‘Dripping with opulence': National Geographic names Oregon train station among most beautiful
With stations ranging from New York to Los Angeles, National Geographic says these train stations are 'dripping with old-school opulence.'
Earning a spot on the list: Portland's Union Station.
'Topped with a 150-foot Romanesque Revival clock tower and an illuminated neon sign that implores travelers to 'Go By Train,' Portland's Union Station opened in 1896 and has been a landmark ever since,' National Geographic explained.
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'It doesn't resemble the other grand stations from this era, swapping Beaux Arts for brick, but it is the oldest major train station on the West Coast. Today, passengers still wait for departures on large wooden pews under the lofty coffered ceilings, which are adorned with flower-shaped medallions and surrounded by Italian marble walls and floors in the main hall,' the outlet added.
Other stations on the list are Union Station, Washington, D.C.; Denver Union Station, Colorado; Kansas City Union Station, Missouri; Chicago Union Station, Illinois; Los Angeles Union Station, California; Philadelphia 30th Street Station, Pennsylvania and Grand Central Terminal, New York.
National Geographic went on to describe why many stations in the U.S. are called 'Union Station,' explaining, 'In the days when multiple companies provided passenger rail service in the United States, they often pooled their resources to create a single train station in a city. As a way to represent this corporate collaboration, train stations were called Union Station. Today, Amtrak, founded in 1971, is the only national passenger rail service in the U.S.'
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