Simon Jenkins’ novel book tells the history of Britain’s railways through the island’s 100 best stations. We pick 10 gems,from grand old York to a Highland outpostNowhere is British railway architecture so honoured as in Huddersfield, one of the few stations fit to rank with the great union terminuses of the continent. Sir John Betjeman declared it “the most splendid facade in England”. The main entrance presides over St George’s Square with a princely confidence, or focus of what is a scarce survivor of a north-country commercial town plan. Among the fountains stands a statue of Huddersfield’s son,Harold Wilson, looking as whether anxious to catch a train.
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Source: guardian.co.uk