 tracks) in the next 2 or 3 years ... but then again ... these guys (government) seem to have managed the impossible and gone from a perfectly rebuilt economy to a one near the verge of colapsing ... due to their sole pernicious influence on the economy ... go figure how a single term in office of a bunch of stupid people can put an entire countries economy into default. :dunno:

Gadiri

July 12th, 2010, 11:41 PM

I wanted to say Marrakech but Optimus says it before me. So my second choice is Fes railway station (from moroccan forum (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=60088529#post60088529))

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2590/31127511.jpg

Panoramio / EPerez1972

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8954/p1010070p.jpg

picasaweb / Shorey

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7997/img0483w.jpg

picasaweb / haidersyed11

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5044/img0838yx.jpg

picasaweb / all-nite

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4391018665_41fe9bd95c_b.jpg
flickr

http://dafina.net/forums/file.php?52,file=214860,filename=P1000321_2.jpg
dafina.net

02/06/2010

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4968/dsc08789h.jpg

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/2785/dsc08788.jpg

02/06/2010

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02/06/2010

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Une belle vidéo sur la gare de Fès

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radio_beograd

December 7th, 2010, 08:26 PM

I know there are already plenty of pictures, but Milano Centrale is one of my favourite stations

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5073/img0960z.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4223/img0173n0.jpg

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/361/img0217q.jpg

Berlin.

December 13th, 2010, 08:50 PM

BERLIN
http://www.hannaxel.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/berliner_hauptbahnhof.jpg
http://www.kulturland-brandenburg.de/2008/bildergalerie_2008/2_1_Berlin_Hauptbahnhof.jpg

LEIPZIG
http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~jungslav/images/hbf.jpg
http://fotoflieger.net/bilder/medium/2008050201.jpg
http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/76/Leipzig_Hauptbahnhof_%28Bahnhofshalle%29.JPG

Битола

December 15th, 2010, 12:31 AM

The Michigan Central Station, built in 1913, in Detroit has been abandoned for over 20 years but it's still one of my favorites.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3474/3289108633_825ddb5567.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2333252441_b900d2de1a.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/260782924_b609fb6dfe.jpg?v=1213836690
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4089010020_87310c4917_z.jpg

hammersklavier

December 16th, 2010, 05:38 AM

:previous: And if Detroit has its way, they'll tear it down. Dumb move on their part, especially as passenger rail service in America is starting to expand again.

Aaaaaaaanys, Philadelphia's 30th St. Station, mélange of my pix and Wikipedia's:
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/Swy4OlzBzHI/AAAAAAAAAsE/MXB0hR39JYk/s640/Philly%20at%20Night%20051.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/SqHCiHUU5II/AAAAAAAAAE8/ooFqcbB_GOI/s640/clock.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/SqHCjnrqWCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/qt4lrlbTGa8/s640/30th%20street%20station.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/SqHClZDUX4I/AAAAAAAAAFE/jmoeS25eheg/s640/history.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/SqHCmkzMi3I/AAAAAAAAAFI/znu6pr3eAxw/s640/AEM7%20%2B%20station%20shed.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/S7v0A-6Q45I/AAAAAAAACfA/vKl8qCBH0ls/s640/callowhill%20002.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_lx0hh_qeHX0/S5KtvfM2IVI/AAAAAAAACTA/BO3hDfOZOd0/s640/pikchurz%20002.JPG

And now Wikipedia:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/30th_Street_Station_Philly.JPG/300px-30th_Street_Station_Philly.JPG

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/Thirty_St_Station.jpg/800px-Thirty_St_Station.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Skylight_Tracks_5_6_30th_Street.JPG/450px-Skylight_Tracks_5_6_30th_Street.JPG

30th Street Station was built in the late 1920s/early 1930s by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of a modernization plan to replace Broad Street Station:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Philadelphia-broadst-138288pv-bis.jpg/250px-Philadelphia-broadst-138288pv-bis.jpg
wikipedia.org

The current station has 6 upper-level tracks and 12 (IIRC) lower-level tracks.

Luli Pop

December 18th, 2010, 07:02 PM

the one destroyed in Berlin was awesome!

today I think my votes goes for Toledo's station in Spain, it's a masterpiece.

TGV

December 19th, 2010, 01:48 AM

My favorite: Liège-Guillemins TGV

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4639064767_15f70b62f5_z.jpg

Elegant.

In real it's so much more beautiful than on the pictures, It’s like a cathedral really impressive, I like the style of Calatrava, Timeless, pure and Elegant stations (Lisboa, Lyon)

Alexander18

August 2nd, 2011, 05:36 PM

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-4ZVGIjX5K8w/SH0t5qwVtOI/AAAAAAAAEXE/2VBDeme0N1A/s800/IMG_1856.jpg

Berlin Hauptbahnhof

v_florin

August 4th, 2011, 09:34 AM

My favorite station in Romania is the one in Suceava:

Inside:

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt338/ionutmarinca/Imagini%20linia%20502/P1020098.jpg

Out:

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt338/ionutmarinca/Imagini%20linia%20502/P1020095.jpg

Source: www.forumtrenuri.com (http://www.forumtrenuri.com)

jomateix

August 4th, 2011, 05:02 PM

Lhasa:

http://images.chinahighlights.com/attraction/lhasa/lhasa-railway-station/lhasa-railway-station.jpg

http://www.mingschina.com/Travel/photos/Lhasa%20Train%20Station.jpg

http://blog.vdare.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2617-lhasa-train-station.jpg

GENIUS LOCI

September 7th, 2011, 07:02 PM

Some pics of Milano Centrale by gruber

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8607/panocentrale9112.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/98/panocentrale9112.jpg/)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/6912/misett2011035.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/misett2011035.jpg/)

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9004/misett2011045.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/204/misett2011045.jpg/)

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/3466/misett2011051.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/misett2011051.jpg/)

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