🚂 York Railway Station is a beautiful, beloved landmark and meeting point. Built in 1877, of Victorian cast-iron columns, girders and glass it was famously nicknamed the "cathedral of rail" as it sweeps around the ancient city. Its distinctive curve wasn't just aesthetic; it was a clever solution to navigate around the medieval city walls, allowing high-speed trains to pass through without having to reverse. 🚆 📌 Save for your next trip. 🏷️ Share with someone you’d like to visit. #YorkStation

Beneath City Hall Park lies one of New York City’s greatest architectural contradictions: a subway station designed like a cathedral, sealed off from the public for nearly 80 years. City Hall Station was meant to be the ceremonial gateway to the world’s first modern subway system, complete with vaulted Guastavino tile ceilings, skylights, chandeliers, and handcrafted oak furnishings. And yet, despite being hailed as the most beautiful station in America, it was quietly abandoned in 1945. In this

120K views · 2.3K reactions | Water cascades into the New York City subway station as remnants of Ida bring flash flooding.  This video filmed by Alex Etling shows a train arriving at Jefferson Street Station in Brooklyn being hit by a waterfall of water created by the flash flooding from the street. The MTA is slowly restoring subway service beginning with the lettered lines after historic flooding all but shut down the system. https://7ny.tv/3gWTd8x | ABC7NY | Facebook

@zohrankmamdani will take his oath of office to became Mayor of New York City in the legendary and abandoned City Hall subway station. This past May, we got a chance to visit this subway station with @nytransitmuseum . I completely missed making my history reel about this station SINCE MAY, but this felt like a great time to share a bit about the abandoned City Hall Subway station. Why was the City Hall Subway station abandoned? What is the symbolism of the City Hall subway station for Zohran Ma

62K views · 741 reactions | This was the view from the driver's cab this morning as the London North Eastern Railway 4.40am from #York made history at #LondonKingsCross as it became the first passenger train to use the new third tunnel. Read more here: https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-04-26/train-from-york-marks-historic-moment-at-london-kings-cross-station (Footage from LNER) | ITV Tyne Tees | Facebook