STORY OF LONDON`S UNDERGROUND - 11TH EDITION

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London's underground railways began life as independent companies, built on the money of private investors and banks. The Metropolitan Railway, opened in 1863, was followed by the Hammersmith & City in 1864 and the Metropolitan District Railway in 1868. The first deep-level tube electric railway opened in 1890 between the City and Stockwell and this was followed between 1900 and 1907 by a level of tube railway building in London that has never been equalled. During this seven-year period, the core of today's Central, Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Northern lines was completed and it was to be more than sixty years before another completely new line, the Victoria Line, was opened. This book covers all the major developments on the London Underground and many of the less significant, but fascinating, aspects of its history. The extensive research that has gone into the text of this new edition has also been applied to the illustrations and all known sources of Underground material have been tapped.

Contents:

• Introduction
• The Metropolitan Railway
• The District and the Inner Circle
• Steaming Ahead
• The East London Railway
• The Tower Subway
• The First Electric Tube Railway
• The Waterloo & City
• The Central London Railway
• A Bigger Tube – The GN&CR
• Metropolitan and District Electrification
• The Yerkes Tube
• Bakerloo Extensions
• Movement on the Met
• Improving the System, 1920-1933
• New Trains, New Standards
• The LPTB Takes Over
• The Underground at War
• The Post-War Era, 1945-1959
• A Brand New Line
• Triumphs and Tragedies
• Promise of a New Dawn
• Private Finance Again
• Index

Continent: Europe
Country: UK
Area: UK London

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