#railway — Modernist Delights

Preston railway station, 2026

A covered railway station platform with yellow safety lines. Three people wait: one walks, two sit on a bench. Signs show platforms 4 and 4C. Overhead glass panels let in daylight. Tracks and brick buildings are visible in the background. Trees line the area.

Railway symmetry on my day off.

Stafford railway station, 2025

A modern railway station with multiple railway tracks in the foreground and a platform with a large concrete building above. There is a footbridge with glass panels, people waiting on the platform, and posters on the walls. Trees and a partly cloudy sky are visible.

A concrete railway station platform with a lift at the centre. Bicycles are parked nearby, and a cyclist with a blue jacket stands beside one. Signs include “NO CYCLING.” Railway tracks and another platform are visible through the yellow-tinted windows.

A close-up view of a wall covered with small square greyish-blue tiles. The tiles have a slightly rough, textured surface, and some areas on the left show discolouration or staining in a brownish tone. The overall pattern appears grid-like and repetitive.

Two people walk away down a long, enclosed pedestrian walkway with frosted windows and blue steel beams. The corridor is brightly lit, with a dark floor, yellow safety lines, and a sign above pointing to “Lifts”.

A blue door set into a concrete wall is partially blocked by an overhead ramp. A yellow warning sign and a no smoking sign are visible on the door. A propped-up yellow platform and a sign with an upward arrow and text are also seen nearby.

Frosted glass wall with vertical panels and blue triangular metal supports. A small green emergency exit sign with a running figure and arrow is mounted on the white wall below. The wooden ceiling is partially visible at the top.

A modern railway station platform with a concrete staircase in the centre, a green and white train stopped in the background, and a person standing near the train doors. Overhead lights and signage are visible under the wooden roof.

Three tall, narrow windows with frosted glass let in diffused light, surrounded by wooden panelling. The surrounding room is dark, highlighting the bright, vertical rectangles of the illuminated window panes.

A narrow metal walkway with a blue door at the end, bordered by yellow and black hazard stripes above. The walkway is flanked by concrete and railings with orange handrails, located inside a car park with some daylight visible outside.

A modern railway station with concrete and glass architecture, featuring a glass-enclosed pedestrian bridge above railway tracks, platforms below with people and bicycles, and a square tower structure in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Plymouth railway station car fortress, 2025

A multi-storey concrete car park with vertical pillars and a circular ramp is shown under a cloudy sky. A covered pay station and pavement are in front; trees and buildings are visible to the right and behind the structure.

A symmetrical section of a multi-storey car park features a central brick stairwell with windows and a blue door, flanked by open concrete parking bays. Several parked cars and a cloudy sky are visible. The setting appears urban and utilitarian.

It’s remiss of me to have been to the station so many times, but never to have taken a picture of Intercity House before it was redeveloped.

…the new station with its large office block, ‘Intercity House’, was formally opened by Dr Richard Beeching, the British Railways Chairman, on 26 March 1962.
Plymouth railway station, Wikipedia

What a privilege!

Spiral staircase at Manchester Victoria railway station, 2025

A green metal spiral staircase with mesh railings stands outdoors, sheltered partially by round roofs. It is attached to a modern building, next to a fence and construction barriers, with a cloudy sky and city buildings in the background.

Carr House Lane bridge, Lancaster, 2025

A narrow tarmac path curves under a stone railway bridge with overhead electric wires. Trees with autumn leaves and green bushes line the sides. A cloudy sky looms above. Metal railings and a blue sign are visible near the tunnel entrance.

Exeter Switching Centre seen from Exeter Central railway station, 2021

A railway station platform with a metal footbridge overhead, a large concrete building in the background, and a white sign displaying the number 15 near the tracks. The station appears empty and the sky is overcast.

Photomator randomly opened to this photo I never posted, so I guess it’s fate.

View from Farringdon Station, London, 2025

A view of the backs of various London buildings, with a Tube line with a modern Tube train running on it. At the back, centre-left, two of the Barbican towers are visible.

Check the two Barbican towers centre left – which I obviously didn’t spot until posting this picture.

Concrete ramp, London Euston station, 2025

A ramp with short sides made of concrete. In the sky, the sun is breaking through the clouds. There are trains either way of the ramp, as well as other central London buildings in the background.

As the train snaked its’ way through outer London, I thought to myself “how long until I find some concrete to photograph” – turns out, I only needed to wait until it pulled into Euston and I caught glimpse of this ramp, once used for British Rail’s Red Star Parcels service, in the moody summer sundown.

Unnecessarily good looking staircase at Manchester Oxford Road railway station, 2025

A spiral metal staircase with blue railings is attached to a small, white building at a train station. People walk along the platform, with a white train on the left. Bright daylight casts shadows, and city buildings are visible in the background.

Sign at Manchester Oxford Road station, 2024

This sign at Manchester Oxford Road is a high-vis and screwdriver jobbie for sure.