Andrew Bowden says:The Victorian palace - the cathedral of railways. And the man who helped save it for the nation. John Betjeman now looks on at the mighty train shed he helped save.
Andrew Bowden says:This is the night train. It doesn't cross the border. It doesn't bring the check or the postal order. That's another train. This one takes you to Devon and Cornwall, leaving from the moodily lit Paddington Station.
Andrew Bowden says:Railways are about people too. Here are some people in Dublin's Heuston station. Where are they going, who knows. But I'm sure they're happy to be going.
Andrew Bowden says:Enough about the people. Time for more architecture. If St Pancras is the Victorian cathedral for railways, then Liège-Guillemins must surely be amongst the contenders for the cathedral for the modern age.
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