![After its first life on the shores of Lake Constance, parts of the Rorschach station concourse were transported to Glarus in 1861 where they were reused. Engraving dated 1856.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/titelbild-bahnhof-recycling-300x225.jpg)
Recycling station buildings
In the early days, the railways were viewed with some scepticism as a new mode of transport. This is reflected in the inexpensive makeshift stations which were only gradually replaced by prestigious buildings, and in turn the practice of station recycling.
![Basel’s main railway station, circa 1860.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/Bahnhof-Basel-1-300x292.jpg)
![The old station in Winterthur was later repurposed as the Kornhauswirtschaft inn in Zurich.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/alter-bahnhof-winterthur-300x200.jpg)
![Having sold the old station building to the City of Zurich, Winterthur got a new station in 1860.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/neuer-bahnhof-winterthur-300x185.jpg)
![Winterthur’s old station building had to permanently make way for the Swiss national exhibition in Zurich in the 1880s.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/landesausstellung-300x230.jpg)
Relocation of a station building in Lugano, August 2022 (in Italian). RSI