What is your favorite train station is

[p2h5 3]

You missed Marylebone and Moorgate! Stratford is a terminus too, and Clapham Junction is important... good stuff otherwise.

Marylebone:

 

 

 

 

Stratford:

 

 

 

Moorgate: (Underground mainline terminus and tube station)

 

 

 

Clapham Junction The Busiest Station in the World:

 

 

OK, it looks crap but it has more trains passing through per hour than any other station, and it has 25+ platforms.

 

 

 

 

 

[LordoftheWise 0]

My favourit trainstation is the oldest trainstation in the Netherlands; Haarlem. It is dated from 1839 and it serviced the fist trainscedule in the Netehrlands between Amsterdam and Haarlem +/-20 kilometers.

The most atonishing part of the station is its interior; teakwooden interior with lots of stainedglass and antique tiles.; here are some pics;

Its a shame simcity4 doesn't show the inside of buildings, else this could by a great BAT!!!

Greetz

Alexander

[Micah 16]

Any train station will do it for me. Just as long as a train comes to it...

[Bluesence 2]

Esta

[espiegs 0]

I haven't done much train travel in my life, but I can tell you that the worst station is New York Penn Station. It was nicer when Madison Square Garden did not live on top of it. They have made many improvements to it, and I use it all the time, but there is no way it can compare with stations like Waterloo International in London, or Grand Central Station a couple blocks from Penn.

[Klemvast 0]

Antwerp Central Station:

 

 

 

 

 

 

This railway station is also dubbed the railway cathedral. I was trying to find a picture of the main hall, but I couldn't find any. Especially the main hall is very impressive to enter. It's as if you enter an old Italian church like the Duomo in Firenze. (Especially due to the acoustics, actually!).

 

[Compromise 1]

London Waterloo, its London's largest station and a good example of classic architecture in the domistic terminal and modern in the international terminal. I am also a regular vister.

 

Here is some picture of the original station now used as the domistic terminal. Most trains from here go to the UK south coast including Southampton, Portsmouth and Weymouth...

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some picture's of the international terminal used by Eurostar for servises to France and Belgium. When the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is complete these will move to St Pancrus and this part of the station will most likley be used for domistic servises....

 

 

 

[petriknl 15]

And here are some Dutch stations

Amsterdam Central Station (like all big four central stations under construction, just like Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam:

 

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The Hague, Hollands Spoor (entrance, interior is much more better):

 

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Rotterdam Central Station (current):

 

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Rotterdam Central Station (new interior, front will be only glass

 

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[tracer1138 1]

I'm not generally known for talking up New York City, in fact generally it's the opposite.  But I must say that, having been there on many occasions, Grand Central is a very beautiful, well run station.

Stateside, Washington D.C.'s Union Station is also one of my favorites.

 

And of course... hometown plug!

 

Michigan Central Depot in Kalamazoo, Mi

 

Renovations should be done this year with the conversion of surface parking lots out front into a bus terminal.  Care was taken in an attempt to maintain the historic character.

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[ILL Tonkso 1,239]

Im going to include this one as its quite an odd station. Portsmouth Harbour.

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Yes its on a pier ^^ The station allows people to get strait off of the train from London, Cardiff, Brighton, Southampton and er Portsmouth and onto a boat to the isle of wight.

 

http://www.atoc-comms.org/photo_archive/Stations/Portsmouth%20Harbour.jpg a HUGE modern shot of the station.

 

An old pic of the stations less than exiting interior. http://www.stephieandcosta.co.uk/1gallery/73101_4258.jpg

 

A modern pic.

 

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These desiro 444 units are likely to be the London Waterloo Trains. (their in the corresponding livery)

 

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Spinnaker Tower, sharing the station complex's pier, i guess this could make it the UK's tallest station?

[thomil 4]

Aah, reminds me of my trip to the UK last week. I would just like to add that the first view when you leave the station is the Steam Battleship (technically a frigate) HMS Warrior, with all her guns in the run-out position. Talk about a warm welcome . And yes, those Desiros operate on the Portsmouth - London-Waterloo route.

[GAT-X105 3]

I hate to mention Hoboken again, but here are a couple pictures of it I took myself. I haev more but they're way bigger than 800x600.





when I took these there was a heavy rainstorm going on, so sorry for the grayness.

[montrouge 2]

Paris  Gare De Lyon

 

3rd station of Paris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Subway station

 

[Compromise 1]

Oh yes Portsmouth Harbour is a very intresting station. You look down onto the tracks and you can see the sea!

 

The trains there are much more on time than they were and newer althougth South West Trains desided to make stopper servises from London Waterloo end at Portsmouth and Southsea (the next station up) obviousley because it thought the station was congested.

[ILL Tonkso 1,239]

I like Portsmouth Harbour, not bad for something that was built in a week. Yup.

The original station was on the recieving end of a V1 Rocket so during the Blitz the station was rush rebuilt, and not much added since apart from a really naff entrance.

[IRTEagle102704 0]

I have two favorites.

Mainline Rail, Baltimore Penn Station, they put this ugly statue in front of it, but oh well.

Subway: New York City-- City Hall Station (IRT Lexington Ave. Line) It's been closed since 1945, but it's so incredibly beautiful.

[ILL Tonkso 1,239]

I like city hall station

[hamsterTK 93]

Any train station will do it for me. Just as long as a train comes to it... quote>

lol. i know how that feels. in all of texas the only really functioning train station is Dallas Union Station. It gets 1 or 2 amtrak trains going to chicago and another that goes to oklahoma city, and then several Trinity Rail Commuter Trains to Fort Worth, and also DART Light rail trains go thru constantly. Its still sort of pathetic, but houston's station is a dinky little shack and San Antonio's is pretty and has a modern glass trainshed yet nowadays only sees 1 or 2  trains a day. Austin i've never seen but its probably a dinky little shack like the one in houston.

I would post pictures of the building, except that there are very few pics of it on the net because the station building is used for something else besides train travell

[Uumke 0]

Here in my region it would be this one:

http://www.brooksgreen.net/Maastricht/Central-train-station-Maas..jpg

It's Maastrichts station

[Wolf_pt 7]

My favourite station is Gare do Oriente in Lisbon

[ILL Tonkso 1,239]

How about Bristol Temple Meads Originally the Western Terminus for the Great Western Railway (untill later extended to Cardiff).

[coultharda 135]

Originally posted by: ILL Tonkso

Im going to include this one as its quite an odd station. Portsmouth Harbour.

Yes its on a pier ^^ The station allows people to get strait off of the train from London, Cardiff, Brighton, Southampton and er Portsmouth and onto a boat to the isle of wight.

 

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That's my favourite station too. Of course there may  be a lot of bias involved as I have travelled into it every school day for the past 7 years. Have seen the Gunwharf shopping centre and the Spinnaker Tower gradually go up through the years.

[buddybud 63]

heres some shots of ottawa's old station (no longer in use) and as seen when it was functional. i love the design though it is quite compact compared to many others of that time reflecting the tiny population of our capitol at that time.

[johnwinston 3]

my favourite one : Leyton Tube Station somewhere in the Greater London area.

http://leyton.info/transport/images/tube_entrance.jpg

no, actually I am joking it's not my favourite one but I lived there for about 5 months some 10 years ago. I am always very amazed that the tourists guides of London never ever mention these places... they always stick to Covent Garden, Knightsbridge and all tourist traps. The thing is that Leyton has nothing interesting to offer except that it exists, and this is interesting enough to me.

[Jersey_17011 0]

I love Grand Central Station, its so beautiful and well preserved.

Another one is the terminal in Newark,NJ, it is very beautiful, i'll try and find a pic of it

[Pixelrage 34]

Are you referring to the new train station that you can see near exit 16 or so off the Turnpike?? If so, I second that. It's an awesome building, I'll try to find a picture.

On a side note, I've never been on a train in my life. (and I don't consider subways to = trains)

[Jersey_17011 0]

Yeah, off of exit 16....i think. Yes off of exit 16

[Jersey_17011 0]

Heres a pic of Penn Station, i really can't find any other pictures... but i'll try to find more

[owenluby 1]

Here is a picture of Flinders Street Station, Melbourne. I think this is one of the best

stations in Aaustralia. It's certainly the most famous.

Here is another pic showing how crowded it got one new year's eve! Thousnads of people 

got left behind! Gee, wouldn't that suck!

Here's another station in the eastern suburbs. Camberwell Station:

More flinders street:

you can see the Eureka Tower, the almos completed, tallest residential apartments in the southern hemisphere/world (can't remeber which..)

heres a shot of the new Southern Cross Station. Formely Spencer Street Station.

I also think Victoria and Wwaterloo stations, London are very impreessive having been there alot. Oh yeah, Charing cross is great! We almost missed the train there once, it was funny!

But last of all, a bit of a hole, yes, but my station...

Box Hill Station, Melbourne

It's underneath the shopping centre.\

What? That sign above should say Box Hill! Oh well...

That photo above 's a bit old.. it should have the blue signs every where..

oh well'

Thats just my opinion trhough

SEEYA

[montrouge 2]

Paris Montparnasse    14th and 15th district

In the past an old Montparnasse station exist  It was demolished in 60's

train accident  in 1895.

built in 1969 renovated in 90 's  this station has a park on the roof .

the main station 

Atlantique park opened in 95   the last and round building was the second station Montparnasse 2  the third station Montparnasse 3  (at the left ) is for the transport of cars