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London, United Kingdom
Ruislip Tube Station
Ruislip's 1904 station once loaded cattle and entire automobiles onto trains. Now it ferries half a million commuters yearly.
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Toot toot, all aboard! Get your tickets ready for collection and dig in to some tales of the world's most popular mode of transportation. (We bet you thought that title would go to cars...)
Pompei, Italy
Pompei Railway Station
Italy's first railway reached Pompeii in 1844 to serve a city buried 1,765 years earlier: steam trains met ancient ash.
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Wroclaw, Poland
Wroclaw Main Railway Station
A 1857 Prussian station renamed twice by history, Wrocław Główny hid its most personal relic in a ceiling board: three fired workers' names, dated the day after their dismissal in 1946.
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Denver, Colorado, United States
Denver Union Station
Once Denver’s gateway to the Wild West, Union Station is now at the heart of the city's culture.
AWA visted here
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Zhibek Zholy Metro Station
Started in Soviet times, finished 23 years later: Kazakhstan's first metro uses Korean trains, not Russian: a quiet declaration of independence.
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Solkan, Slovenia
Nova Gorica Railway Station
This 1906 railway station is older than the city it stands in: Nova Gorica was built around it after the border changed in 1947.
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Union Depot
St. Paul's Union Depot once handled a quarter of America's mail—more letters than romance, just practical Midwestern efficiency.
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Mai Station
Chiang Mai Station: The northern terminus of a 25-year railway odyssey that required boring through a mountain by hand.
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Santa Fe Depot
This 1934 depot sat abandoned for 20 years until a developer spent seven years negotiating to buy it for $374,667.
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Chatuchak, Thailand
Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal
A vintage railway office sits inside a station that took seven years to build, where trains once saved a kingdom from colonization.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
New Orleans Streetcar
In 1867, New Orleans streetcars were desegregated after activists hijacked cars and led police on chases, decades before Rosa Parks.
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Lisbon, Portugal
Santa Apolónia Train Station
Once called both 'Wharf of America' and 'Wharf of Europe,' this 1865 station transferred European rail passengers to Atlantic ships.
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Rye TN31 7AB, United Kingdom
Rye Train Station
Saved by bad roads: Rye's station dodged the Beeching axe in 1963, and its rare 1894 signal box still operates daily.
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Valencia, Spain
Estación del Norte
València's 1917 Nord station features an architect's sister-in-law immortalized in ceramic, and 'bon voyage' in nine languages.
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Milan, Italy
Porta Genova
Milan's oldest station closed in December 2025 after 155 years. Its WWI-era iron bridge still reunites a neighborhood split by tracks.
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Vienna, Austria
Wiener Riesenrad
129 years later, the wheel that survived fire, war, and bankruptcy still turns to this day.
AWA visted here
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Parkside Avenue Subway Station
This Brooklyn station is literally split: two-thirds tunnel through buildings, one-third open to sky: a subway chimera.
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Budapest, Hungary
Buda Castle Funicular
Europe's second funicular: 1.5 million riders a year, then gone for 42 years.
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Rio Grande Depot
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad spent $750,000 in 1910 to outshine a competitor, then sold the depot for a dollar in 1977.
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London, United Kingdom
Piccadilly Circus Station
Piccadilly Circus Station, built in 1906 and reshaped underground by Charles Holden, remains the true heart of the square—moving millions quietly beneath the neon above.
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Kopřivnice, Czech Republic
Slovenská Strela
The Slovak Arrow: A symbol of speed, innovation, and national identity.
Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Jungfrau Railway
The highest railway in Europe, Jungfrau Railway has five operational stations to allow for anyone to experience the height- and the cows.
AWA visted here
Fribourg, Switzerland
Fribourg Funicular
This nostalgic mode of transportation has been running since 1899 with no exhaust fumes (it’s powered by wastewater!)
AWA visted here
Stams, Austria
Stams Bahnhof
Stams Bahnhof in Austria’s Tyrol region may be tiny, but it leads to big attractions: a 13th-century abbey, an Olympic training center, and stunning Alpine views—all with ÖBB’s famously punctual trains.
Jincumbilly, New South Wales, Australia
Jincumbilly Station
No people, but plenty of platypuses...
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Southern Aurora
The “darling of Australian travel.”
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Embsay, United Kingdom
Embsay Railway Station
While the train might move forward, the passenger is going back in time.
Ella, Sri Lanka
Kital Ella Railway Station
The Kital Ella Railway Station offers daily transportation and sits at 1,091 meters above sea level. It is the final before riders ascend to Ella Rock where historic landmarks and enticing environments are found.
Montreux, Switzerland
Golden Pass Railway
This tourist-orientated train route in the Swiss Alps operates on one of the oldest electric railways in Switzerland.
AWA visted here
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Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom
Rye Signal Box
Tourism may be it's main industry these days, but once this town was a smuggler's haven.