Thoughtful monument to Nicholas Winton located at the platform 1 of Prague main railway station. 669 Jewish children were rescued by trains organized by him in 1939. These trains brought the children to London just before World War II started.
Category: Railway Stations
Budapest Keleti Station
The Budapest Keleti pályaudvar railway station (abbreviated as Keleti pu) is the most important of the three major international stations in Budapest. It was built between 1881 and 1884 by János Feketeházy (railway engineer) and Gyula Rochlitz (architect).
Manhole cover in Prague
This manhole cover on a platform of Prague Central Station (Praha hlavní nádraží) displays the historic station building. Today, the entrance hall of this building, created by Josef Fanta, forms a hidden gem for friends of Art Nouveau. [German]
Diesel railcar ÖBB 5144
Passengers of trains running along the Semmering Railway World Heritage Site may have seen this diesel railcar at Semmering station. It is a railcar of the ÖBB Class 5144, dating back to 1951. [German]
Art Nouveau station hall in Prague
The Art Nouveau hall in Prague’s Central Station (Praha hlavní nádraží) gives a glimpse of the former splendour and glory of the Habsburg Empire. It was designed by Josef Fanta (1856-1954) and opened in 1909. [German]
Tile art at Salzburg Central Station
One of the architectural highlights of the renewed Salzburg Central Station is the rediscovered tile art in the style of Art Nouveau. These works were created by artists like Otto Barth, Hans Prutscher, Hans Wilt and Hubert von Zwickle. [German]
Strandbahnhof Travemünde
On the 8th day of my InterRail trip, I started from the Strandbahnhof Travemünde. This station is a railhead near the coast of the Baltic Sea. Interesting detail: The digital display doesn’t show the time of day.
Christkindlimarkt in Zurich
My first Christmas market experience in a railway station was in Zurich. There, I came across the Christkindlimarkt inside the hall of Zurich Central Station. The festive stalls stood only a few metres away from the platforms with the international trains.
Pedestrian bridge at railway station Voitsberg
I love the architecture of this footbridge I saw next to the railway station of Voitsberg. The bridge spans the railroad tracks between the Styrian places Graz and Köflach. The operator of this railroad is GKB Railways (Graz-Köflacher-Bahn und Busbetrieb).
Plaque to Woodrow Wilson in Prague
Plaque to the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, seen at the main railway station of Prague. During the First Czechoslovak Republic and from 1945 to 1953 the largest station of the capital city was named Wilson Station (Wilsonovo nádraží).
Old railway station of Erfurt
The first railway station building in Erfurt was in operation from 1846 – 1890. Today, the tower is still in use as a public clock, but the main building hosts offices of the German Railways now.
Railway station of Constance
Konstanz Hauptbahnhof, the central station of Konstanz (Constance), opened to the public in 1863. The architecture consists of a mixture of neo-Gothic and Renaissance. The model for the tower was the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. [German]