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Principe Pio metro and mainline station, Madrid

'Open-plan'. Metro and mainline, trains, tracks and passengers (not to mention shopping mall, food hall, cinema complex - the usual suspects) all sharing the same 90s designed space. It actually works very well imho. All built within the old mainline terminus of the Estaciòn del Norte (you can see the impressive ironmongery of the old terminus at the top).
Sight and sound. Just like it and always have ever since I first heard it every morning stuck in a traffic jam on the M40 into London. Silly video but great pop song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvAnQqVJ3XQ
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18 comments

Andy Rodker said:

I couldn't wait any longer to get a mainline and a metro train in the same shot! I was already late for a class!
6 years ago

David G Johnson said:

A wide selection of engineering styles there.. Andy.. must have took some planning...
I enjoyed 'Peaches' .. my style of zany.. but a bit short on lyrics.. / .. Dave.
6 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to David G Johnson:

They ran out of ... let us say, my input on the vocal front! !!!!!
Yes, we think alike perhaps! You appreciated my Bonzo sight and sound input I recall!
I like this station. There are good viewpoints from all sorts of angles!
Cheers, Dave!
6 years ago

William Sutherland said:

Awesome POV!

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6 years ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

super!
6 years ago ( translate )

tiabunna said:

Wow, that's an impressive place.
6 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to tiabunna:

Thanks George. I could happily do without the shopping mall, the restaurant hall (all fast food stuff) and the cinema complex - but they have to earn money and the station area has been sensitively and stylishly done, retaining many features of the original terminus.
6 years ago

Marie-claire Gallet said:

WOW, so impressive, Andy ********
6 years ago ( translate )

Ronald Losure said:

Looks great, but isn't it very noisy ?
6 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to Ronald Losure:

Not really! Very high ceilings and it's spread out over a wide area, much of it open to the elements and the sound tends to dissipate pretty well!
6 years ago

Andy Rodker said:

+++ Very many thanks eveyone for your great comments and awards! +++
6 years ago

Beatrice Degan(MARS) said:

Happily lost in admiration through this artistic tangle of lines and powerful architectural design, Andy!***
6 years ago

Andy Rodker replied to Beatrice Degan(MARS):

:o)))
THank you, Bea!!
6 years ago ( translate )

Fred Fouarge said:

Andy Mijn Vriend HFF en mooi weekend
6 years ago ( translate )

John FitzGerald said:

Striking and dynamic.
6 years ago ( translate )