The most beautiful stations of the world

In this collection you can find ten most beautiful railway stations around the world that are known for their infrastructure and huge traffic. It is not only the most beautiful stations in the world, but also the most important transport artery.

St Pancras in London

A train station located in London, United Kingdom, and formerly known as simply St Pancras. But after 2007 the station made international calling St Pancras International. The station was opened for passengers in 1868 by the Midland company Railway, which connected London with the East Midlands and Yorkshire. St Pancras is one of the most beautiful train stations in the world.





Terminal Grand Central

Located on Park Avenue in Midtown, new York Central Terminal is a beautiful railway station. This is one of the largest train stations in the world, with a huge gate and two levels. At the first level of 26 ways, the second level path 41. The station connects the city Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess County in new York.





The Atocha train station in Madrideo the largest railway station in Madrid, which is also known as Madrid Puerta de Atocha. The station is connected with such cities as Barcelona, Zaragoza, Seville and Valencia. Railway company Spanish National manages all the infrastructure and controls of the train. It is also one of the most beautiful stations in the world, in the lobby, which constituted a real Botanical garden of impressive dimensions.





The Shinjuku station in Japoniera Tokyo station in Japan, Shinjuku station is one of the largest train stations in the world. In 2007, approximately 3.5 million passengers passed through its gates, which made Shinjuku, the busiest train station in the world. The station has seven levels with a highly developed modern infrastructure. This is the main transport hub linking Central Tokyo with its Western suburbs.





Station Sao Bento in Portugality in 1916, the station são Bento historical railway station, which is located in the Almeida garret Square, Porto, Portugal. She is also known for its frescoes of the tiles depicting the history of Portugal in different periods. Trains here are operated in automatic mode company Comboios de Portugal. São Bento is a beautiful station, which is known all over the world.





Haydarpasa terminal, Stambolsky intercity terminal in Istanbul was opened in 1972. Haydarpasa is one of the busiest train stations in Eastern Europe and the busiest in Turkey. It is also one of the most beautiful and largest train station in the world. At Haydarpasa there are also bus terminals. The terminal has been closed for nearly 30 months for long-distance trains from the second of February 2012, due to the construction of high-speed railway Istanbul-Ankara.





Station, Tanggula railway station, Tibetano the highest railway station that was built at the height of 5,068 meters above sea level. Tanggula railway station is one of the most beautiful and unusual train stations in the world. Travel in these parts provides an excellent opportunity to consider some of the famous attractions of Tibet, among which the mountain chain of the Kunlun and Thangool, rivers, tootoo and the Island of Birds.





Central station Baronetcy 26 may 2006, Berlin Central railway station Hauptbahnhof is a beautiful railway station set in the historic quarter of the city. Just look at the photo to understand that this is one of the largest and most beautiful train stations in the world.





Yaroslavsky station Mosquitoborne on Komsomolskaya street, Yaroslavl station — railway station in Moscow, one of the nine main railway stations of the capital. Among all stations, that Yaroslavl has the largest number of passengers. The name of the station originates from the ancient city of Yaroslavl, through which pass branches of the road.





Central station Helsinkiaround in Helsinki, Finland, and opened in 1862, the Central station is the most visited building in Finland. Almost 200,000 people use it for movement every month. The terminal also is the metro station Rautatientori, which is the busiest station of the Helsinki Metro. From Central Helsinki, there are 19 platforms.





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