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Liverpool Street photo exhibit showcases railway2 August 2025ShareSaveJess WarrenBBC NewsShareSaveNetwork RailFounder of Landscape Photographer of the Year,jogo de escolher carro Charlie Waite, with photographer Elizabeth Coles and her featured photoA photography exhibition showcasing the railway has been launched at Liverpool Street station. Created in partnership with Landscape Photographer of the Year, the Lens on the Line exhibit features 17 images taken around the country. Also being showcased is a section on the history of Liverpool Street station.The photography exhibition was created as part of a nationwide celebration of 200 years of train travel.Charlie Waite, founder of Landscape Photographer of the Year, said the display marked a "momentous railway anniversary".It is the first ever Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibition to be dedicated to the railway, with the photographs having been selected from previous years of the competition.Kate Snowden, from Network Rail Anglia, said the photos gave "remarkable new perspectives on railway scenes".Network RailLady Linda Reich said the section on the Kindertransport rescue gave passengers a chance to learn about the station's role in the missionThe history section explores the station's past, including its role in the Kindertransport rescue mission between 1938 and 1939.Lady Linda Reich, whose late husband Sir Erich Reich is depicted as a little boy in the Kindertransport memorial, said: "The history exhibition is fascinating, and it includes a section on the Kindertransport mission, which rescued Erich from Nazi Europe aged four and brought him to this country. "Liverpool Street station was the last stop on a long journey to safety for almost all the nearly 10,000 children who like him came on the Kindertransport. "I'm glad that passengers have the chance to discover such a remarkable chapter of their station's history."Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to hello.bbclondon@bbc.co.ukMore on this storyLondon transport photo archives to go on displayRelated internet linksNetwork RailPhotographyRail travelLondon
