British Railways Poster, Holiday Guides 1955

British Railways poster "Holiday Guides 1955" featuring map of Great Britain with corresponding guides. Published by the British Transport Commission and printed in London by Ernest J Day and Company Limited.

Posters and eye-catching travel guides were used by railway companies at stations to promote leisure activities, holidays and travel opportunities to passengers waiting for their train. Railway companies regularly commissioned graphic artists to design the posters to make them visually engaging and market attractive things to do by train to encourage more customers.