British Railway Stations 1825-1900

As you can imagine. in the country which invented the modern railway, there have been a lot of railway stations in Great Britain. There are currently over 2,500 stations on the network (i've been to a mere 559 of them to date - you can see pictures, videos and information on the stations i have visited in my railway station website!) Plus, hundreds more preserved stations.

However, thousands of stations have been closed as well. There were over 9,000 stations in existence during the 20th century. There were also 1,200 stations which opened and closed in the 19th century, this book covers these.

This is an excellent reference work by Paul Smith and Sally Salmon. Each station is given an entry detailing the dates of opening and closing, it's location (sometimes assumed) and also a snippet from a period Ordnance Survey map showing where the station used to be.

Many of the stations were simply replaced by larger, more capable stations as the rail industry developed and expanded. However, other stations too were closed and the line removed. Robbing some communities of a rail connection for over a hundred years.

An excellent little book which i will no doubt find useful in my own railway book writings. Now for some photographs of open stations!

Wendover

Hinckley

Crewe

Bearley