[Leica] Tuesday in the train station

[Peter Dzwig]

Jayanand,

Rai's picture reminded me of this, also of Churchgate, by Salgado

<https://www.artsy.net/artwork/sebastiao-salgado-churchgate-train-station-bombay-india>

taken in 1995, but from above; presumably from a gantry or footbridge.

Peter

On 15/07/2026 16:06, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> Nice catch.
> 
> That brings me to my favourite railway station photograph:
> 
> Raghu Rai's photograph of Churchgate, Mumbai where, supposedly, 1 to 1.5
> million commuters use the station daily. I personally have never seen that
> level of humanity pouring out of a building like Churchgate during rush
> hours. I tried buying a copy from him while he was alive but, somehow, we
> never finalized the deal. My loss:
> 
> https://www.artsy.net/artwork/raghu-rai-rush-at-local-train-church-gate-mumbai
> 
> 
> Bonus: a railway-themed photograph by Steve McCurry, which can no longer be
> taken because that railway line has closed:
> 
> https://www.stevemccurry.com/posters/p/taj-and-train
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Greetings to all.  I passed through Koln and it's iconic train station.
>>  From the comments not unusually today the trains were running late:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/Koln+train+station_+trains+running+late.jpg.html
>>
>> All the best.
>>
>> --
>> Don
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Dr. Peter Dzwig