Great Railway Stations – Evoking the Spirit of Romance and Adventure – T411
25 November 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm GMT
Overview
Talk by Ian Swankie
If you think of St Pancras International or New York Grand Central you imagine long romantic journeys. You know they are special places promising excitement and adventure. But there are dozens of other glorious stations in the UK and abroad.
We will take a journey around some of the most evocative and splendid stations in the world, looking not only at the magnificence of the architecture and the brilliant engineering, but we’ll discover art within the stations.
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