The biggest train sheds were often built as an arch of glass and iron while the smaller were built as normal pitched roofs.
Train station glass roof.
The entire terminal is sheltered beneath a flat glass roof measuring 120 by 96 metres.
It is also known as an overall roof the first train shed was built in 1830 at liverpool s crown street station.
The surface is divided up into a diagonal grid punctured by diamond shaped panels which integrate a series.
Shattered glass at east croydon station in london picture.
Mostly based on parts from lego set 60050.
Pavements around the station were cordoned off while the scene is cleared and made safe.
Part of the glass canopy above the entrance to the busy train station and the tram stops in george street shattered spraying glass on the floor.
Trams were not calling at east croydon station after the glass canopy at the station shattered during storm ciara.
Workers cleaned 300 000 pounds of dirt from the bricks and restored 8 000 panes of glass in the roof of the immense train shed.
Pictures and video.
Roof is modeled on moc 6192 by fastbjorn.
The station s interior is bathed in natural light thanks to soaring windows and the train shed s glass and cast iron roof is a triumphant merger of engineering and beauty.
As a result the station looks its part as one of the finest.
Richard meek twitter high winds from storm ciara appear to have shattered a glass roof at a london train station.
A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof.
This glass domed train through the canadian rockies is one of the most scenic rides in the world video this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
Moynihan train hall a 5 116sqm free form steel and glass roof a new train hall for inter city and local rail traffic is being built in the heart of new york city.