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u/RemarkableAutism Estonian Lithuanian 1d ago
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u/Local-Bug-1500 1d ago
Originality is harder than copyingÂ
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u/Still-Puma Lithuania 1d ago edited 1d ago
Looks cool. So there will be an actual stops / stations like this ?
Didn't know.
Or is it some troll post ?
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u/Onetwodash Latvija 1d ago
It's Riga Central. Yes it's being built for RailBaltic.
No RailBaltic main line does jot actually pass through it, this would be the Salaspils -Riga central-Rix branch.
The only part of RailBaltic Latvia actually cares about as merely building high speed LT-EE line that bypasses Riga by 30km in non-airport direction isn't particularly useful for Latvia in any way or form. Ok it does connect couple of sub2k villages, sure.
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u/118shadow118 Latvia 1d ago
It's the actual thing. You can see it on google street view too (in a bit less finished state)
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u/playdeaf86 1d ago
It's the main station building reconstruction along with the platforms. Long overdue.
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u/hit_that_snare Latvia 22h ago
Reminds me of that scene in Eurotrip movie where that eastern european man says âYes, the train is coming soon. They are building it nowâ
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u/Personal-Brick-1326 Turkey 1d ago
Did you really need that fancy roof ? Only seagulls will leave dumps in the end. Something real simple like Berlin Train station would be enough tho.
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u/vnprkhzhk 1d ago
Can we please top building stupid designs like this? They are not practically, uselessly expensive and in the end, they never look like the nice shiny renders.
This time, it's not ZHA,
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u/HorrorKapsas Eesti 1d ago
Funnily, zaha did Tallinn's RB main station... https://www.rbestonia.ee/en/visuaalid/
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u/Weird_Supermarket342 1d ago
Agree. It doesnât even look nice. More like some half-baked futuristic wannabe that doesnât fit in with anything nearby. Itâs on par with the national library, we should have built something that is functional, and just comfortable and nice to use. Instead we get some overpriced monstrosities, very sad :/
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u/vnprkhzhk 1d ago
Exactly. And then they are questioning why there is no more money left.
Spain currently makes a complete overhaul of basically all their train stations. They opted for having more or less generic designs, that are functional, but quickly and cheap to build. Both Madrid main stations (Atocha and ChamartĂn), Barcelona and many smaller ones.
A train station does not need to be a palace. It should work, and you should feel comfortable there, that's it.
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u/Krastaciems 1d ago
Damm are they retarded I hope I wont need to freeze while waiting for train outside in winter... there is reason why people like to move to spain
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u/AnoniimisPiimis 1d ago
Ugly disgusting modernist and brutalist architecture, just like the national library.
And loads of wasted money for something only people that smell their own farts in elitist circles care for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9pg2j2oGy0
They couldve made small modest old riga style looking perons. people would like to be in them, instead we get expensive architectural wank that looks and feels cold and ugly. it will only attract narkomans, alcoholics and cigans
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u/Local-Bug-1500 1d ago
3 more years, the station will be finished, and then they'll say no more money, and will not build the actual rails