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The one train station that I always wanted to visit (it is defunct): City Hall station in NYC. Ever since I saw Ninja Turtles 2 as a kid, I wished their lair was real (City Hall station served as inspiration).
I've not only ridden through City Hall subway station in New York, I stepped off of a train onto its platform. The original Interborough Rapid Transit stations were actually pretty elegant, but this one topped them all.
The plaques commemorating the opening of the subway in 1904 had been moved to the mezzanine of Brooklyn Bridge station after City Hall was closed, and that's where I ran across them on my first trip through that station in the late 1970s. They're back in City Hall station now, which means most New Yorkers won't see them, ever.
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I'm surprised so many people said Jefferson Station. If I had to pick one of the one's in Center City Philly, I'm leaning Suburban Station's Art Deco details. I got some pics to share.
The Art Deco architecture of Suburban Station is nice, but I think the reason Jefferson gets more love is because of its train platforms, which have the greatest interior volume and most natural light of any underground train station I've ever been in. Here's a photo of those platforms, taken from the waiting area above them:
Train emerging from the Center City Commuter Connection at Market East Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
You should be able to see that Wissahickon forest mosaic I referred to at the left edge of the photo. There's a matching mosaic on the right, next to Track 1, but the stairs to the street and the waiting-area concourse obscure its view. The platforms at Suburban Station are unadorned and claustrophobic by comparison, even if the Commuter Tunnel project did brigthen them up a bit.
I look forward to using Franklin Square PATCO station when it reopens. PATCO gave the station a 1970s facelift when it briefly reopened for the Bicentennial. The station originally opened along with the Philadelphia-Camden Bridge Line subway in 1936, and it's been closed and reopened on three separate occasions after that.
I used to go to Anaheim regularly but last time was before they redid it. I noticed it was different when I took the train to LA and made a stop there. The new station is on the opposite side of the tracks. I remember the old one that was by the Angels Stadium parking lot.
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I didn't realize the inside of King Street Station looked like that. Reminds me of Grand Central Station.
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The pics actually remind me a lot more like Baltimore Penn Station on the interior, and probably scale is more similar. Love those pics of King Street Station though very elegant inside.
The pics actually remind me a lot more like Baltimore Penn Station on the interior, and probably scale is more similar. Love those pics of King Street Station though very elegant inside.
Yeah definitely gives off historic Penn Station vibes. They are wrapping up on the historic head house restoration.
Amtrak begins construction on the new northern concours (currently a parking lot) next summer. It’s going to functionally replace the historic head house which is currently being turned into office/retail space
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Yeah definitely gives off historic Penn Station vibes. They are wrapping up on the historic head house restoration.
Amtrak begins construction on the new northern concours (currently a parking lot) next summer. It’s going to functionally replace the historic head house which is currently being turned into office/retail space
Yes the expansion looks good, I was wondering when things were supposed to get started on it, thanks for this.
New Brightline Station in Orlando looks pretty nice. Saw it yesterday when I landed at the Orlando airport.
It doesn't compare to older historic ones, but for a new, modern station, it's quite nice. Looks impressively grand in person. The picture/model below does it no justice.
My favorite is Sanderson, Texas. It's a brand new station and its beauty is in its simplicity. This station isn't trying to show off like a Grand Central. Instead it displays a reserved confidence. It is purely functional. There's no waste in the design (so it's environmentally friendly). Take all the materials used to make the behemoth 30th Street Station. What a waste! Who in the world needs a 100 foot tall ceiling? Nobody's that tall. Sanderson, though, has a modest overhang to block out the Texas sun. Other than that, the rest of the station's ceiling is the sky itself. At Grand Central you can look up at night and see an artist's (scientifically inaccurate) rendering of the stars. At Sanderson you can look up and see the real thing.
My favorite is Sanderson, Texas. It's a brand new station and its beauty is in its simplicity. This station isn't trying to show off like a Grand Central. Instead it displays a reserved confidence. It is purely functional. There's no waste in the design (so it's environmentally friendly). Take all the materials used to make the behemoth 30th Street Station. What a waste! Who in the world needs a 100 foot tall ceiling? Nobody's that tall. Sanderson, though, has a modest overhang to block out the Texas sun. Other than that, the rest of the station's ceiling is the sky itself. At Grand Central you can look up at night and see an artist's (scientifically inaccurate) rendering of the stars. At Sanderson you can look up and see the real thing.
Simplicity can work for certain things. Not for this. No offense, but this looks awful IMO. Where are the restrooms? Vending machines? Imagine having to sit there waiting for HOURS (Because... Amtrak oftentimes experiences delays.) No thanks.
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