Designer Subway Stations

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By Eauz - 21 Jan 2008 04:09

- 21 Jan 2008 04:09 #1430779

[img]http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/stories/_2006/PICTURES/trainstation[1].jpg[/img]
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Very nice but I think they make them look nicer than they really are. I have been in the London and Berlin stations and they didn't look that nice. Nevertheless, I hope some day, I can be in a city that supports the development of progressive transportation like this.

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By Thunderhawk - 21 Jan 2008 10:21

- 21 Jan 2008 10:21 #1430987

Wasnt there several beutiful stations in Moscow back in the Soviet days?

I believe in one of the Swedish cities there are several stations (the major stations on the line) each with its own style, and done quite nice.
That one picture above does not do their whole series justice.

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By Russkie - 23 Jan 2008 17:37

- 23 Jan 2008 17:37 #1433369

Too bad America doesn't care about culture. Have you seen New York subways?

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By Vladimir - 24 Jan 2008 19:56

- 24 Jan 2008 19:56 #1434395

Wasnt there several beutiful stations in Moscow back in the Soviet days?

actually lots, not just a few. And it's not as though they aren't there anymore)))

Just click on the station names to see them

http://www.metro.ru/stations/

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By Thunderhawk - 24 Jan 2008 23:09

- 24 Jan 2008 23:09 #1434531

actually lots, not just a few. And it's not as though they aren't there anymore)))

Just click on the station names to see them

Seems like some of them havent been brought into the modern age, and some of them just arent all that grand.

- better looking then the majority of subway stations here in Toronto, but that isnt high praise.

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By Vladimir - 24 Jan 2008 23:44

- 24 Jan 2008 23:44 #1434552

What do you mean by "not brought into the modern age"??

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By Vladimir - 24 Jan 2008 23:58

- 24 Jan 2008 23:58 #1434565

"Businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves." - Milton Friedman

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By Frank_Carbonni - 01 Feb 2008 18:33

- 01 Feb 2008 18:33 #1440892

Too bad America doesn't care about culture. Have you seen New York subways?

New Yorkers are the opposite of Russians. They would rather have beautiful buildings and ugly subway stations than the other way around.

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By QatzelOk - 01 Feb 2008 18:53

- 01 Feb 2008 18:53 #1440913

About New York City, Frank wrote:beautiful buildings

It's true that New York has some buildings that look really impressive from a distance. But to say that New York City has beautiful buildings is a bit of a stretch.

It has mainly very functional and tall buildings (Manhattan) whose beauty is an accident of vertigo.

Most of New York City is surprisingly slummy, like most American cities of any size. Considering the wealth that is in America, the ugliness of the subways system in NYC is a sign of America's lack of respect for its working class.

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By Doomhammer - 01 Feb 2008 20:34

- 01 Feb 2008 20:34 #1440985

I can boast having been to the said Viennese subway station. Volkstheater was the stop. It's near the famous museums and, obviously, the Volkstheater.

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By Abood - 01 Feb 2008 23:28

- 01 Feb 2008 23:28 #1441143

According to my friend, Montreal has a metro station older than North Korea's. He said they were supposed to renovate the system in the 1980's, but never did.

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By Lensky1917 - 02 Feb 2008 02:37

- 02 Feb 2008 02:37 #1441319

I saw that exact same Moscow station on the History Channel, and it does really look like that. It is really too bad that all public transportation does not look that nice.

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By Eauz - 02 Feb 2008 02:39

- 02 Feb 2008 02:39 #1441323

A society is violating human rights when they don't have a nice subway system, let alone a subway system at all.

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By Thunderhawk - 02 Feb 2008 03:33

- 02 Feb 2008 03:33 #1441366

Abood, a MontrÃ©aler, wrote:According to my friend, Montreal has a metro station older than North Korea's. He said they were supposed to renovate the system in the 1980's, but never did.

On the plus side, its cheaper for the passengers.
(or so I heard. Monthly pass in Toronto is $109)

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By Abood - 02 Feb 2008 03:43

- 02 Feb 2008 03:43 #1441371

The prices are going up. They just went up January 1... although still cheaper than Toronto.

I dunno about the normal monthly pass, but the reduced rate one is $36.

I'm kinda glad the prices went up, because now they're investing in some infrastructure. They're expanding the system... and there's gonna be a station at the airport! About time!

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