What is the most beautiful train station in Europe?

Probably Antwerp Centraal made the biggest impression on me, combining the grandiose XIXth century building and shed with the impressive triple-level layout.

I also like those massive modern Clatrava arches like Liège-Guillemins, with the glass throwing colorfoul shade patches on the platforms. Belgium really has a contrast between some beautiful new or rebuilt stations and many horrendous old ones.

I also liked some of the massive London termini I recently discovered : King’s Cross, Paddington and of course St Pancras, akin to (but cleaner than) Paris Nord and Austerlitz.

Great picks ​@Joris68 ! That triple-level layout at Antwerp Centraal feels like stepping into a time-traveling masterpiece, and those Calatrava arches at Liège-Guillemins are super cool, too. Thanks for sharing! 😀

There are so many I would hesitate to choose, but Tours town station has to be high on the list. Quite small, but the main hall has some delightful murals and the outside facade is more like a temple than a railway station. 

I would vote for Lisbon Oriente and also Antwerp.

Possibly controversial, but Gare du Nord & Gare de l’Est in Paris - beautiful in their own strange ways, but also romantic because of the various trains I took from there as a teenage interrailer in the 1980s.

There are plenty of nice stations. The big impressive ones, but you have also very cute small ones. So I’m picking a niche smaller one 😁

A small station still recall is “Wemyss bay”, in Scotland. On the interior lots of steel and glass arches, curved shapes and nice colours. It’s nice and bright and lot’s of nice flowers.

A part of the station that extends over the sea into a ferry terminal. On the exterior it has a cute clocktower and it just looks very welcoming, warm and cosy yet giving a adventurous travel vibe.

I’m a latecomer to this thread, sorry.

As a resident of the south-west of France, I’m obliged to say that the Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins is so pretty that Audrey Tatou made some pigeons move (blink and you’ll miss it) so a stranger could sniff her neck. Station Antwerpen-Centraal is definitely very high up on my list and I like that the locals call it the Spoorwegkathedraal, or Railway Cathedral.

Gothenburg Central Station is very pretty. The azulejo in the vestibule in Porto São Bento is breathtaking.

I know this will seem strange to those who’ve been there, but I’ve always been intrigued buy Budapest’s Keleti Train station.  Nowhere near as structurally beautiful as St. Pancras or King’s Cross but it was the first train station I ever visited in Europe and it’s so old. It’s also been expanded underneath for easy access to the metro. When I visited last year, it looks like they’re was some construction going on to update the platforms and shops.  I just think it’s so cool.

I was blown away by Leipzig Station when I visited the city for the first time last year. It’s the biggest in Europe, I believe. The bookshop and coffee shop upstairs are particularly beautiful. Milan’s main station too is extremely impressive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder , no?

I really love Florence station architecture. 

Antwerp

I think we need to define the word ‘beautiful’ first. Once we have an operational definition, it will be easier for all of us to respond.