What country has the largest train station?

The world's station with most platforms is Grand Central Terminal in New York City with 44 platforms. The world's station with the longest platform is Hubli Junction railway station with a platform length of 1,505 metres (4,938 ft) and is located in Karnataka, India.



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While Waterloo may have been stripped of previous titles, it still holds a major accolade. With 24 platforms in use, it's the largest train station in the UK.

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1. Switzerland. Tucked inside the small but incredibly beautiful country of Switzerland is one of the most efficient and scenic rail networks in the world.

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Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, England, is the world's oldest station.

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London is famously known for its dot-to-dot underground train line service – more commonly referred to as The Tube or The Underground, which you can use to visit approximately 375 stations, putting itself in first place for the city with the highest number of train stations, followed by Glasgow with 186 stations and ...

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Waterloo is the UK's busiest in terms of annual entry/exit with over 62 million passengers. Clapham Junction's annual entry/exit is only just over 12.5 million. However, it is busiest in terms of rail traffic with over 2000 trains passing through each day.

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The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world.

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Japan is a highspeed pioneer The first Shinkansen line was inaugurated in 1964 and was considered the first modern highspeed rail in the world, with the 0 Series Shinkansen train reaching a top speed of 210 kilometers per hour.

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The Glacier Express is the world's slowest train, taking more than eight hours to travel between Zermatt and St. Moritz in Switzerland at an average of 18mph. Along the way, it passes over nearly 300 bridges, travels through 91 tunnels and takes in endless stunning Alpine views.

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The oldest railway in continuous use is the Tanfield Railway in County Durham, England. This began life in 1725 as a wooden waggonway worked with horse power and developed by private coal owners and included the construction of the Causey Arch, the world's oldest purpose built railway bridge.

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The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world. The Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863 and was an immediate success, though its construction took nearly two years and caused huge disruption in the streets.

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Hampstead is the deepest station under the surface at 58.5 metres (64.0 yards). However, it is not the deepest below sea level as the station's surface building is near the top of a hill.

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