Iconic Train Station Architecture
Station↕ | City↕ | Country↕ | Completed↕ | Style↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Pancras International | London | United Kingdom | 1,868 | Victorian Gothic | Barlow train shed, Midland Grand Hotel facade, Eurostar terminus, restored 2007 |
| Antwerp Centraal | Antwerp | Belgium | 1,905 | Eclectic Belle Epoque | Railway cathedral of stone and iron, four-level interior, voted most beautiful station |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CST) | Mumbai | India | 1,887 | Victorian Gothic / Indo-Saracenic | UNESCO World Heritage Site, F.W. Stevens design, fusion of Gothic and Indian traditions |
| Liege-Guillemins | Liege | Belgium | 2,009 | Contemporary high-tech | Calatrava steel-and-glass vault, no facade, 200 m white canopy |
| Grand Central Terminal | New York | United States | 1,913 | Beaux-Arts | Celestial ceiling mural, main concourse clock, 44 platforms, largest terminal by platforms |
| Gare du Nord | Paris | France | 1,864 | French Renaissance | Busiest station in Europe, Hittorff facade with 23 statues of cities |
| Kanazawa Station | Kanazawa | Japan | 2,005 | Contemporary | Tsuzumi-mon torii drum gate, glass Motenashi Dome welcome canopy |
| Milano Centrale | Milan | Italy | 1,931 | Fascist Liberty | Stefano Cittat design, monumental stone facade, winged horses, 24 platforms |
| Union Station | Washington DC | United States | 1,907 | Beaux-Arts | Daniel Burnham design, barrel-vaulted main hall, 36 Roman legionaries statues |
| Madrid Atocha | Madrid | Spain | 1,892 | Iron Wrought Neo-Mudejar | Indoor tropical garden under cast-iron shed, renovated by Rafael Moneo 1992 |
| Helsinki Central | Helsinki | Finland | 1,919 | Finnish National Romanticism | Eliel Saarinen design, four stone lantern-bearing giants, copper-clad clock tower |
| Flinders Street Station | Melbourne | Australia | 1,909 | French Renaissance | Yellow dome, row of clocks, Meet me under the clocks landmark |
| Kuala Lumpur Railway Station | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1,910 | Moorish / Mughal | A.B. Hubback design, white onion domes, colonial Malaya's ornate gateway |
| Rossio Station | Lisbon | Portugal | 1,890 | Neo-Manueline | Twin horseshoe-arch portals, ornate stone lacework, urban centerpiece |
| Sirkeci Terminal | Istanbul | Turkey | 1,890 | Orientalist European | Historic terminus of the Orient Express, Jachmund design with rose windows |
| Union Station Los Angeles | Los Angeles | United States | 1,939 | Mission / Streamline Moderne | Last great American railway station, fusion of Spanish colonial and art deco |
| Haydarpasa Terminal | Istanbul | Turkey | 1,908 | German Neo-Renaissance | Built by Prussian architects, waterfront location on Asian side of Istanbul |
| Dunedin Railway Station | Dunedin | New Zealand | 1,906 | Flemish Renaissance | Gingerbread George, mosaic-tiled floor with 750,000 Royal Doulton tiles |
| Berlin Hauptbahnhof | Berlin | Germany | 2,006 | Contemporary high-tech | Largest crossing station in Europe, multi-level glass hall by Meinhard von Gerkan |
| Rotterdam Centraal | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2,014 | Contemporary | Pointed stainless steel concourse angled toward city center, wood-lined interior |
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