10 photos show the quiet beauty of train stations when they're completely empty

For 16 years, Nick Frank served as an art and creative director in advertising.

It wasn’t until late 2013 that he switched his career path to become a professional architecture and landscape photographer.

Frank's graphic design background, combined with his fascination of symmetrical elements, led him to a lifelong project exploring and documenting Europe's many beautiful train stations. A Munich native, Frank started in his hometown.

His fascination with the subway system comes from the simple idea that they "connect us all."

"No matter what kind of person you are — rich or poor, student or businessman — we are using those trains to get to work or to our loved ones,” Frank told Business Insider.

Keep scrolling for a peek at more of Frank's mesmerizing work.

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Frank's ideal time to photograph a station is on a Sunday morning, around 5:30 a.m., before people begin to flood the space.

Shooting the stations while they're empty puts the focus on the architecture. “People would distract the viewer from the core element of the image," he says. "[I try] to reduce my images until the essence of what I want to show becomes visible."

He chooses his locations mostly by online research.

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