| The Metropolitan Railway as the first underground railway in the world acquired a pioneering ethos from its beginning. Railways had been busily engaged with the nation's commerce since the 1830s, but London's unique problems of overcrowding in the centre and the density of traffic and people meant that some form of transport was needed across the city. This had to have speed and outstanding capacity, well beyond the horse drawn vehicles of the time. The answer was, obviously, a railway. The story of that railway and its subsequent extension into Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Buckinghamshire is detailed in three books of which this is the first. This volume, in its 160 pages, contains, with the text, more than 250 fine photographs, line illustrations and track diagrams. It is intended as a highly visual account of the original Inner Circle line and branch to Hammersmith. The extension line north is taken in this volume as far as Rickmansworth. There is much to compare with the present as these lines are as active now as they ever were under the administration of London Transport and Chiltern Railways No Contents Listing Published Continent: Europe
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