London’s Great Railway Stations

By Oliver Green & Benjamin Graham (hardback, Frances Lincoln, 272pp, £35, ISBN 978 0 7112 6661 2). EXPERT London transport author Oliver Green and award-winning photographer Benjamin Graham have joined forces to produce this splendid portrait of the capital's main line termini, which are among its most magnificent architectural monuments.

Each of the termini – Blackfriars, Cannon Street, Charing Cross, Euston, Fenchurch Street, King's Cross, Liverpool Street, London Bridge, Marylebone, Paddington, St Pancras, Victoria and Waterloo – is allocated a chapter, giving its history and details of modern-day developments.

The superb photography was undertaken during 2020 and 2021 when, because of the pandemic, the stations were at their quietest in many years.

The foreword to this very attractive presentation volume has been written by Sir Peter Hendy, the current chairman of Network Rail, who was previously the Commissioner of Transport for London.

CELEBRATING CAPITAL TRANSPORT GREATNESS