Antwerp station
The first Antwerp station was the terminus of the Mechelen-Antwerp railroad line opened on June 3, 1836. It was then plainly called Antwerp station . The area around the station was little built-up at the time, and the city's Spanish ramparts were also still intact. When in 1840 the railroad was extended through the Rijnpoort to the station Antwerpen-Dokken and -Stapelplaatsen on the Oude Leeuwenrui, people began to use the name Antwerpen (Borgerhout) to avoid confusion. The original station building was wooden and was replaced by a new and larger building on the occasion of the opening of the new international connection to the Netherlands in 1854-1855.
Hello I am John
I live in Oude Wetering, South Holland in the middle of the Randstad.
Since 4 years I photograph just about everything I see around me, a lot of nature like landscapes and sunsets and city and architecture, but also the world nearby with macro and..
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