(rshsdepot) Berlin: New passenger station

[jdent1_@_optonline.net]

From another list...

From   Michael Valentine Sent  Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:13 pm 
 

It seems the end of construction of grand passenger stations is far from  
over: Berlin is putting touches on its nearly $900 million (Yes folks  
nearly a billion dollars) main train station that is a cathedral of  
glass and steel which took over almost 8 years to build, consisting  
of a glass curved train-shed of stunning modern beauty, with over  
9,000 glass panels.

An article is here:

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,417598,00.html

Check out the photo gallery about the construction:

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,417752,00.html

The photos are wonderful. Kinda makes you think about our country's  
transportation policy as a whole when you read articles like this.  
We'll be too busy bailing out the airlines,to even dream of such a  
project.

- -MRV


 

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