25) And here you can see what British Railways are doing in this direction today. This is a suburban station in the electrified Southern Region south of London. It has a frequent train service, so there’s no need for build-ings on any elaborate scale. Most people, indeed, pro-bably wait no more than five minutes here for their business train in the morning. None the less, I think you’ll agree that it’s a credit to the railways.

And there’s quite a science in designing railway stations. Let me show you what I mean by a photograph of a much bigger station altogether...


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