[Leica] Berin - Railway and subway stations

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)]

Hi Douglas,
Being a train buff I liked these very much. I love to travel Eurorail when 
I'm in Europe.
A couple of comments: first from a Hong Kong perspective there are so few 
people and second,
in the second to last picture it is nice to see a big advert for a Canadian 
company - Bombardier - maker of rail systems.
Thanks for posting.
Howard


> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:13:24 +0200
> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
> Subject: [Leica] IMG (BW):  Berlin - Railway and subway stations
> To: LUG <lug at leica-users.org>, leicareflex at freelists.org
> 
> Spent the weekend in Berlin with the missus and friends 
> from Holland (and met the Hopkinsons from Australia on 
> the Saturday, too).
> 
> Most of the day is spent taking the S-Bahn or the 
> U-Bahn (suburban and subway trains) to get where you 
> want to be.
> 
> Here are a few black & white impressions of the newest 
> stations on the network.
> 
> The main station - Hauptbahnhof - not a station for the 
> faint-hearted - if you look over the balustrades, there 
> is an unbroken drop of around 60 metres to the lower 
> level platforms.
> 
> The Hauptbahnhof from across the river Spree
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4066.jpg.html
> Monumental modern architecture
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4067.jpg.html
> 
> A few alternatives to walking
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4068.jpg.html
> 
> From our table at the riverside bar
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4151.jpg.html
> 
> New subway station in the government quarter 
> (Bundestag), so far it only runs three stations, 
> Hauptbahnhof, Bundestag and Brandenburg Gate).
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4155.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4157.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4158.jpg.html
> 
> Tom and my missus waiting for the subway
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4161.jpg.html
> 
> Subway train arriving from the Hauptbahnhof
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4170.jpg.html
> 
> Brandenburg Gate - the crush barriers are for the 
> football fans who watched the European Cup on a big 
> video wall
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4176.jpg.html
> 
> 
> High-level platform, Hauptbahnhof - you can see one of 
> the lower levels at centre bottom
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4181.jpg.html
> 
> S-Bahn train arriving at the high-level platform
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4182.jpg.html
> 
> Young lady lost in a world of her own in a train
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Berlin/_MG_4186.jpg.html
> 
> More to come - hope you like these
> 
> Cheers
> Douglas
>