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A Book by
John A Gray |
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[325] |  TITLES ON ALL SUBJECTS IN THE SERIES 'LONDON SUBURBAN RAILWAYS' | |
| Built by the enterprising Metropolitan Railway, these lines developed as a result of its active creation of “metro-land”. Starting as small rural halts, many stations are illustrated during their rapid traffic growth period when some still had coal yards. The change in rolling stock and traction is ... | |
| In its early years, the Caterham branch was an uneconomical rural single line. Tattenham Corner was not reached until this century, the branch being exceptionally busy on Epsom Race days. Both lines have spawned extensive residential development, the resulting station alterations and rolling stock ... | |
| The high level route between Greenwich and London Bridge has its origins in London's first railway, opened more than 150 years ago. Details of this, along with the later termini at Charing Cross and Cannon Street, add to the fascinating story and interesting photographs of the North Kent Line. The ... | |
| This complex route has more junctions per mile than most and has carried a great variety of suburban services and diverted trains. Historically, the line was the main reason for the immense success of the Crystal Palace, its fascinating Low Level station being extensively illustrated. | |
| Seldom mentioned in the railway press, this railway backwater has a fascinating history. It has carried a great variety of excursions, special trains and freight in addition to the daily electrics. All these are illustrated extensively, as are the varied historic stations. | |
| This album features the last main line to enter London from the south and the only one to make a connection with railways in the north. Its years of decline and recent revival are fully illustrated, along with many of the long-closed stations of South East London. | |
| Built mainly to attract residential traffic to London, these routes have also carried varied freight services. Both aspects are extensively illustrated, along with the changes that have taken place to stations, structures and signalling. | |
| Wimbledon is regarded as the second most important railway junction in south-west London and has had a long and fascinating evolution. Radiating from it and included herein is the SR-built line to Sutton, the hybrid tracks to East Putney and the two routes to Tooting. | |
| The lines south of Lewisham were part of the South Eastern Railway's suburban system and eventually became busy electrified routes. The changing architecture and varied trains of the inaccurately named 'Mid-Kent Line' are illustrated in detail and maps are included of every station on this line and ... | |
| The West Croydon - Wimbledon route was the earliest railway in the district but has always been a quiet railway byway. The Peckham Rye - Sutton route became part of a main line to the coast and a busy suburban artery. Both were worked by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway and have had a ... | |
| This unique route has had three types of electrification, a great variety of freight traffic, official and local vandalism and, after years of neglect, much of it has been upgraded as an international route. The photographic coverage is thus exceptionally varied. Broad Street is specially featured. | |
| The route has a number of unusual features. These include its mainly elevated position, its early overhead electrification and its large number of junctions. All these are extensively illustrated along with its varied rolling stock, notably the fleet that was built to run under the AC wires. | |
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