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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)

Station Gardens in Britain

Station Gardens in Britain.

The railway station of to-day is a very different affair from that of a decade or two ago. Not only has equipment of every kind shown immense improvement, but from the viewpoint of cleanliness and general appearance the modern station is one hundred per cent, better than its nineteenth century counterpart. An attractive railway station can do far more to attract business than at first sight appears to be the case. At Home we have evidence in abundance of the value of an alluring shop-window, such as is presented by a well-kept station.

In Britain the annual competitions for the best-kept railway station have for long been a feature. Some of the smaller stations annually present the most delightful of floral pictures; while in city areas, hanging baskets and platform tubs take the place of the more conventional garden beds.

A typical goods train, Great Western Railway, England.

A typical goods train, Great Western Railway, England.