Category:
Stations & Buildings: Atmosphere & Architecture
ISBN Number:
0 7153 5949 5
Blurb of Book:
Much has been written about Victorian railways, trains and locomotives, but little about the stations. Yet at their peak the railway owned 90,000 stations, forming a microcosm of Victorian taste and culture.
Name of Publisher:
David & Charles
Edition of the Book:
First
Print Year:
1973
Print Location:
Newton Abbot, England
Where to buy:
On internet from U.K.
The book surveys the development of the English raililway station up to 1923, from the earliest makeshift structures through charming erections of the golden age of railway building in the 1840s and 1850s to the standardised designs of the big pre-grouping companies which were just as distinctive as their engines and rolling stock. A chapter is also devoted to famous railway architects. The book also reviews the numerous decorative and functional fixtures and fittings like platform seats, lamps, name boards and notices, footbridges and awning details.