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#UrbanPixel – A feature series on Urban Times that documents the issues and scenes of the urban landscape through photography. By visually representing an interesting topic, concern or element of our cities, we hope to create a catalogue of solutions-based content that treats the eye. We are encouraging participation from everyone! So if you feel you have the adequate photography and backstory, send us a tweet @theurbantimes, include the #UrbanPixel hashtag, and a link to the photo piece so we can re-tweet our favorites, and include them in future #UrbanPixel posts. Read the full instructions here.

This article was edited by Charlie Hiton, Nick Ulivieri & Stephanie Kramer.

Sydney Harbour Terminal #1 // Photographer: Tim Lambourne

Sydney Harbour Terminal #2 // Photographer Time Lambourne

Tim Lambourne

I snapped these shots at the Sydney Harbour terminal at the start of the Summer. I love using public transport in foreign cities, it’s one of the best ways to get to know a city.

Gare Montparnasse // Photographer: Christopher Eul

TGV Station Liège-Guillemins // Photographer: Christopher Eul

Christopher Eul

Gare Montparnasse: This picture was taken in April 2009 from Tour Montparnasse skyscraper (210m) which stands next to Gare Montparnasse, with 28 platforms one of the six big terminus railway stations of Paris. These stations and their rails require a lot more of the city’s space than through stations. From Gare Montparnasse depart mostly trains to the west and southwest of France, it’s also terminus of the highspeed-line LGV Atlantique. Most important destinations from this station include Tours, Rennes, Brest, Nantes, Bordeaux or Toulouse.

TGV Station Liège-Guillemins: The Belgian train station Liège-Guillemins by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava opened in 2009 as new built central station for Liège and its metropolitan area (about 600 000 people). The station is part of the highspeed line from Brussels to Aachen, so Thalys and ICE highspeed trains from Germany to Brussels and Paris stop here. Besides that the city of Liège tries to overcome its image of a former highly industrialized city and huge problems of structural change amongst other things by presenting landmarks of futuristic architecture like this train station or the shopping mall “Mediacité”.

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