Train Stations Of The World (from Spectacular Metropolises To Provincial Towns)

By (author) Weltner, Martin
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The first book to provide a historical overview and stunning photography of train stations on five continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, and The Americas!
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The first book to provide a historical overview and stunning photography of train stations on five continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, and The Americas!

A lot has happened in the world of railroads since the first train station opened in Darlington, England almost 200 years ago. Today''s railroad station buildings are as wonderfully diverse as their locations, ranging from what G. K. Chesterton called "cathedrals of the Industrial Revolution" springing up along high-speed rail lines, to charming country stops that rarely see a passenger.  

• Features nearly 80 train stations, describing the use of rail transit on each continent and the story of each station
• More than 250 color photographs that make these train stations worth a second look
• Includes tunning aerial views

Author Martin Welter spent his childhood and youth in Bebra and Hamm, Germany, and made frequent visits to the local steam locomotive depots. Later, he worked as an editorial assistant at Eisenbahn Magazin (Railway Magazine) and an editor at Eisenbahn Kurier, sharing his knowledge and love of trains and train stations.

Monumental or modest, these transportation hubs have great appeal because they signal the prospect of escaping from everyday life. Distant destinations are beckoning! A perfect book for armchair travelers.

Biographical note:
Martin Weltner spent his childhood and youth in Bebra and Hamm, Germany, and made frequent visits to the local steam locomotive depots. He has been an editor at Eisenbahn Kurier and at GeraMond Verlag publications. Now retired, Martin writes about railways.
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• First book to provide a historical overview and stunning photography of train stations on five continents: Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, and the Americas
• Aerial photographs show the rail stations from a perspective not available to most
• This timely book, featuring nearly 80 train stations, makes it possible to take an exciting mental journey around the world
• Fills a niche for the millions of train buffs around the world
• Sampling of train station locations:
  Gothenburg
  Petrozavodsk
  Warsaw
  Bucharest
  Brighton
  Glasgow
  Inverness
  Geneva
  Dresden
  Berlin
  King''s Cross, London
  Grand Central Station, New York 
  Algeria
  Marrakesh
  Portugal
  Palermo
  Addis Ababa
  Moshi, Tanzania
  Pretoria
  Istanbul
  Mumbai
  New Delhi
  Kuala Lampur
  Vietnam
  Thailand
  Tokyo