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Tag Archives: railway stations
Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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Britain’s loneliest railway stations in 2011
After recently publishing a post on the busiest railway stations in the United Kingdom, I thought it might interesting (and fun) to also post the least busy (or loneliest) ones. The following list shows the ten loneliest railway stations in the United … Continue reading
Posted in fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, planning, rail, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, UK
Tagged England, fun, Great Britain, railroads, railway stations, railways, Scotland, stations, statistics, transportation, transportation planning, travel, UK, Wales
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On track for great third places – railway stations
While they are unfortunately not as common of a great third place in North America as they are in Europe and Asia, railway stations can serve as a fantastic focal point for the surrounding community. One only need spend a … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, cities, culture, density, entertainment, history, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, rail, tourism, transportation
Tagged cities, planning, railway stations, Third places
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