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Monte Sant\u2019Angelo Station \u2014 Naples, Italy<\/strong> | Designed by artist Anish Kapoor with architectural firms Future Systems and AL_A, this station sits 48 metres underground, featuring monumental corten steel and aluminium portals that evoke Mount Vesuvius and the myth of the Cumaean Sibyl from Dante’s \u2018Inferno\u2019. (Image source: Anish Kapoor website)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Colosseo \u2013 Fori Imperiali Station \u2014 Rome, Italy<\/strong> | Conceived by architects Andrea Grimaldi and Filippo Lambertucci, the station acts as an open archaeological exhibition, taking commuters on a theatre-like descent through the city’s historic underground strata and unexcavated Roman ruins. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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National Museum Station \u2014 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/strong> | Located in the historic Qasr AlHokm district and engineered by Arup, this Riyadh Metro hub is wrapped in a geometric concrete lattice shell inspired by the Tuwaiq mountains and traditional Najdi architecture, opening into a glowing blue interior concourse. (Image source: Instagram\/Prix Versailles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Town Hall Station \u2014 Melbourne, Australia<\/strong> | Built beneath City Square, this station features a cathedral-like public underground hall supported by 14-metre-tall, tree-branch steel columns and vaulted copper ceilings echoing the Gothic architecture of neighbouring St. Paul\u2019s Cathedral. (Image source: Instagram\/Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Western Station \u2014 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/strong> | Designed by architecture firm Omrania, this multimodal hub features undulating, dune-shaped canopies that provide natural solar shading, integrating city bus routes, light rail lines, and a community vegetable marketplace. (Image source: Instagram\/Prix Versailles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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Lyon Part-Dieu Station \u2014 Lyon, France<\/strong> | Overhauling an enclosed 1980s concrete terminal, this massive transformation project delivers an open, pedestrian-friendly transit gateway complete with the Place Charles B\u00e9raudier gallery and France\u2019s largest bicycle parking garage. (Image source: Instagram\/Prix Versailles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n
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LAX\/Metro Transit Center \u2014 Los Angeles, United States<\/strong> | Spanning 11 acres and designed by Grimshaw, Gruen Associates, and Arup, this light-filled transit facility directly bridges the decades-long gap between Los Angeles County’s light rail network and Los Angeles International Airport. (Image source: Instagram\/Prix Versailles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nContinue Reading<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Announced at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, the Prix Versailles has unveiled its 2026 list of the world’s seven most beautiful passenger train stations…Read More 1\/7 Monte Sant\u2019Angelo Station \u2014 Naples, Italy | Designed by artist Anish Kapoor with architectural firms Future Systems and AL_A, this station sits 48 metres underground, featuring monumental corten steel and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}