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Station: A journey through 20th and 21st century railway architecture and design
A glorious global celebration of modern railway architecture in the mid-20th century and beyond.
Many railway books are about nostalgia for the steam age, but this one is a global study of railway architecture from the 1950s onwards and into the future. In 50 fascinating entries, renowned travel and architecture writer Christopher Beanland looks primarily at stations but also covers starkly brutalist signal boxes and depots, charming art-adorned undergrounds and international examples of pioneering signage and design.
Station explores LA's iconic Union Station, the verdant Atocha Station in Madrid and Warsaw's spectacular modernist stations, but it also includes less familiar examples such as Saudi Arabia's high-speed Haramain Line, the joyous monorail at Walt Disney World Resort and Mexico's anticipated Tren Maya. The book also contains essays on topics including hanging railways in Germany and Japan, the intriguing architecture and design of Berlin's U-Bahn stations and the joy of interrailing.
Illustrated with glorious photographs throughout, this stylish and contemporary book is a celebration of modern railway architecture at its best and will appeal to rail enthusiasts and architecture aficionados alike.
Many railway books are about nostalgia for the steam age, but this one is a global study of railway architecture from the 1950s onwards and into the future. In 50 fascinating entries, renowned travel and architecture writer Christopher Beanland looks primarily at stations but also covers starkly brutalist signal boxes and depots, charming art-adorned undergrounds and international examples of pioneering signage and design.
Station explores LA's iconic Union Station, the verdant Atocha Station in Madrid and Warsaw's spectacular modernist stations, but it also includes less familiar examples such as Saudi Arabia's high-speed Haramain Line, the joyous monorail at Walt Disney World Resort and Mexico's anticipated Tren Maya. The book also contains essays on topics including hanging railways in Germany and Japan, the intriguing architecture and design of Berlin's U-Bahn stations and the joy of interrailing.
Illustrated with glorious photographs throughout, this stylish and contemporary book is a celebration of modern railway architecture at its best and will appeal to rail enthusiasts and architecture aficionados alike.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2024
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March 15, 2026
Ever since passenger railways became a common means of transit beginning in the mid 19th century in some of countries throughout the world, the train stations of the world have held a unique niche in architecture. Since the mid 19th century, the architects who design train stations have designed stations in every possible architectural style.
In this book, Christopher Beanland analyzes 50 historic train stations in various countries throughout the world; he includes descriptions of the history of the architecture of each of the stations that he includes in this book along with photo illustrations, thus enabling us to see the evolution of the design of the architecture of train stations throughout the world.
People who are interested in railroad history as well as people who are interested in architectural history will enjoy this book.
In this book, Christopher Beanland analyzes 50 historic train stations in various countries throughout the world; he includes descriptions of the history of the architecture of each of the stations that he includes in this book along with photo illustrations, thus enabling us to see the evolution of the design of the architecture of train stations throughout the world.
People who are interested in railroad history as well as people who are interested in architectural history will enjoy this book.
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