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There are stations that you can not forget. More than one rating of beautiful stations in the world and beautiful stations in Russia has been compiled. Among the Moscow railway stations there is the largest and oldest.

The largest railway station in Moscow

Through the stations of Moscow, as through the gates, a huge number of visitors enter the capital. The largest in the capital is the Kursk railway station. It is a gigantic complex built of concrete and glass. Despite the fact that today the building has impressive dimensions, at first after construction it was one of the smallest in the city. In 1866, the Kursk railway station was called Nizhegorodsky and was located outside the city. This was beneficial in terms of lower taxes. The station was a small log building. Only in 1894, when the construction of the Moscow-Kursk railway began, a new luxurious building of the Kursk railway station was built on the Garden Ring. The New Kursky and Nizhny Novgorod railway stations were merged in 1896. The modern building of the Kursk railway station, which receives about eleven thousand passengers daily, was built in 1972.

Largest and most beautiful railway stations in the world

According to the beauty and size of the world's railway stations, the TOP was compiled, it included some stations that stand out for their luxury, beauty and size. In tenth place is the largest cable transport station. Its architect is Zahi Hadid. This station was built for the cable car in Innsbruck, Austria. The roof of the station looks like a moving wave, which gives it a unique look.

In eighth place, the unique in architecture Australian railway station "Southern Cross". Its uniqueness lies in the corrugated roof. Seventh place behind the Malaysian railway station Kuala Lumpur. The retro architecture gives it a wonderful look - it is a combination of the old Western style with a cultural and historical look.

Kanazawa Station in Japan looks grandiose. The height of the gate, created in the traditional Japanese style, is fourteen meters. The western and eastern parts of the station are covered with a glass dome of three thousand sheets of glass.

The fifth position is occupied by an architecturally reminiscent church, Antwerp Central Station. The building was built in 1905. In the west of Beijing, the West Railway Station was built not so long ago. Construction took three years and was completed in 1996. This railway station is the largest in Asia.

Berlin Central Station is in third place in the ranking. It is the largest in Europe and boasts a unique architecture. The opening took place in 2006. Today it serves about three hundred and fifty thousand passengers and about one thousand eight hundred trains.

In second place is one of the largest railway stations in India - this is the Chhatrapati Shivaji Station in Mumbai. Its architect is Frederick William Stevens.

The oldest station in Moscow

The oldest railway station in Moscow is the Leningradsky railway station. It was built in 1844-1849 at the direction of Tsar Nicholas I in order to connect the two capitals. The architects were R. A. Zhelyazevich and K. A. Ton. The station in Moscow and the station in St. Petersburg are "twins", as they were built according to the same project.

In 1855, the station was renamed Nikolaevsky, and in 1923, Oktyabrsky. A year later, after Petersburg began to be called Leningrad, the station was also renamed and began to bear the name of Leningradsky.

Reconstructions were carried out more than once, the last one was from 2009 to 2013. The building of the Leningradsky railway station is an architectural monument protected by the state.

The most beautiful railway station in Russia

Among Russian stations, it is impossible to name one of the most beautiful, since there are many beautiful stations that claim this title. One of them is the railway station in Samara, built in 2001. It is not only one of the most beautiful, but also the highest in Europe. Its highest point is at a height of one hundred meters, and an observation deck is built at a height of ninety-five meters. This building differs from most railway stations in Russia by its modernity. The building can be called futuristic.

The station building in Krasnoyarsk was built in the neo-Russian style with some baroque elements. Its architect is Sergey Solovyov. The station began work in 1895. Since then, several renovations have been carried out, while the quaint appearance of the building has not been changed. The station square is also unusually beautiful, where a fountain and several sculptural compositions are installed.

The railway station in the city of Sochi, as well as its "twin" in Simferopol, resembles the palace of a certain padishah. Its design and luxurious appearance surprises all passers-by and tourists. The station is one of the attractions of the city.

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Techniques for optimizing and improving the efficiency of Moscow freight stations.

The Moscow Railway is one of the most actively developing transport structures, in which freight traffic plays an important role. On the territory of the city (within the Moscow Ring Road) there are 44 freight stations with a total area of ​​1,692 hectares.

Due to the large area of ​​the occupied territories, there are often proposals to remove freight yards and stations outside the city, however, the existing freight traffic, the needs of the city and the cargo turnover of the Moscow railway junction do not allow following these measures.

It is much more rational to follow the path of optimizing the work at these stations, increasing the intensity of the use of existing territories and releasing part of the territories for the needs of the city. In order to consider possible methods for the reorganization of these stations, it is necessary to assess the current state of the freight infrastructure of the railways.

According to the nature of the work carried out, cargo stations can be divided into general-purpose stations, marshalling and intermediate stations, according to their location in the city on – central, middle and peripheral.

At general stations loading, unloading and sorting of cargoes are carried out. For these operations, the stations have a large cargo yard. The number of general purpose stations in Moscow is 12. Of these, two cargo yards - Moscow - Rizhskaya and Moscow-Tovarnaya Yaroslavskaya - are closed.

The area of ​​general purpose stations in Moscow is 567.8 ha. Most of these stations are concentrated in the central and median part of the city.

Grading stations carry out work on the sorting of wagons and the formation of trains. Due to the length of freight trains and the peculiarities of the technological process, these stations are the largest on the railways. And due to the peculiarities of the technological process for sorting cars, their work is associated with high noise and environmental pollution.

Despite the small number, there are only 6 of them in Moscow, marshalling yards occupy 549.6 hectares. At the same time, most of them are located in the middle part of the city.

intermediate stations carry out work on access roads to the city for loading and unloading cargo. May include small cargo yards. These stations represent an inconspicuous frame of the freight flow of railways, as they transport goods to certain areas of the city. There are 26 of them and they occupy the remaining 574.6 hectares. Of these, 12 stations located on the Small Ring Railway (MKZhD) are closed for cargo operation.

In the future, it is planned to partially transfer the transit movement of freight traffic from the Moscow Railway and its redistribution to the Big Ring of the Moscow Railway. In order to preserve traffic along the Moscow Ring Railway, the reconstruction plan includes the construction of a third main track on the 37-kilometer section Presnya-Lefortovo-Andronovka-500-meter insert-15th connecting branch-Ugreshskaya-Lyublino.

To determine the efficiency of the current use of the territories of freight stations, the concept of station capacity should be introduced, as the ratio of cargo turnover per year per 1 hectare. As can be seen from the presented graph, the comparison of the work of cargo stations with each other demonstrates low power indicators.

Accordingly, increasing the density of the use of the territory by increasing the vertical layout will reduce the occupied area and optimize the work at these stations. It is noteworthy that the highest power was found at the Moscow-Tovarnaya Paveletskaya station. The station management managed to achieve this by partially automating the loading and unloading process.

Methods for optimizing cargo stations based on the study of world and domestic experience can be systematized in terms of the amount of work performed, the number of vehicles involved, the area of ​​container and packaged storage, as well as the range of services provided. Based on this, it is possible to introduce a classification according to each type: policy, complex and cluster.

Policy- the most extensive method of optimizing the work of freight stations in terms of the amount of infrastructure involved. This type includes large junction stations and cargo villages located outside the city. A distinctive feature of this type is a large area of ​​occupied territories, multimodality, the use of three or more modes of transport.

According to the structure, the cargo village is an analogue of the seaport, where the cargo arrived by one mode of transport is immediately unloaded, if necessary, passes through customs clearance, is processed, stored, distributed and sent to its destination by another mode of transport in the territory of the cargo village. Also on the territory there are offices, hotels, residential settlements are being built nearby. This concept of intercepting cargo policies near major cities has been developed since the 1970s.

In Germany there is an association of cargo villages DGG. A large number of such complexes are located in the USA and Europe. Near Berlin, with a population of 5 million people, there are 3 freight villages. In total, there are 35 cargo policies in Germany. In Italy - 25, one of the largest - Interporto Bologna, located in the center of the country and occupies 320 hectares.

In Russia, since 2011, the project of a cargo village in Vorsino, located in the south of Moscow, has been actively developing, near the intersection of the M3 highways (Kiev highway), A 101 (Kaluzhskoe and Varshavskoe highways) and A 108 (Moscow big ring). At the moment, the complex occupies an area of ​​120 hectares, which is planned to be developed up to 600 hectares. A multimodal automobile and railway terminal has been built on the territory.

Complex– average type of optimization. It includes transport and logistics and terminal logistics centers (TLC), container and piggyback terminals. The main task of this type is the processing and storage of goods, customs clearance and information services. TLC includes free space for forwarding and transport companies, parking lots, service stations.

As a rule, TLCs are located at the entrances to the city, as well as in its peripheral part near large hubs, sorting stations and freight yards. Separately, it is worth mentioning the complexes of the “dry port” type, in which process automation is applied using port cranes on land, which allows to increase the speed of cargo handling several times compared to the use of special equipment.

cluster is the most compact type of optimization. A distinctive feature of this type is flexible modularity, the ability to expand the structure with an increase in the volume of cargo handling, as well as the ability to remove containers without shifting them from place to place, which increases the speed of loading and unloading operations several times. The main part of this type is a multi-level container terminal, made as a cluster with a large number of identical cells.

The idea of ​​creating such structures came from Japan. Since the main containers used for 20 and 40 TEU cargo work, a cellular structure was proposed, having a module for storing one 40 TEU container or two 20 TEU containers*. Containers are loaded into cells by a special crane for unloading containers.

The structural basis is a metal frame. An example of such a cluster is a multi-level container terminal in Japan built by JFE Engineering Corporation. The dimensions of the container terminal are 150x56 meters. Construction area - 8,400 sq. m, respectively. Height 31 meters (10-storey building). Freight turnover - 49 containers per hour. Accordingly, 1,176 containers are processed per day on an area of ​​less than one hectare.

For comparison, at the Moscow-Tovarnaya Paveletskaya station (one of the most efficient cargo stations in Moscow) on an area of ​​52 hectares, an average of 5,000 containers are handled per day. Accordingly, the capacity of one of the most efficient stations in Moscow is 15 times lower than the proposed type.

In view of the fact that only 7 freight stations are located in the peripheral part of the city, the analysis allows us to conclude that the cluster is the most relevant type for optimizing the spatial organization of the territories of freight stations.

In accordance with the types of existing stations identified at the beginning of the article, it can be assumed that for general-purpose stations and intermediate stations, complex or cluster optimization types are applicable, depending on the central, middle or peripheral location of the station.

The natural reduction of freight stations due to the increase in passenger traffic on the Moscow Ring Railway, as well as the need to move transit cargo outside the city, is leading to the creation of a ring of cargo policies around Moscow, which will be located near railways and highways, as well as river and air transport.

Regarding marshalling yards, the analysis shows the need to remove this type of yards outside the city. The main reason for the impossibility of finding this type of station in the city is the large area of ​​the occupied territories, the technological features of the sorting of wagons, which make it impossible to transfer them underground or reduce the occupied territories by vertical planning.

The vacated territories of marshalling yards must be re-profiled according to the types of cluster or complex, and the remaining territories should be provided for urban needs. A preliminary calculation of the area that the city can obtain using these methods shows that two-thirds of the territories occupied by cargo stations (about 1000 hectares) can be freed up painlessly for the cargo turnover and the needs of the city. At the same time, the return on investment in these methods of optimizing freight stations is from 5 to 10 years, depending on the amount of related work on the reorganization of territories.

Of course, the use of these methods is associated with a high level of costs. However, the socio-economic effect that the city can get for its needs from the liberated territories, as well as the quick payback due to high freight turnover, demonstrate the viability and high prospects of the methods developed for the development of freight traffic, as well as the city and increasing its investment attractiveness.

* 20 TEU is a symbol for a 20-foot freight container (20x8x8.5 feet or 6.1x2.44.2.59 m, volume 39 cubic meters).

The railroad is one of the largest and most profitable businesses in the US outside of the oil industry. Every year, about 1.8 billion tons of cargo is transported by rail. The country's rail network, some 225,000 km long, generates $54 billion a year for rail companies.
But trains carrying goods do not come from nowhere, they need to be formed and re-formed along the way. For this task, marshalling yards exist at large junction stations along the entire length of the railways.
In the state of Texas, there are two large marshalling yards owned by Union Pacific - Englewood Yard and Davidson Yard. The first station is in Houston and is the largest in Texas. The second marshalling yard is located in Fort Worth, near Dallas. This is a relatively small station by the size of America.

1. A bit from the history of the marshalling yard. It was founded in the early 1900s and was not originally owned by the Union Pacific, but by the Texas & Pacific Railroad. After its founding, the station was named after the president of the company - Lancaster Yard.

2. The station occupied a small area and gradually grew, since at that time the city of Fort Worth was very small, and there was a lot of free space around the station.

3. But if in the early 1900s there were a lot of private companies in the United States, then over time, small companies began to disappear, because. it was getting harder and harder to compete with the giants.

4. The same fate befell the Texas & Pacific Railroad, and in 1963 the company was bought by their competitor, the Missouri Pacific Railroad.

5. The new owner immediately noticed the advantageous location of the station and decided to modernize it. It has been expanded, the supply of tracks has been increased, and the throughput has also increased.

6. After everything was finished, it was decided to rename the station. And in 1971, the station was named Centennial Yard. Many older railroad workers still call the station by that name.

7. The future is not entirely rosy for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. In 1984, the company became part of Union Pacific.

8. The new owner did not modernize the station, because She met the requirements of the time. In 2007, the station takes its current name "Davidson Yard" in connection with the return of the chairman of the board of directors, whose name is Richard Davidson.

9. An interesting fact about the station itself - it was one of the first stations in the US to use fiberglass instead of conventional communication cables (since 1981), and very quickly the station became the main communications hub for the Union Pacific.

10. Today, the station is an important rail junction in America, because. all cargo from Asia, passing through the seaports of California, is sent inland.

11. All cargo traffic from California has a common part of the way to Texas, after which the cargo traffic needs to be divided, because. from Texas, cargo goes east, north and northeast.

12. The main flow of cargo from California is containers with various goods.

13. For example, only one container terminal Long Beach in California receives about 7 million containers every year, sending them inland.

14. Every day about 50 container railways. trains leave the territory of the port of Long Beach.

15. In 2009, Union Pacific began upgrading the station, which continues today. The station is being actively rebuilt to increase capacity.

16. Freight traffic from California is increasing every year. In a few years, the station will no longer be able to cope with the flow of wagons, and now the Union Pacific company has decided to prepare the station, even before it is "choked" by the freight traffic.

17. In the next 20 years, freight traffic should double.

18. Upon completion of the project, the station will have 69 sorting tracks, forming and sending about 100 trains every day.

19. Well, the principle of operation of the station itself is very simple. There are several parks at the station: reception, sorting, departure.

20. These three parks are in this case parallel to each other. All trains enter the reception park, where the main diesel locomotive is uncoupled from them and a shunting locomotive is attached.

21. Then the shunting diesel locomotive pulls the train into the “exhaust pocket”, or track, which allows the train to be taken out of the reception park and redirected to further sorting tracks.

22. This path goes beyond the station, because it will not be possible to pull out a train of almost a hundred cars in another way.

23. After that, the train begins to rise to the “hill”, which is a small artificially made elevation above the station level.

24. Once at the top of the "hill", the cars are disengaged, singly or in groups.

25. Uncoupled wagons roll down the “hill” by inertia, forming trains.

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27. Dispatchers collect "theoretical" trains on the computer in advance, even before the cars arrive at the station.

28. Thanks to pre-assembled "theoretical" trains, the process of collecting cars into trains after uncoupling is fully automated.

29. When the car starts to roll down the hill, the first thing it does is pass through the scanner. Each wagon has a magnetic label that gives the dispatcher full information about the wagon (this is a tank car, a covered wagon, a platform, etc.), the destination, the nature of the cargo in it and the weight of the empty wagon.

30. After the scanner, the wagon enters the scales, where its weight is measured, and then the computer itself determines which way this wagon should be sent.

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32. Because the dispatcher has already drawn up the “future trains”, the arrows are automatically translated by the computer and the car rolls onto the desired track.

33. On the way of rolling, the car passes through special retarders, which partially dampen the speed of the car.

34. Catching up.

35. Retarders are "brake pads" that grip the wheelsets of a wagon as it passes over them.

36. Why weigh a wagon? The fact is that the computer knows how many cars are already on the tracks, but you need to calculate the braking force for the decelerators and slow down the car so that it has enough inertia to reach the other “brothers”, but at the same time it would not roll too fast.

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38. The wagon, depending on the load, can be slowed down to a coupling speed of 1 km/h, a typical coupling speed for wagons with unbreakable cargo is 6 km/h.

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40. Passing through the retarders, the car is “slowed down”, after which, rolling up to the rest of the cars, it engages with them and gradually new trains are assembled on the departure routes. Then the completed train is transferred to the departure park and the train continues on its way.

41. In addition to the sorting "hill" at the station, there is also a railway. a depot serving both transit diesel locomotives and diesel locomotives operating in the Dallas and Fort Worth area.

42. In the depot, diesel locomotives undergo both minor maintenance repairs and medium overhauls.

43. This depot does not carry out a complete overhaul of diesel locomotives. The locomotives go to Houston for overhaul.

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45. By the way, there is a passenger platform not far from the station, but more on that some other time.

Probably, most of us have ever visited rather strange railway stations in our lives - especially since you are an avid traveler. When you are in an unusual and strange place, which for some reason is called a "railway station", all the usual routine, all the procedures that take up your time when you go on a trip (well, for example, studying train schedules, trying to decide whether you should book tickets in advance and all that sort of thing) somehow fade into the background. Yes, there are also such stations that are capable of inspiring us with serious doubts about our well-being and safety. But this is just one of the reasons that we all love to travel the world so much!

Some of these train stations won't look out of place in your worst nightmares. But perhaps they will only inspire someone to travel? Some stations, of course, just have strange architecture or are located in strange places. One way or another, we invite you to take a look at the strangest railway stations in the world.

1. Station Brockenheimer Warte, Frankfurt. Probably, in order to decide to travel from such a station, you need an enviable sense of humor. We do not recommend taking risks for those who are prone to panic attacks or are afraid of the train because it can derail. However, on the other hand, the station is somewhat reminiscent of the station from the Harry Potter films, isn't it?

2. Michigan Central Station, Detroit. Built in 1913. The Michigan Central Station occupies a luxurious building. Now, however, it is under threat of demolition due to dilapidation and the fact that it is unrealistic to carry out repairs in such a colossus. In general, who came up with the idea, even in that era prone to external effects, to place the railway station in such a palazzo?

3. Railway station Nordpark, Innsbruck, Austria. The Nordpark Station is actually four stations, each individually designed, yet from a design point of view they look like a single whole. This is a building in a futuristic style, as if it came from films about the future. The project was designed by Zaha Hadid.

4. Train station St. Louis Union, Missouri. It was built in 1894 and at that time was considered one of the busiest and largest railway stations in the world. In the 1980s, it was converted into a luxury hotel, much more in keeping with the ostentatious architecture.

5. Columbus train station, Toronto. It was built in 1895, but closed in 1930. Now the building has undergone restoration and is home to the Ohio Fire Department. The building was built in a very strange style, reminiscent of a mixture of various architectural trends. In some ways, it resembles an old mill with a certain Chinese flavor. The building looks strange, but very picturesque.

6. Railway station de Atocha, Madrid. It was rebuilt in 1892 after a fire by the architect Alberto di Palacio Elissan and Gustave Eiffel, the same author of the Eiffel Tower. In 1992, a botanical garden was located in the station building, which today boasts the presence of more than five hundred species of plants and animals. It sounds strange - the zoo is in the building of the railway station, don't you think?

7. Central railway station of Stockholm. This is the intersection point of all metro lines in Stockholm. It also houses the world's longest art gallery with marvelous frescoes. The station is located in natural underground catacombs.

8. Expo Station, Singapore. The project was designed by Norman Foster. The station was built in 2000. It is shaped like a UFO. The strange roof was supposed to reflect the sun's rays, preventing the air in the room from overheating. Not a bad idea, we think!

9. Tourist underground tunnel in Shanghai, China. This is probably the shortest and strangest trip in the world. Fluorescent lights, wild colors and an overall sense of psychedelic delirium. The tunnel itself is only 647 meters long and is located under the Huangpu River. If you are not afraid of dizziness - welcome!

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Your attention is a small overview of the largest railway stations in the world in terms of the number of passenger platforms.

Jakarta Kota (Indonesia)

The capital of Indonesia has the largest railway station in Southeast Asia. The station was built in 1870. In 1926, the building and access roads of the station were reconstructed. In particular, the number of landing platforms here has been increased to 12.

Jakarta Kota was officially recognized as a cultural heritage site in 1993 and has become an important historical landmark.

Jakarta Kota serves passenger routes on the island of Java.

Berlin Central Station (Germany)

The current building of Berlin Central Station appeared on the site of the one destroyed during the Second World War. In 2006, the station became the largest transport hub in Europe. It is noteworthy that a multi-level layout of platforms is provided here. Six platforms are located on the top and eight on the bottom tier. The paths, like a web, intersect with each other due to the constructed tunnels and bridges.

The main building of the station is built of glass and steel. More than forty thousand square meters of the station area is allocated here as a commercial zone. Mostly on this vast territory there are shops, restaurants, small shops. The station serves up to 300,000 passengers daily.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Station (India)

This station, located in Mumbai, is said to be one of the most beautiful in the world. The station was built during the era of British colonialism in 1888. At first it bore the name of Queen Victoria. In 1996, the station was renamed and began to bear the name of the national hero of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji.

In terms of architectural style, the building of the station resembles a kind of mosaic, in which there are Victorian neo-Gothic, Indo-Saracenic motifs. There are a lot of arches, turrets, domes decorated in an original way. The interior halls of the station are skillfully decorated with wood carvings. There is iron, mostly copper.

In 2004, this historic building was rightfully inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Station today has 18 boarding platforms, which makes it the eighth place in the overall ranking of the largest stations in the world.

Leipzig Central Station (Germany)

The Leipzig railway station is considered the largest in Europe in terms of such an indicator as the occupied area. By the way, it is 83460 square meters. The length of the station facade is 300 meters.

The first stone in the construction of the station was laid back in 1915. During the Second World War, the station building was badly damaged by bombing and was completely rebuilt in the 1950s. After forty years of operation, a new reconstruction of the station followed. After it, the number of landing platforms at the facility reached 24.

Leipzig railway station is considered multi-level. It serves up to 120 thousand passengers daily.

Zurich Central Station (Switzerland)

Zurich Central Station was put into operation in 1847. During its existence, it was rebuilt and reconstructed several times. Now this railway point of the country serves up to half a million passengers daily!

The station has 16 platforms for long-distance trains. There are also 10 platforms for high-speed electric trains EuroCity, Cisalpino, TGV, Intercity-Express and CityNightLine.

In addition, it is noted that the Zurich railway station has the largest covered trading platform, the total area of ​​which is 55,000 square meters.

Termini (Italy)

Termini railway transport hub was opened in 1862. The station takes the second place in terms of area, second only to the railway station in Leipzig.

There are 29 boarding platforms at Termini station, from which trains depart to Paris, Vienna, Munich, Geneva, Basel, as well as suburban services.

The passenger traffic of the Italian station exceeds 400 thousand passengers a day.

Munich main station (Germany)

Munich railway station is the fourth in the world and the second in Europe in terms of the number of platforms - there are 32 of them!

The original station building was rebuilt in 1839. However, a war broke out and the transport hub was destroyed. The station was almost completely rebuilt in 1960. Then this transport point in Germany was able to receive several hundred thousand passengers daily. By the way, today the daily capacity of the station has been increased to 450,000 passengers.

Shinjuku (Japan)

One of the oldest train stations in Japan. Shinjuku was built in 1885. Today it is a real record holder in terms of passenger traffic.

The transport hub passes over three and a half million people daily. Thanks to this indicator, the station got into the Guinness Book of Records. It was in 2007 and today, most likely, the number of passengers has increased.

The station is provided with more than 200 entrances and exits in order to serve such a huge number of people. It should be noted that most of the 36 passenger platforms are occupied by domestic trains, acting as public transport.

North Station (France)

There are 44 platforms at the Gare du Nord in Paris! This is an absolute European record holder!

The station was built in 1846. Despite its age, the station remains one of the most beautiful buildings in the French capital.

Inside the North Station, the infrastructure of public catering and trade is quite well developed. There are dozens of small cafes and restaurants, a lot of boutiques and just small shops.

They say that already today there are projects to expand this railway station, bringing the number of passenger platforms to 77.

New York Central Station (USA)

The world leadership in the number of passenger platforms is occupied by the New York Central Station - Grand Central Terminal.

The station was built in 1871. Here, 44 landing platforms, covering an area of ​​200,000 square meters, are located underground. There, in these underground tunnels, there are shops, restaurants, there is even a museum!

There is also a secret government railway line. It is located at the underground level M42. However, no one knows its exact location. This is understandable! This state secret has been securely guarded since the Second World War.

It should be noted that the station is a favorite place for many tourists. Every year this object attracts more than 21 million tourists from all over the world!