After my work in Bristol today I found myself at the station with half an hour to spare before my train left so I decided to find today’s photo. Bristol station was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and it’s a very handsome piece of architecture. In the underpass beneath the platforms I found a series of colourful mosaics commemorating Bristol landmarks and I particularly liked this one of Brunel himself. Up on the platform I found a reminder of the station’s past as part of the Great Western Railway (or ‘God’s Wonderful Railway’ as it was often known!) in one of the old wooden benches with the GWR initials on the legs.

Interesting mosaic. Yes, it's times like these that make you stop and think about your surroundings. BuffyEyes · 2009-12-12: 13:03

Interesting mosaic. Great work:) boszorka65 · 2009-12-12: 13:32

Anyone with a moniker like that deserves all the mosaics he can get. Like the mono. revenant · 2009-12-12: 13:45

cool shots and information miltonjacob · 2009-12-12: 16:27

Love the logo - and the shot of the bench it has a real sense of history. You probably went through Box tunnel (another major achievment for IKB) I believe he designed it so the sun shon straight through it on his birthday! MouseholeKit · 2009-12-12: 17:33

great set...the bench is beautiful.. Eiram · 2009-12-13: 08:13

Very interesting shots....love the mosaic! lookagain · 2009-12-13: 08:50

i like the last one. Nice initials :-) gwena · 2009-12-14: 16:03

This is soooo cool! ????? · 2009-12-15: 04:06

Lovely shots and thanks for the history lesson. ????? · 2009-12-15: 08:42

Beautiful shots and interesting story. Could you shot Harry Potter's station platform too for me? :-) ????? · 2009-12-16: 08:44

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