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    Favourite transportation hubs

    I read a comment recently that said transportation hubs are today's cathedrals - high ceilings, massive amounts of people and usually architectually pleasing or at least striking.

    So my question is what is the most interesting/impressive transportation hub you've been to? It can be an airport, train station, ferry terminal, etc.

    For me, it'd have to probably be the Frankfurt Central Station in Germany. It was - besides the airport - the first regular German location I saw when I went to study there. And not speaking much German, it was pretty intimidating. This summer, it will see huge numbers of soccer fans passing through it to get to their World Cup stadium of choice.

    It has 24 tracks above ground, with 4 commuter tracks and 4 subway tracks underground. Nothing like trying to run from track 22 to track 1 with your train leaving in 1 minute while lugging a large backpack.

    It has more than 300 long distance trains and more than 250 local trains passing through the station daily. More than 350 000 people pass through the station every single day.

    How about yours?
    Last edited by Steve Vale; 01-20-2006, 03:40 PM. Reason: grammar
    There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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    #2
    Re: Favourite transportation hubs

    Does Cape Canaveral count? That was cool. Its a transportation hub of sorts.

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      #3
      Re: Favourite transportation hubs

      O'Hare and Heathrow International.

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        I've spent a lot of time in the Hauptbahnhof in Frankfurt over the years (and will again this summer for 3 months --- World Cup, woo hoo!). A lot of memories. I just wish that the airport was a bit closer, and that I felt a little safer. 'Specially with my kids in tow. About ten years ago there was a brothel right in the station. Talk about "service"!

        I went through Schiphol in Amsterdam last summer; that was pretty exciting. Lots of action, things to see. But I seem to go through Detroit all the time now. Their new terminal almost feels like home --- one long line, with a subway overhead to take you to your gate. Flights to Europe and the Orient all the time, lots of interesting things going on.
        Out of my mind; back in five minutes.

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          #5
          Re: Favourite transportation hubs

          My first Frankfurt station experience was 10 years ago - but the brothel was no longer there. Just a Beate Uhse sex shop. I did venture once out of the station and into the streets around the station - that's definitely not a place for kids. Although I did find it interesting that there were sex shops in the Frankfurt Airport (for the couple that needs to pick up something before the holidays maybe?)

          I remember when I first came back from Heathrow - my friend who had been there before picked me up at the Interntional. His first words weren't welcome back, rather "So did you like Heathrow or hate it?"
          There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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            #6
            Re: Favourite transportation hubs

            Haven't been all over the world, but from where I have been, I like Penn Station in New York.

            Very cool coming up to ground level underneath MSG, the World's Most Famous Arena.
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              Re: Favourite transportation hubs

              Originally posted by soupie
              Haven't been all over the world, but from where I have been, I like Penn Station in New York.

              Very cool coming up to ground level underneath MSG, the World's Most Famous Arena.
              Did you also get to Grand Central Terminal? That's a place I'd like to see.
              There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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                Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                I remember when I first came back from Heathrow - my friend who had been there before picked me up at the Interntional. His first words weren't welcome back, rather "So did you like Heathrow or hate it?"
                I went to Heathrow I was there for the Queens Jubilee I thought it was pretty cool just don't leave your bag unattended. It was easy to get around we had no problems getting on the tube.
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                  #9
                  Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                  Heathrow is awesome.

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                    #10
                    Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                    I liked Heathrow, except when I was in T4 and trying to find a shop selling bottled water and a magazine. Up one side of the terminal and down the other - nothing...just duty free shops...I wanted to drop my bags and in a Network like style yell, "What does a bloke have to do to get a bottle of water, a magazine and a bag of crisps!"
                    There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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                      #11
                      Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                      so, HUB mall doesn't count?

                      seriously though... my fave 'hub' would be any one that is next to a one lane (no taxiways) runway and has a thatched roof and no windows cuz the weather is always nice. The ones in Huatulco, MX and San Francisco de Orellana, Ecuador come to mind!
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                        #12
                        Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                        A couple more of my favourites are:

                        Auckland International (AKL)
                        Schiphol International (AMS)

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                          #13
                          Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                          Denver Int. Airport is pretty sweet. O'Hare is nice too, but I've spent WAY too much time there.
                          I officially retract my vote for DDS as Prime Minister. He's clearly incompetent.

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                            #14
                            Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                            Originally posted by Sgt. Nuke
                            Denver Int. Airport is pretty sweet. O'Hare is nice too, but I've spent WAY too much time there.
                            Waiting for connections, or at Camp O'Hare during a ground hold?
                            There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.

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                              #15
                              Re: Favourite transportation hubs

                              Used to work in Michigan a little north of Wisconsin. O'Hare was where I flew in and out of.
                              I officially retract my vote for DDS as Prime Minister. He's clearly incompetent.

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