How to look like the most modern railway stations in the world (photos)
A map service MAPS.ME decided to gather their impressions of the newest and most advanced stations of the world and share them with readers.
So, before you — the list of the most impressive buildings of railway stations scattered across the globe. All they really operate and to look at them if you wish, you can have today (the issue most related to network projects with beautiful pictures that may never be implemented). We won’t mention the Grand old train stations of Europe, which are present in all the guidebooks — for example, the famous railway junction in Antwerp. We will focus on modern venues built or renovated primarily in the XXI century.
Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco (USA)
This transport hub is notable for many characteristics, but its main feature is a gorgeous city Park on the roof. Did this miracle of modern urban planning recently — in 2018. While the building is functioning as a bus station, but soon it would bring the metro and railway.
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The roof area of the building is more than 400 square meters, and all this space is a comfortable lounge area with winding paths, wooden benches, unusual plants from around the world, a children’s Playground, a free library, area for Board games and workshop for writers.
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The Madrid station is also decided to break on its territory of the Park, although not on the roof and inside the right between the platforms. Passengers waiting for their trains, unable to relax in the shade on benches-sun loungers surrounded by palm trees and other tropical plants. In the Park there is a small pond inhabited by turtles.
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The Atocha station is the starting point of departure to Toledo, where there is high speed train where you can drive to your destination in just over an hour. However, many visitors come here just to sit in the Park or dine at one of the restaurants. In addition, the station depends on the Boulevard of the Prado, and therefore to escape his hotel in the Spanish capital is unlikely to succeed.
Löwenhaus Station, Innsbruck (Austria)
A very popular comparison of the appearance of the station with a bizarre frozen block of ice that is usually attributed to the specifics of place: Innsbruck is a ski resort.
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To us, however, it resembles the “soft watches” paintings by Salvador Dali. Like other unusual stations of the world, this example of modern architecture attracts not only passengers, but tourists who just want to make selfi on the background of sparkling in the sun charm of the object.
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The architecture of this station is an example of how extraordinary may be the decision without recourse to a futuristic clichés. The roof is curved like the surface of the sea during a storm; chrome glitter ceiling, spot lighting enhances 3D spatial effect. The administration office, a hotel and shops are located in unusual buildings on the station is the yellow box is a parallelepiped with one transparent wall, raised to a height of the second floor with four metal “legs”.
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Multi-level station is literally trapped inside a gorge, and the only passenger station of the Kingdom carved into the rock.
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Architects quite naturally “fit” the station at rock, used for construction and veneer similar in color and texture materials. The building features an art cafe and a viewing platform, which offers excellent views of the Mediterranean sea and the Marina with magnificent white yachts. The station is actively used for railway communication with France and Italy where of Monaco at hand, as well as other popular European destinations (you can go even to Moscow).
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In Sunny weather the main Strasbourg station looks just like a flying saucer.
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In fact, this transport hub was opened already in 1883, however, after a little over a hundred years old, the building began to decline. In 2006-2007, was a large-scale reconstruction, which cost 150 million euros. As a result, the station was completely covered with a transparent dome, which took up to 900 tons of glass. In addition, the station building was much warmer — works under-floor heating. Now this is the most technically advanced station in France is equipped with a powerful computer system management.
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The construction of this station began in 2015, today opened the first phase, and completion is scheduled for 2022. Current architectural trends are such that any modern infrastructure project is in varying degrees linked with futuristic vision. The station in Naples is no exception: snow-white color, curved streamlined shape, lifted above the track. Around the Park, the planned neighbourhood of the scientific and IT-centres.
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The first phase of the station is served by 18 high-speed trains. To reach Rome in just 55 minutes.
Gare de Liège-Guillemins, liège, Belgium
The new station arose on the site of the old station in 2009. Made of steel, glass and white concrete giant building with complex shapes is the epitome of ideas about the architecture of the future.
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A gleaming metal dome covers the station at a height of 35 meters, and the skilful lighting creates the effect that this massive structure floating in the air. In addition, this transport hub is also a major bus hub and is linked to the highway network.
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