Steven Parissien is Director of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.

This is a superbly illustrated book, with photographs of both stations lost and stations still with us and, indeed, in some cases, such as Bedford, examples both of what has gone and what has replaced it. ... this is a worthwhile and in many senses pioneering work.Graham Kent, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

• 1. Genesis 2. Boldness and enterprise 3. The country station 4. The urban station 5. Cathedrals of steam 6. Demolition and decay 7. Brave new British Rail 8. A new railway age

Steven Parissien is Director of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.

This is a superbly illustrated book, with photographs of both stations lost and stations still with us and, indeed, in some cases, such as Bedford, examples both of what has gone and what has replaced it. ... this is a worthwhile and in many senses pioneering work.Graham Kent, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

• 1. Genesis 2. Boldness and enterprise 3. The country station 4. The urban station 5. Cathedrals of steam 6. Demolition and decay 7. Brave new British Rail 8. A new railway age

Steven Parissien is Director of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.

This is a superbly illustrated book, with photographs of both stations lost and stations still with us and, indeed, in some cases, such as Bedford, examples both of what has gone and what has replaced it. ... this is a worthwhile and in many senses pioneering work.Graham Kent, Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society

• 1. Genesis 2. Boldness and enterprise 3. The country station 4. The urban station 5. Cathedrals of steam 6. Demolition and decay 7. Brave new British Rail 8. A new railway age