Liège Guillemins

Introduction

Liege Gyman Station is located in Liege, Belgium and is currently available for 9 months. As an important node of the European high-speed rail network, the Hercules high-speed train (Thalys) and the German-made Intercity Express (ICE) stop here. This station is also an important hub for local traffic operated by the Belgian National Railway. About 500 trains pass through the station every day.

It is arguably the most amazing 21st century railway station in Europe. If you are interested in building and take the train past Liège-Guillemins, please get off and take the next train! It is also a relatively easy to use train station, although in a windy winter, it is best to have a passenger passage under the platform until a few minutes before the train departs.

Although the building is beautiful, its conservation is not ideal.

Platform

The new station house uses steel, glass and white concrete as building materials. Its magnificent dome is 200 meters long and 35 meters above the ground. The station was originally scheduled to be completed in April 2006, but was actually postponed until September 19, 2009, two weeks after the completion of the entire building, officially opened.

There are a total of nine tracks at the station: the 1st and 2nd track lines are used for the ICE international line, and the 3rd and 4th lines are used for trains to Brussels. There are five 8-meter-wide island platforms, three of which are 450m long for the re-connected Hercules high-speed train; the other two are 300m long.

The Belgian National Railways regards the construction of the new train train in Liège as part of the modernization of the Belgian railway, optimising its position in the European high-speed rail network connecting London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne and Frankfurt. After 2009, the operation time of Cologne and Liège was shortened to less than one hour.

Hamburg Central

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station in Hamburg, Germany. The Hamburg Central Station （Hamburg HBF） is operated by DB and has an average of 480,000 passengers per day. The station is one of Germany's major transportation hubs, connecting long-distance intercity expressways to the city's U-Bahn and S-Bahn rapid transit networks.

It is located in the heart of Hamburg in the Hamburg-Mitte district. Hamburg Central Station is a direct station (not a terminal) with 1-14 platforms (Gleis) under huge historical glass and steel buildings. The platform is located below the street and enters from the lobby on the crossover street. The ticket office, DB lounge and luggage lockers are located in the flyover hall. There is a train poster on each platform (Wagenstandsanzeiger) telling you where to stand so that when the train comes in, you can get on the right place. The station has a large DB ticket office that sells domestic and international tickets. There are ATMs around the station. If you need to leave your luggage, you can use the luggage locker.

Free WiFi is available at the station. There are many dining options in the station, including McDonald's.

Hamburg Central Station is one of the largest railway stations in northern Germany, connecting Denmark with Central Europe. Berlin, Frankfurt, continue to Stuttgart and Munich, and continue to the Ruhr area and Cologne's Bremen have permanent InterCityExpress lines.

The northern ICE train connects Hamburg to Aarhus and Copenhagen in Denmark and Kiel. There are also several intercity passenger train routes. The station is a hub to and from Scandinavia. In addition to intercity rail services, the station is also the intersection of urban rapid transit systems: Hamburg S-Bahn (suburban railway) and Hamburg U-Bahn (underground network). The station is located in Wallring in the heart of Hamburg, between Altstadt and St. Georg. Nearby is the Deutsches Schauspielhaus theatre, art gallery and museum of applied art.

The station is located in the heart of a busy shopping district.

If you have a first-class long-distance ticket for the DB train or its partner railway, you can use the DB first class lounge, free tea, coffee, beer and snacks as well as WiFi. Follow the signs to the DB Lounge. It is usually open daily from 06:00-22:00.

Liège ( lee-EZH, lee-AYZH, French: [ljɛʒ] , locally [li.eʃ]; Walloon: Lidje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç]) is a major Walloon city and municipality and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about 33 km (20.5 mi) to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about 53 km (32.9 mi) north-east). At Liège, the Meuse meets the River Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The Liège municipality (i.e. the city proper) includes the former communes of Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

Hamburg (English: , German: [ˈhambʊʁk] ; Low Saxon: Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; Low Saxon: Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg), is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and 8th largest city in the European Union with a population of over 1.8 million. One of Germany's 16 federal states, it is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The city's metropolitan region is home to more than five million people. Hamburg lies on the River Elbe and two of its tributaries, the River Alster and the River Bille. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League and a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign city state, and before 1919 formed a civic republic headed constitutionally by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. Beset by disasters such as the Great Fire of Hamburg, North Sea flood of 1962 and military conflicts including World War II bombing raids, the city has managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. Hamburg is Europe's third-largest port. Major regional broadcaster NDR, the printing and publishing firm Gruner + Jahr and the newspapers Der Spiegel and Die Zeit are based in the city. Hamburg is the seat of Germany's oldest stock exchange and the world's oldest merchant bank, Berenberg Bank. Media, commercial, logistical, and industrial firms with significant locations in the city include multinationals Airbus, Blohm + Voss, Aurubis, Beiersdorf, and Unilever. The city hosts specialists in world economics and international law, including consular and diplomatic missions as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the EU-LAC Foundation, and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, multipartite international political conferences and summits such as Europe and China and the G20. Both former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Angela Merkel, German chancellor since 2005, were born in Hamburg. The city is a major international and domestic tourist destination. It ranked 18th in the world for livability in 2016. The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2015.Hamburg is a major European science, research, and education hub, with several universities and institutions. Among its most notable cultural venues are the Elbphilharmonie and Laeiszhalle concert halls. It gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule and paved the way for bands including The Beatles. Hamburg is also known for several theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Pauli's Reeperbahn is among the best-known European entertainment districts.