#train stations

[dutchs-blog]

Biggest Lego Train Station Ever Seen

[dochuff]

Todoroki Station

Small Town Tokyo: Todoroki

[mapsontheweb]

Distance to next train station in Germany

by u/jarvum

[atlantathecity]

Whoosh!! I still get a little thrill when the train enters the station, especially when two are on the move at the same time. Five Points MARTA.

[postingcards]

train station in welch, west virginia postmarked 10 feb 1919

[nerd-party]

on my trip to London me and my group:

•stole 209 newspapers from various train stations secretly

•saw a preacher, got a qur'an

•saw a protest

•yelled BUMBACLAT in SEVERAL crowded train stations

•got 54 high fives from random strangers

•ripped three newspapers and tricked random strangers into taking them

•preached a fake religion to six people who said they'd look into it

•finessed three plastic bags from old people

IN THE SPACE OF SEVEN HOURS

a successful trip

reblog with what you did on your most recent city trip and try to beat our records!!

[diogopinheiroart]

Art postcard size prints of a few of my paintings. They're 4" x 6" (inches) of Toronto subway stations :D. I've been considering retiring these so I will not be reprinting them, last chance to get them until they sell out. :)

Get them here

Prints based on: - Lawrence West Station #3 - Yorkdale Station #1 - Davisville Station #4 - Rosedale Station #2 - Lawrence West Station #4

[sumfabula]

The other day, I went to a train station, but it terrified me. The people were washed out and cold, the air was unmoving and heavy, the silence was pregnant. As I walked down the platform, their eyes stared at me hungrily, translucent things looking for a pop of colour.

The first train rushed in, hurrying through and leaving nothing but CANCELLED in orange letters glowing. The people stare at its unlit, empty windows and wonder what happened to all the people. Moments and destinations passing them by. CANCELLED.The platform is still again, the only sound, the flickering of an overhead light. I try not to stare.

The second train came through and a swarm of people came out. They were fresh, their colour had not been dulled by Shadwell yet. Their freshness began to dilute the air and something blossomed upwards. Rushing toward a seat and longing for light, finding one between a red eyed man and a faded woman. The blossoming unveils itself into cigarettes, sadness, slow, and the freshness is poisoned.

Maybe I look terrified as I sit. Are the eyes gaunt as I observe these people? Am I fading myself? The seat is rough beneath my legs and my spine is straight. I try to take up as little space as possible as I try to disappear. There is the squeak of the train traversing tired tracks and the tremors of it's wheels spinning and spurring it onwards. I count the stops until the last screech and the last quiet announcement. This train TERMINATES here. And so does this tale.

[dutchs-blog]

Train Is Common By Full Speed

[that-gay-punk]

i think i might be becoming not a train autistic, but a train station autistic

[mapsontheweb]

Distance (in km) to the closest train station in Africa, using the latest OpenStreetMap (OSM) data.

by @milos_agathon

[penguininmypocket]

my visited stations in 2023 (on the tube map, that is)

if you'll excuse the glare,

a visited station is one where I physically tapped out, had a look around, took photos, etc, not just one where I changed/passed through

line or network | visited/total | increase from 2022 (percentage points)

bakerloo | 13/25 (0.52) | -16pp

central | 17/49 (0.34) | -20.4pp

circle | 23/36 (0.64) | -11.1pp

district | 25/60 (0.42) | -25pp

H&C | 19/29 (0.66) | -6.9pp

jubilee | 12/27 (0.44) | -33.3pp

metropolitan | 9/34 (0.26) | -14.7pp

northern | 19/52 (0.37) | -44.1pp

piccadilly | 17/53 (0.32) | -20.7pp

victoria | 10/16 (0.63) | -37.5pp

W&C | 2/2 (1) | =

London Underground | 100/272 (0.37) | -26.1pp

DLR | 12/45 (0.27) | -31.1pp

elizabeth line | 16/31 (0.52) | +3.2pp

London Overground | 41/113 (0.36) | -10.1pp

trams | 4/39 (0.1) | -33.3pp

dangelway | 0/2 (0) | -100pp

bonus stats:

thameslink | 18/smth | =

entire map | 152 | down by 35% from 234

under the break is the 2022 map. I'm afraid the 2020 and 2021 maps aren't particularly interesting for obvious reasons

tagging @7-takes bc why not

bonus stat: since I've been keeping track (4 years) I've visited 192/272 different tube stations

[atlantathecity]

Photos I've taken at MARTA Stations. No particular reason. Just thinking about train stations, and being happy to live in a place that has them.

[johnnyquanart]

Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin, Germany

If you were to ask me how to buy a ticket to get around Germany via public transportation -- I honestly couldn't tell you, lol. I flew in at a great time, when the country was experimenting with a single price 9€ ticket that let you travel anywhere in the country for an entire month (for the summer's three months). I got one in Leipzig and used it throughout. It was awesome! My hotel was close to the station, so I came here often not just to travel, but to eat. Thank you, Germany, and see you again soon! (btw, drawing the elevator was the absolute worst!)

[muttball]

The Midwest Central’s Locomotive #431 arrives at the St. Thomas, Ontario train depot, the Canada Southern Station in St. Thomas, Ontario.  The Italianate style building was built in 1871-3.  Here we see below the train depot as it stands today, converted into office spaces.