Vatican Railway Station Is Built On Museum Lines. The Vatican station building in the heavy and austere style of a museum ***** than a railway station. To most people, the Vatican means the residence of the Pope, and perhaps the St. Peter's Basilion. Very few realize how much work and administration is required to make the Vatican a self contained unit as it really is. Among the most important Vatican utilities is the railway system owing to its immediate and necessary contacts with the outside world. The station is manned by a station master and two assistants, who enjoy Vatican protection. October 1, 1947.