The only place I ever feel justified in eating at Carluccio’s – upstairs, by the statue & looking straight toward the upper platforms & that roof structure.
I’m a big fan of what they’ve done to Salford Central station, which used to be absolutely bloody awful. . Now its a nice combination of the contemporary, and the old features
Love what they’ve done by leaving the exposed brickwork and lighting the tunnels
Kennington is the last remaining original station building from the City & South London Railway which was opened in 1890. The dome contains the lift winding gear, although the station was mildly remodelled in 1923/24 by Charles Holden – which is why its got that cute little moderne entrance a la bottom of the Northern Line stations ie the Claphams.
Stockwell station was the same but was pretty much completely rebuilt in 1923/24 by Holden and incorporated escalators which chopped the lift shaft in half, and then it was rebuilt in 68/70 for the Victoria Line Extension to Brixton.
I could go on for about another couple of thousand words quite easily on Kennington & Stockwell if you want… or other LUL stations…
Mmmm, agreed, totally! Saint-Exupery as it now is is an incredible building, made even more mental by the fact it used to have about 5 trains a day, literally! Now has a tramlink into the city and rather more TGVs.
Seeing that pic of the Tay Bridge – you see the row of unused pillars beyond those in use, wasn’t so great if you were trying to use that bridge in December 1879…
Have never really travelled by train much, but I always admired Newcastle Central Station, even as a kid. There’s not many places have the atmosphere of a train station like that, and I’ll wholeheartedly agree, many images don’t do it justice.
Stroud,
Wrexham,
Shrewsbury,
St Pancaras,
Huddersfield,
York inside,
Liverpool south Parkway
Liverpool Lime Street
Manchester oxford road and victoria,
A great read is British historic railway Buildings quite expensive but should be in a library and in my bookcaser
Had a soft spot for Cromford since I stayed there on a Cub Scout weekend back when the old station house was used as a youth hostel
Now that I live locally it’s the start point for some excellent riding around the area
But architecturally the building’s proportions are perfect, and I like the way the trains pop out of the tunnel straight to the station
Glad to see the waiting rooms restored, I dream one day I will have the chance to buy it and live there
Before it’s restoration it was made famous by a certain Manchester band
And another one of similar age and style, where my wife’s Aunty once waved her bloomers 🙂
Oakworth
Dunno about british stations as the last time i was on a train in this country was 32 years ago for a 10th birthday trip from dumfries to london to go to the national history museum (which was amazing).
As for international stations it is pretty hard to beat Victoria Terminus in Mumbai, an amazing building, 2million people a day pass through it
As much as I like many of the OTT Victoriana structures on display, I really do love Mcr Oxford Road.
And, in spite of spending so much time passing through there, the main hall of Euston remains a favourite piece of architecture (indeed, the whole station is superb).
Somewhat predictable but I’m plenty fond of GMV and ‘The Worm’ – a spooky old Victorian tunnel (now derelict and closed off since 1970s) which once afforded 1st class passengers privileged shelter from the rain and direct access to The Imperial Hotel.