8 Railway Stations Turned Hotels

12 JUNE, 2023

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Crawford Hotel in Denver was originally the Denver Union Station, 1881. It reopened in 2014 after $54 million was spent in its renovation to make it the Crawford Hotel. 

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Crawford Hotel in Denver has 112 rooms. Many of these hotel rooms still have the existing structures, and feature historic design elements. 

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St Louis Union Station Hotel in St Louis, USA is within the city's old union station. It was designed by Theodore Link and it first opened in 1894. 

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This was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. And it reopened in 1985 and it's now a luxury hotel, part of Hilton's Curio Collection.

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The Union Station in Nashville was once a main point of cross-country travel. Now, the gothic-style building is a boutique hotel.

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Canfranc Estación in Canfranc, Spain reopened as a luxury hotel in 2023. This first opened as a train station in 1928 near the French border. 

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This was the world's first planned Union Station. Crowne Plaza chain restored the station as a hotel, where guests sleep in old Pullman train cars.

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Built as a French Renaissance-style station in 1908 in Scranton, US, it turned into a 146-key hotel in 1983. The building's historic designs are still there.

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This 106-year-old transportation hub in Memphis, US was converted into a 123-room hotel. The hotel still has the original signage in the lobby, departure & arrival letter board in the grand ballroom.

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Chattanooga Terminal Station opened in 1909 in Chattanooga, USA. To save it from being demolished, in 1970s businessmen invested to turn it into a hotel. 

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