Google has commissioned the ambitious transformation of a 1930s rail terminal into a new headquarters in New York City. Named St. John’s Terminal, the building has been massively upgraded, including the addition of high-tech sustainability features and around 1.5 acres …
MAD Architects has completed work on an ambitious new train station in China, which involved painstakingly rebuilding a 100-year-old train station brick-by-brick, which now fronts a huge modern transport hub that’s partially sunken underground. Excellent photographs! Article Link
This old historic railroad station opened in 1910 and was demolished between 1963 to 1968. When the railroad station opened, it could operate and run 144 trains per hour. It also had 21 tracks and was very busy, easily running …
Train rides are the best times for creative thinking and reflection. I love sitting by the window — I enjoy watching the colors and landscapes change as shapes of trees, hills, and mountains form in the background. It feels like I …
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For the first time in fifty years, America has an intercity passenger railroad worthy of pride. In the heart of downtown Miami stands the shining new MiamiCentral Station, the southern terminus of Brightline—a private railroad linking Florida’s largest city with …
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Ukrainian Railways, or Ukrzaliznytsia, is the largest employer in Ukraine. Nearly 375,000 people work for the transit company, more than 1% of the country’s population. Since the full-scale Russian invasion started on February 24, the government-owned railway has become the main …
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Article Link The construction of Michigan Central Station, or MCS, would be a monumental undertaking. Located at the junction of 15th and Dalzelle Streets, the station would consist of two buildings: a three-story train depot, and an 18-story office tower, …
Nothing symbolizes Detroit’s grandiose rise and spectacular fall like Michigan Central Station. No other building exemplifies just how much the automobile gave to the city of Detroit — and how much it took away. Article Link
