{"id":15451,"date":"2016-05-27T05:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=15451"},"modified":"2016-05-27T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T12:52:13","slug":"tracking-the-light-presents-london-terminals-may-2016-a-dozen-new-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracking-the-light-presents-london-terminals-may-2016-a-dozen-new-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the Light presents: London Terminals\u2014May 2016; a Dozen new Photos."},"content":{"rendered":"

London boasts some of the most historic and most famous big city railway terminals.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month I visited several of these stations during the course of my travels.<\/p>\n

\"Soon
Soon Euston may be dramatically redeveloped. Yet, owing to its 1960s design, this terminal may be among the least photographed in modern times. FujiFilm X-T1 photo, May 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Euston
Euston Station, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Departure
Departure boards at London Euston in May 2016. FujiFilm X-T1 photo, May 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hassard Stacpoole brought me on a tour of London\u2019s 1960-era Euston Station to show me sites of anticipated changes to this busy terminus as result of its planned redevelopment.<\/p>\n

My favorite London station is St. Pancras. Which is yours?<\/p>\n

\"The
The most elegant and ornate London terminus is St. Pancras. The head house originally served as the Midland Grand Hotel as well as booking offices. Today the grand old building is again a hotel, while the station serves Eurostar trains to Paris, Lille and Brussels as well as domestic services using the old Midland route. FujiFilm X-T1 photo with Zeiss 12mm lens, May 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"St.
St. Pancras train shed was restored during redevelopment in 2007. FujiFilm X-T1 photo with 12mm Zeiss lens, May 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kings
Kings Cross, London, May 2016. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kings
Kings Cross, London, May 2016. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grand
Grand Central train at Kings Cross, London, May 2016. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Statue
Statue of Isambard K. Brunel at Paddington Station, London. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Paddington
Paddington Station, London. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"London
London Victoria on a quiet Sunday morning. Lumix LX7 photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
I feature several of London\u2019s stations in my recent book Railway Depots, Stations and Terminals<\/a> published last year by Voyageur Press.<\/h5>\n

Tracking the Light posts daily.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London boasts some of the most historic and most famous big city railway terminals. Earlier this month I visited several of these stations during the course of my travels. Hassard Stacpoole brought me on a tour of London\u2019s 1960-era Euston Station to show me sites of anticipated changes to this busy terminus as result of … Continue reading Tracking the Light presents: London Terminals\u2014May 2016; a Dozen new Photos.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,3553,7535,741,697,3560,2236,3541],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/St_Pancras_DSCF7061.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-41d","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15451"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15453,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15451\/revisions\/15453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}