In this book only Spruit is mentioned as architect, but Frank Nix, son of Thomas, who made the tile mosaic, is sure that his father was co-designer. | The book by ir. C. Douma follows on from H. Romers' "Railway Architecture of the Netherlands 1841-1938. It describes all the stations built between 1938-1998 and is illustrated with many photographs and drawings. Also, each chapter is introduced with a reflection on the development of the NS and the consequences this had for station construction. It is the standard work for postwar station architecture because of its comprehensiveness and well-documented reflections. Ir. C. Douma joined the NS in 1960 and became Van der Gaast's successor. He designed a very large number of stations, realized between 1962 and 1986. The book begins with two stations by Schelling from 1939, Amsterdam Muiderpoort and Amsterdam Amstel. Then the first chapter describes the period of reconstruction 1945-1960. At the beginning of this period, Schelling and Van Ravesteyn designed several more stations, Schelling in the Northern Netherlands and Van Ravesteyn in the Southern Netherlands. Starting in 1952, the first station buildings were completed by Van der Gaast, who had joined the NS in 1950. In the next chapter, "The façade breached 1960-1965," Douma devotes considerable attention to Van der Gaast's stations Almelo, Schiedam Centrum and Tilburg. Then follows the chapter 'Austerity and loss of identity 1960-1980' in which standard buildings are developed and stations such as Utrecht CS and Den Haag CS are designed. Another heyday followed from 1980; the NS again invested in station architecture and hired a number of young, talented architects to do so. | In this book, the author, who is himself chief architect for the Railways, has mainly dealt with the new stations. The stations Maastricht (1913), Eindhoven (1912), Roosendaal (1905), Weert (1912) and Heeze (1913) are mentioned. The new Heeze stop (1976) was placed 1200 meters away, causing the monumental 1913 Van Heukelom building to lose its function. A register is available.