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marmar

(78,788 posts) Wed May 9, 2012, 08:51 AM May 2012

Incredible Train Stations

Otherwise known as heaven, for a railfan like me.

Central Station, Antwerp

St. Pancras, London

Hauptbahnhof, Berlin

Estación de Atocha, Madrid

Grand Central Terminal, New York

Gare du Nord, Paris

Stazione Centrale, Milan

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Incredible Train Stations (Original Post) marmar May 2012 OP

Other than NYC, it's the "Places I'll Never See" thread Sabriel May 2012 #1

I've been in two of those European stations, montanto May 2012 #2

And in Kyoto... Lydia Leftcoast May 2012 #3

Holy Mother of Pearl!!! MADem May 2012 #4

What? No King's Cross Station? Home of Platform 9 3/4?? emmadoggy May 2012 #5

Union Station DC is beautiful Voice for Peace May 2012 #6

Another Rail Fan On DU Dem_in_Nebr. May 2012 #7

Me Three Oldtimeralso May 2012 #10

No rail terminal thread is complete without a salute to the late great Penn Station ... Cooley Hurd May 2012 #8

The current Penn Station is total utilitarian ugliness. marmar May 2012 #9

Leave Britney alone! nxylas May 2012 #11

Sabriel

(5,035 posts)

1. Other than NYC, it's the "Places I'll Never See" thread

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:54 AM

May 2012

Sigh.

Beautiful spaces. I can't imagine what it's like to travel through them.

montanto

(2,966 posts)

2. I've been in two of those European stations,

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 03:50 PM

May 2012

the Gare du Nord in Paris, and Atocha in Madrid. The garden is really cool and obviously wasn't there the day that I was in the station.

I was there on 3-11-04.

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,221 posts)

3. And in Kyoto...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 04:52 PM

May 2012

This station was built in 1997. Note the escalator.

I hadn't been to Kyoto since 1991, when the old, grubby station still existed. Coming back in 2000, I was astounded at the new station, which has a department store, a luxury hotel, and an underground shopping and restaurant arcade. This picture appears to have been taken from a mezzanine that has restaurants and snack bars.