I love train station architecture. We've had lots of threads here in the past about train stations, but most have focused on their outside facades, or in some cases their concourses. In this thread, I want to see only a station's main interior room. If that happens to coincide with the concourse or waiting room, as it does in some stations, that's fine, but it should be fairly clear for most stations (even small ones) what the "main hall" is.
Here is the main hall at
Washington, DC's Union Station. The station was built at the turn of the 20th Century in Beaux Arts style, and was intended to be a gateway for the "imperial capital" that Washington was at that time beginning to become. The passenger concourse is located behind this room, which is mainly decorative.
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The gold detailing is
real gold leaf.
(This photo courtesy flickr user andrew.deci. Other photos are mine.)
Imperial-style Roman legionnaires protect the room.
