Britain's 100 best railway stations / Simon Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Simon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Railroad stations--Great Britain--History.

Railroad stations.

Railroad stations--Great Britain--History--Pictorial works.

Railroad stations--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Railroad stations--Social aspects.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History

Illustrated works

Physical Description:

ix, 326 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Britain's one hundred best railway stations

Place of Publication:

UK : VIKING, 2017.

Summary:

It is the location of all our hopeful beginnings and intended ends; an institution with its own rituals and priests; and a long-neglected aspect of Britain's architecture: the railway station. Bestselling historian Simon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of the country to select this joyous celebration of our social history. With his usual insight and authority, he describes the history, geography, design and significance of each of these glories; explores their role in the national imagination; champions the engineers, architects and rival companies that made them possible; and tells the story behind the development, triumphs and follies of these very British creations. From Waterloo to Whitby, St Pancras to Stirling, these are the marvellous, often undersung places that link our nation.

Contents:

London: termini

London: suburban & underground

South-east

South-west

East Anglia

Midlands

North-west

Yorkshire & North-east

Wales

Scotland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

024197898X

9780241978986

OCLC:

987337288