...that the original plans for Ankara Tren Garı in Turkey were met with criticism from many architects, as its construction would include demolition of several historic buildings within the grounds?
Artist interpretation of the Angola Horror aftermath in 1867
...that John D. Rockefeller had planned to take the New York Express from Cleveland on December 18, 1867, but because he arrived at the station late, he missed the train that would that day be involved in the Angola Horror by only a few minutes?
The tracks and platforms at Anerley station in 2008
...that according to local lore, Anerley railway station was named by a local landowner who, when asked in 1839 for the landmark by which the station would be known, replied "Mine is the annerly hoose"?
An MBTA train leaving Anderson Regional Transportation Center in 2006
A train on Amsterdam Metro line 53 makes a station stop at Amsterdam Centraal in 2009
...that after plans were formed for an Amsterdam Metro line to IJburg, a short tunnel was constructed eastwards from Centraal Station; but when the plans changed, the tunnel was abandoned and may be repurposed as part of a chocolate museum?
...that since four lines leave Altenbeken station to the east and one line leaves to the west, the station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is also known as the Fünffingerbahnhof (five fingers station)?
...that the sole known surviving station infrastructure of the former Algoma Eastern Railway is the Willisville passenger shelter, which was relocated to private property and is in use as a shed?
...that the original passenger terminal at Alexandria Union Station, a one-story brick building completed in 1905, is still used as the main station building?
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