
London Underground Timeline
Robert Rowland(Author)
Pen & Sword Transport (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2018
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-4738-2812-4 (ISBN)
Description
London Underground Time Line is the story of the London Underground network, from 1863 to the present day. The book charts the system as it evolved from the early cut and cover Metropolitan and Metropolitan & District Rlys, through to the early deep level tubes, such as the City & South London, Hampstead, Central London and Baker Street & Waterloo, which were cut through the London clay and are the backbone of the modern system. The book looks at the trains, infrastructure and operating systems that make up this famous and extensive transport network that is the envy of the world. The book takes the reader on a journey through time from the Victorian steam era, through to the system of today with its new S Stock and futuristic project for driverless trains, which are planned to enter service within the next decade. The book contains many old and often rare pictures and maps of the system at various periods of its development, which will fascinate and intrigue the reader.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Barnsley
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Illustrations
25 colour illustrations & 75 black and white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4738-2812-4 (9781473828124)
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Person
Robert Rowland was born in Leeds on the 7 May 1958. He was a life-long transport and railway enthusiast, who later went on to work for London Underground, firstly as a booking clerk and later as a member of station staff at a number of underground stations, finishing at Southwark station on the Jubilee line. Sadly, he died at the early age of fifty-eight, shortly after finishing this book, London Underground Time Line, which tells the story of the network from 1863 to the present day.