Inside London’s Railway Termini, c.1870–1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21512546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fiona Fisher (0000-0001-8781-8849, Modern Interiors Research Centre, Kingston University, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 211-239 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The London Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-8034 • E-ISSN: 1749-6322 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03058034.2019.1710033 |
| OpenAlex | W3000026745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article explores the transformation of London’s railway termini from relatively simple, often provisional structures, designed to meet the essential practical requirements of travel, to extensive multi-functioning passenger environments in which commercial, civic, and leisure activities intersected and overlapped. Focusing on developments after 1870, it examines the ways in which expanding rail services, growing passenger numbers, new opportunities for leisure and competition from other forms of public and private transport shaped their development. Against that background it considers some of the tensions that arose as the railway companies sought to regulate their sites and exploit their commercial potential, balancing the efficient management and circulation of travellers and their belongings with the commercial opportunities afforded by a vast passenger traffic. With reference to often overlooked aspects of their visual, material and spatial culture — barriers, signage, kiosks, showcases and penny-in-the-slot machines, among others — it points to the practices and processes that influenced the growth of London’s terminal stations as socially and spatially complex commercial environments whose legacy is evident in the capital’s transport hubs of today
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |