This is the Great Hall inside Union Station which I showed you the outside yesterday. This is the ticket hallway and it is 250 ft long by 88 ft tall at its highest point. It is a spectacular space to enter and brings back the image of the old elegant days of rail travel.
It the "old days" my mother took me on the train to Port Elgin for our summer vacation. Go figure... the tracks don't even go there any more. It is still a Grand Old Station.
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I wish I could say we still had these where I live! They have refurbished many like in St. Louis, Mo. it certainly is a grand way to travel!
What a lovely surprise Pat, so gorgeous inside. Would be a real pleasure to catch a train from here.
the roof looks like a honeycomb. :) or a waffle. :)
i have not been there in years. gorgeous surroundings. ( :
So welcoming! Our railways stations are usually grand, but quite dirty...
Union Station has to be the most popular name for a RR station in the world, or close. Does every city have one?
Magnificent!
What a grand hall. I love these places!
so spacious and great
The Great Hall is beautiful inside; I've always appreciated the architecture in there.
Beautiful interiors. It has the same style as the train station in Montreal I imagine.
Gorgeous. Almost like a palace! :-)
It the "old days" my mother took me on the train to Port Elgin for our summer vacation. Go figure... the tracks don't even go there any more. It is still a Grand Old Station.
Looks more or less like it always did - very grand!
Looks very much like our own Union Station here in D.C.
It is beautiful, RedPat. It has elements of Washington's Union Station and New York's Grand Central Station.
I always loved walking through Union Station. So much to see there and it's so grand!
PS: Is the $27 fare from the airport one way? A cab is around $60 to town... if there are two of you, it's hardly worth it to take the train.
It's a magical place! Whenever I've been there I've felt an enormous sense of awe.
Hear the echo!
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