Rotterdam Centraal

Rotterdam Centraal is the main railway station in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The station receives an average of 110,000 passengers a year. The existing station building at the station square was officially opened in 2014.

Since it is one of the four main stations in the Netherlands, it is connected to cities across the country. The main destinations include: Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Zwolle. There are also international train services in other countries, including Antwerp, Brussels and Paris. The Eurostar service from London to Amsterdam Central Station also stops here.

Rotterdam Central Station is currently the terminus of the Metro Line D, while the E-line train continues south to the Slinger Railway Station. The train is operated by RET. The Rotterdam tramway network can reach this station on almost all lines.

The new station includes two supermarkets, some restaurants and cafes. There is also a "station living room". On the south side there is an underground bicycle parking space for more than 5,000 bicycles. There are taxi stands on the north and south sides.

Mannheim Central

Introduction

The main station of Mannheim is a railway station in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With the daily average of 648 trains and about 100,000 passengers, it has become the train of Stuttgart. The second largest railway hub in southwestern Germany after the terminus is also one of the 82 second-class stations of the German Railways.

Most of the trains that operate via Mannheim are operated by Deutsche Bahn and its subsidiaries, such as the German Railway Long Distance Transport or the Deutsche Bahn Regional Transport. In addition, TGV trains from Frankfurt to Paris and Frankfurt to Marseille will also stop here. It is also an important node for the public transport company Rhein Neckar Transport Group to carry out bus and rail transit.

Platform

Establishing a transfer link between the express trains in Mannheim usually means moving to the separate station where your train will arrive.

Below the platform of Hbf in Mannheim, there are escalators and stairs leading to the passenger passage. If you arrive by train and carry your luggage, you may have to walk up the stairs to reach the escalator.

There are also lifts on each platform, but they are located at the north end of the platform. Located at the rear of the train arriving from Cologne/Frankfurt, Hamburg, etc.; and the front of the train arriving from Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.

Therefore, you may have to travel the length of the entire platform to use the elevator.

Rotterdam (, UK also ; Dutch: [ˌrɔtərˈdɑm] ) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the second-largest Dutch city after Amsterdam, and is located in the province of South Holland, at the mouth of the Nieuwe Maas channel leading into the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte, after which people settled around it for safety. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland.A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest port, and had previously been the largest port of the world for a long time. It has a population of 634,660 and is home to 174 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its Erasmus University, its riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction of the city centre in the World War II Rotterdam Blitz has resulted in a varied architectural landscape, including sky-scrapers (an uncommon sight in other Dutch cities) designed by renowned architects such as Rem Koolhaas, Piet Blom and Ben van Berkel.The Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt give waterway access into the heart of Western Europe, including the highly industrialized Ruhr. The extensive distribution system including rail, roads, and waterways have earned Rotterdam the nicknames "Gateway to Europe" and "Gateway to the World". Rotterdam will host the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

Mannheim (German pronunciation: [ˈmanhaɪm] ; Palatine German: Monnem or Mannem) is a city in the southwestern part of Germany, the third-largest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart and Karlsruhe with a 2015 population of approximately 310,000 inhabitants. The city is at the centre of the larger densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which has a population of 2,400,000 and is Germany's eighth-largest metropolitan region. Mannheim is located at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in the northwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg. The Rhine separates Mannheim from the city of Ludwigshafen, just to the west of it in Rhineland-Palatinate, and the border of Baden-Württemberg with Hesse is just to the north. Mannheim is downstream along the Neckar from the city of Heidelberg. Mannheim is unusual among German cities in that its streets and avenues are laid out in a grid pattern, leading to its nickname "die Quadratestadt" ("The City of Squares"). The eighteenth century Mannheim Palace, former home of the Prince-elector of the Palatinate, now houses the University of Mannheim. The city is home to major corporations including Daimler, John Deere, Caterpillar, ABB, Fuchs Petrolub, IBM, Roche, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Phoenix Group, Siemens, and several other well-known companies. In addition, Mannheim's SAP Arena is not only the home of the German ice hockey record champions the Adler Mannheim, but also the well-known handball team, the Rhein-Neckar Löwen. According to the Forbes magazine, Mannheim is known for its exceptional inventive power and was ranked 11th among the Top 15 of the most inventive cities worldwide. The New Economy Magazine elected Mannheim under the 20 cities that best represent the world of tomorrow emphasizing Mannheim's positive economic and innovative environment. Since 2014, Mannheim has been a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network and holds the title of "UNESCO City of Music". Mannheim is a Smart City; the city's electrical grid is installed with a power-line communication network.The city's tourism slogan is "Leben. Im Quadrat." (Life. Squared.). The civic symbol of Mannheim is der Wasserturm, a Romanesque water tower completed in 1886 that rises to 60 metres (200 feet) above the highest point of the art nouveau area Friedrichsplatz. Mannheim is the starting and finishing point of the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.