The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground was Built and How it Changed the City Forever
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (997 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0857890697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Christian Wolmar is a writer and broadcaster, principally on transport matters. . He writes regularly for a wide variety of publications including the Independent, Evening Standard and Rail magazine, and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator. His previous books include the widely-acclaimed Fire and Steam, Blood, Iron and Gold and Engines of War
The Subterranean Railway reveals London's hidden wonder in all its glory and shows how the railway beneath the streets helped create the city we know today.. In The Subterranean Railway, Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground passenger railway: one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the Underground's contribution to twentieth-century industrial design and its role during two world wars, the story comes right up to the present with its sleek, driverless trains and the wrangles over the future of the system
Railway politics were ever thus. Independent An excellent history of the London Underground The Times . -- Tom Fort Sunday Telegraph The ferocious rivalries, administrative bungles, short-sighted compromises, cost over-runs and delays. I can think of few better ways to while away those elastic periods awaiting the arrival of the next eastbound Circle Line train than by reading this book
Creating The Gap of "Mind the Gap!" Mr. Joe "The District (Line) attracted considerable negative (press) coverage with various mechanical failures and, in particular, its primitive air-operated doors which apparently had a tendency to tear off ladies' skirts, something particularly shocking to the Edwardian psyche." - from THE SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAYDisclaimer: If you've never visited London and/or fallen in love with the Underground, or at least have no interest in how such mass transportation evolves, then you're likely to find THE SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAY excr. Fascinating history of the London Underground M. A. Krul Popular railway writer/journalist Christian Wolmar is known for his readable and intelligent books on the British railways and their history. In "The Subterranean Railway", he has applied his skills to writing a history of the London Underground, its construction, development, companies and politics. In the best traditions of popular history the book covers all the aspects of the tube's history, from the first suggestions for underground rail to the modern extensions. It covers the technical aspects of constructin. Subterranean Railways Peter Hughes Yet another book By Christian Wolmar on the history of British railways, this time on the evolution of the 'Underground'.It is another well researched and authoritative guide on British Rail transport. He leaves no stone unturned in his research of engineering and politics in the planning and development of what is today the first and one of the most complex underground rail systems in the world.