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1st November 2022

Commuters and users of buses, tubes, and trains at dusk move in a different world of bright London Underground roundels, warmly lit buses, and stations like beacons along darkening railways lines. Letchworth Station, Scene at Dusk (undated, in the North Hertfordshire Museum) by Francis King (1905-2001) is typical of small provincial stations at this time of year. It is on the line between King's Cross and Cambridge, and is still exactly as shown above. 

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