Three massive, arched train sheds span the platforms at Frankfurt Main Station, their steel and glass skeletons rising like the hull of a gargantuan ship. When it opened in eighteen eighty-eight, this was the largest terminal in Europe. City planners consolidated several smaller, cramped stations into this single iron gateway to direct the flow of coal and commuters. A stone figure of Atlas holds up a celestial globe atop the central facade, signaling the station's intended role at the heart of the continent.
Frankfurt Main Train Station
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