London's Great Railway Stations
Title | London's Great Railway Stations PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver Green |
Publisher | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2021-11-23 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0711266611 |
A lavish photographic history of all the key railway stations of London for transport buffs and anyone interested in the rich history of London.
Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
Title | Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Jenkins |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2017-09-28 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0241978998 |
Discover the architectural gems that are Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations in this Sunday Times top 10 bestseller 'This is a cracker . . . a beautiful book' Chris Evans It is the scene for our hopeful beginnings and our intended ends, and the timeless experiences of coming and going, meeting, greeting and parting. It is an institution with its own rituals and priests, and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture. And yet so little do we look at the railway station. Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of Great Britain, from Waterloo to Wemyss Bay, Betws-y-Coed to Beverley, to select his hundred best railway stations. Blending his usual insight and authority with his personal reflections and experiences - including his founding the Railway Heritage Trust - the foremost expert on our national heritage deftly reveals the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories. Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of our social history shows the station's role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the triumphs and follies of these very British creations. These are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation, celebrated like never before. 'However spectacular the book's photographs, it's the author's prowess as a phrase-maker that keeps you turning the pages' The Times 'An uplifting exploration of our social history' Guardian
London Railway Stations
Title | London Railway Stations PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Heather |
Publisher | The Crowood Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2018-10-23 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0719827655 |
Built as part of the massive expansion of Great Britain's railway network during the nineteenth century, London's thirteen mainline railway stations are proud symbols of the nation's industrial and architectural heritage. Produced in association with The National Archives, and profusely illustrated with period photographs and diagrams, London Railway Stations tells the story of these iconic stations and of the people who created them and used them. Though built in an age of steam, smoke, gas lamps and horses, most retain features of their original design. This book will bring new light to these old buildings, and help you to see London's mainline stations through new eyes. Lavishly illustrated with black & white and some colour photographs.
Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City
Title | Cathedrals of Steam: How London's Great Stations Were Built - And How They Transformed the City PDF eBook |
Author | Christian Wolmar |
Publisher | Atlantic Books (UK) |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2022-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781786499226 |
London hosts a dozen major railway stations, more than any comparable city. King's Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Marylebone, Paddington, Victoria, Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Waterloo, London Bridge, Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street--these great termini are the hub of London's transport system and their complex history, of growth, decline and epic renewal has determined much of the city's character today. Christian Wolmar tells the dramatic and compelling story of how these great cathedrals of steam were built by competing private railway companies between 1836 and 1900, reveals their immediate impact on the capital and explores the evolution of the stations and the city up to the present day.
Great Western Railway Stations
Title | Great Western Railway Stations PDF eBook |
Author | Allen Jackson |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2017-04-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445670127 |
A lavishly illustrated survey of a wide range of GWR stations.
London's Railway Stations
Title | London's Railway Stations PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver Green |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2022-04-28 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1784425060 |
An illustrated historical tour of London's 13 great railway termini, on a clockwise circuit from Paddington to Victoria. London's railway termini are among the most recognisable and familiar landmarks in the city. Famed for their bustling platforms and architectural innovation, they comprise a fascinating mixture of Neo-Gothic exuberance and purposeful modernity. Though each owes its existence to a long-extinct Victorian railway company, these stations continue to be central to London life, with millions of visitors passing through every year. This historical whistlestop tour takes you on a circuit of London's thirteen great railway termini, from Paddington, through King's Cross, to Victoria. Ranging from the earliest stations to the latest restorations and ongoing developments, this beautifully illustrated book examines both their legacy and their future.
The Railway Station
Title | The Railway Station PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Richards |
Publisher | |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Railroad stations |
ISBN | 9780571269037 |
In the preface the authors describe their approach, 'In examining the social history of railway stations we were concerned to treat them not as inanimate objects, but as living, breathing places which, better than any other building type of the last 150 years, reflected the societies around them, public buildings which people used in all sorts of ways and whose significance they instantly recognized when depicted in the theatre, the cinema, paintings, photographs, poetry, novels, and travel works. For this reason we have chosen to allow other voices to tell part of the story, to illustrate through quotation the central, but often differing, role of the station in so many societies and so many lives.'They succeed triumphantly in this aim. After the introduction aptly called 'The Mystique of the Railway Station' there are fifteen absorbing chapters covering: The Station in Architecture (three chapters); The Station and Society; The Station in Politics; Class, Race, and Sex; Some Station Types; The Station in the Economy (two chapters); The Station as Place of Work; The Station in Wartime (two chapters); The Usual Offices; The Station in Painting and Poetry, Postcard and Poster; and The Station in Literature and Film. The scope is comprehensive, the achievement magnificent.'written with great enthusiasm . . . packed with rich detail. This is real social history.' Asa Briggs'full of good quotations, and (the authors) write with the infectious enthusiasm of addicts, captivated by the romance of railways' Times Literary Supplement'remarkable . . . the railway station in all its aspects' A. N. Wilson.