Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations
Author: Jenkins, Simon
ISBN: 9780241979006
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 432
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 27mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The bestselling bard of Britain on that great institution we all love- 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.
ISBN: 9780241979006
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 432
Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 27mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The bestselling bard of Britain on that great institution we all love- 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.
