“It’s fast, clean and cheap,” our guide Mashhura tells me as we descend into Tashkent’s bustling underground metro system. While already her description trumps pretty much all forms of public transport in Australia, she’s also downplaying it.
These architectural wonders transform train trips into unforgettable experiences.
These transit hubs across Europe are renowned for their historical significance, grand architecture, and pilgrimage-worthy restaurants and shops.
There are some stations that are so damn beautiful they're worth just waiting around in. Which is why we've rounded up the best-looking stations in the nation. From LED-infused constellation ceilings to multicolored skylights, here are the most gorgeous train stations from NYC to LA.
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Some railway stations have a magical quality about them. Has there ever been a more potent symbol of new beginning and discovery, the anticipation of travel or the joy of returning home? Large stations are an endless source of bustling energy, full of jostling and shuffling bodies going about their clockwork paths - they’re an intersection of all of human life! Here we’ve collected a luxurious selection of the world’s most beautiful and creative railway stations. Some ooze modernity or boast optical illusions, some are more classical and intricate in design, some incorporate the natural world and some play the boundaries perfectly between tradition and innovation. Airports, lift your game! | Service Central Articles, Advice and Ideas
In 1972, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and The New York Times’ very first architecture critic, Ada Louise Huxtable observed that “nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.” A comment on the…
For some reason, a lot of the most beautiful train stations in the U.S.—stretching from Denver to D.C.—are named Union Station.
A global survey of transit hubs that will make you regret your next flight.
We’ve looked at some of the most beautiful lighthouses, libraries and museums from around the world. Today it’s time to look at more iconic and beautiful buildings—train stations.
Take time to enjoy the journey at these awe-inspiring stations
Whether commuting or taking a long-distance journey, architecture, history, and artful aesthetics can make that wait for the next train pass in no time at all.
With the advent of locomotives in the 19th century, cities around the world began building majestic stations to welcome global travelers—and to impress them. Top architects and engineers were commissioned to create three-dimensional works of art showcasing their talents, often in Beaux Arts or Gothic style. While many of these historic structures still stand and
From the modernist structures of Santiago Calatrava to an early 1900s masterpiece from Eliel Saarinen, these beautiful train stations are worth a visit.
These train station hotels, in historic transportation structures around the world, capture the glamour of rail travel.
Who says the beauty of train travel is dead?
Jason Farago: The notoriously ugly Penn station has a chance to be reborn, but here are 10 termini which need no beautification at all
A TRAIN station in the north of the UK has been named one of world's most beautiful - despite barely having any routes.Wemyss Bay Station is a small v
Here at Flavorpill, we’re suckers for gorgeous photographs of abandoned and decaying spaces, and of course, for lovely architecture, no matter what state it’s in. Recently, we showed you some of the most beautiful train stations in the world — but…
From multiple Frank Furness gems to one of the oldest stations in the U.S.
