Magnificent railway stations

[not-bono-ever]

OK. just arrived today at Helsinki railway station - first time ever when not ripped to the gills after an all nighter in bars to catch the 06.30 to St Petersberg etc- what a fucking magnificent station. Spent time trying to educate the family about Finnish architecture, its granite echoing darkness of its finnish pagan folk culture etc. Lets have a thread of monolithic jaw dropping rail stations.shit pics not mine but you dig.

 

[twentythreedom]

Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mumbai

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

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Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mumbai

Not allowed inside without a ticket now. And the Burger King opposite can't sell beef.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Michigan Central Station

 

[blossie33]

I'd love to go round that building!

 

[editor]

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Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mumbai

Interesting background:

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) formerly known as Victoria Terminus is a historic railway station and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India which serves as the headquarters of the Central Railways. The station has been designed by Frederick William Stevens according to the concept of Victorian Italianate Gothic Revival architecture and meant to be a similar revival of Indian Goth (classical era) architecture.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station - Wikipedia

 

[marty21]

I was impressed with Huddersfield Station when I saw it a few months ago.

 

[paolo]

Canfranc

 

[Jay Park]

Interesting background:

Wasn't Mumbai st. supposed to be constructed in Melbourne and vice versa, but the plans got mixed up. Or is that a myth?

 

[Crispy]

Washington DC

 

[krtek a houby]

It's small but I like it for appearing in The Godfather Part III

Taormina Station, Sicily

 

[Voley]

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Chhatrapati Shivaji, Mumbai

My favourite, too. Total chaos inside.

 

[twentythreedom]

My favourite, too. Total chaos inside.

It is a fantastic station. The Mumbai railway system really has to be seen and experienced to be believed, doesn't it. Completely insane and incredibly dangerous

 

[Voley]

It is a fantastic station. The Mumbai railway system really has to be seen and experienced to be believed, doesn't it. Completely insane and incredibly dangerous

That trip down to Goa from Bombay is a belter: Mad city, scorched plains, lush Goa. Loved it.

 

[hash tag]

The St Pancreas refurb was sympathetic and is open in two weeks Open House: listings#show
Open House: listings#show

 

[A380]

At Grand Central Station I sat down and posted a cliche. But it's a cliche for a reason.

Mind you I only got little commuter train from there to go about 20 miles up the coast. Sadly my New York to Orlando journey started at the slightly less romantic Penn ....

 

[A380]

I may be parochial, but St P is world class in my opinion.

 

[A380]

The St Pancreas refurb was sympathetic and is open in two weeks Open House: listings#show
Open House: listings#show

Sorry, missed this.

 

[A380]

Chengdu's stations are pretty fine and work well. You also get the feeling there are lots like them and more to come.

 

[Dogsauce]

Rotterdam is quite bold, I like the typeface of the name.

 

[stavros]

Castle Cary station normally:

Castle Cary station one weekend a year:

 

[oryx]

Sao Bento, Porto:

I remember thinking Limoges station was pretty impressive, though I've only seen it from the outside:

 

[Bungle73]

Not sure if they still are, but a few years ago London Walks were offering guided tours of St. Pancras station. And back in January I went on a guided tour of the Renaissance Hotel, organised by Andrew Duncan of LEG.

 

[SikhWarrioR]

I may be parochial, but St P is world class in my opinion.

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Given that BR wanted to flatten St Pancras in the 70s

 

[OzT]

Michigan Central Station

A stark picture of the demise of a once energetic city, kinda sad

 

[iamwithnail]

Helsinki station is absolutely lovely. I'm, unsurprisingly, going to opt for a station in South East Europe, and say Keleti station in Budapest. (From the outside - it's grim inside.)

At the opposite end (mediocre outside, incredible inside), is the main station in Madrid, which has a botanical garden in the middle. Inside it feels like someone dropped a forest in St Pancras (similar structure and brickwork, as you can see.)

 

[blossie33]

Love the garden!

 

[Brainaddict]

Milan station is a sight to behold. It is absolutely and unreservedly fascist architecture, and if you didn't know it beforehand (as I didn't) you guess within 30 seconds who it was built under.

 

[iamwithnail]

Love the garden!

It has turtles, too! (Or terrapins. Something like that.)

 

[SpookyFrank]

I like Basel station. It has the fairly unique distinction of being in two different countries.