Railways

Railway systems and train stations

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Railways':

  • Al-Hijr The archaeolgoical area of Al hijr (and thus the inscribed area too) includes remains of the Hejaz railway which the Saudis offer as a "Historic Site" (Restored and unrestored locomotives, Station, Railway shed etc). The Railway is NOT included in the justification criteria though it gets 3 pages of description in the nomination file and its existance is mentioned by ICOMOS.
  • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Hills Tramroad completed 1817 (Horsedrawn on iron rails)
  • Budapest Continental Europe's first underground railway
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
  • City of Bath Railway elements within the City Centre, among which: Bath Spa Railway station (built in 1840). An interesting aside is the fact that this site and others in Bath are ALSO included within the UK T List site of "Great Western Railway Paddington to Bristol Selected parts"
  • Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape "A high-quality transport network involving canals, railways and tramways connecting mines to ports was constructed in the early 19th century. This included ... tramways and railways at Poldice Plateway, Redruth & Chasewater Railway, Liskeard & Caradon Railway and the East Cornwall Mineral Railway."
  • Florence Santa Maria Novella railway station (1934), one of the most important landmarks in Italy’s modern architecture
  • Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works Remains of railway line that joined Santa Laura to Humberstone
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle Le Locle (station with murals)
  • Mountain Railways of India
  • Oporto Sao Bento's Station
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Musée d'Orsay is housed in the former railway station, the Gare d'Orsay.
  • Potsdam Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam
  • Prague Central Station and Masaryk's Station
  • Quebrada de Humahuaca The valley is crossed by an early 20th century railway (now defunct)
  • Rhaetian Railway
  • Semmering Railway
  • St. Petersburg Leningrad - Pavlovsk railway
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Jungfraubahn
  • Vienna Karlsplatz Stadbahn Station and Stadtbahn