London S Historic Railway Terminal Stations

Author : Geoff Swaine
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781526761897

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London's Historic Railway Terminal Stations by Geoff Swaine Pdf

This book covers in pictures, the history and development of London's main terminal stations, looking at the stations through the lens of photographers from Victorian and Edwardian times through to the modern era. The main terminal stations in London have changed greatly in the last 150 years, this volume seeks through pictures to capture the spirit of those changes, showing the often interesting and colorful history of these great and often beautiful structures, that are an important part of our railway heritage.

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780711266612

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London's Great Railway Stations by Oliver Green Pdf

A lavish photographic history of all the key railway stations of London for transport buffs and anyone interested in the rich history of London.

Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1069639830

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LONDON'S HISTORIC RAILWAY STATIONS by John Betjeman Pdf

Author : Robert Lordan
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781785008696

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Waterloo Station by Robert Lordan Pdf

London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With over 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms; the expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century; how Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and the Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.....

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781445651118

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London's Historic Railway Stations Through Time by John Christopher Pdf

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the capital’s major railway stations have changed and developed over the years.

Author : Chris Heather
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780719827655

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London Railway Stations by Chris Heather Pdf

Built as part of the massive expansion of Great Britain's railway network during the nineteenth century, London's thirteen mainline railway stations are proud symbols of the nation's industrial and architectural heritage. Produced in association with The National Archives, and profusely illustrated with period photographs and diagrams, London Railway Stations tells the story of these iconic stations and of the people who created them and used them. Though built in an age of steam, smoke, gas lamps and horses, most retain features of their original design. This book will bring new light to these old buildings, and help you to see London's mainline stations through new eyes. Lavishly illustrated with black & white and some colour photographs.

Author : Oliver Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781784425067

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London's Railway Stations by Oliver Green Pdf

An illustrated historical tour of London's 13 great railway termini, on a clockwise circuit from Paddington to Victoria. London's railway termini are among the most recognisable and familiar landmarks in the city. Famed for their bustling platforms and architectural innovation, they comprise a fascinating mixture of Neo-Gothic exuberance and purposeful modernity. Though each owes its existence to a long-extinct Victorian railway company, these stations continue to be central to London life, with millions of visitors passing through every year. This historical whistlestop tour takes you on a circuit of London's thirteen great railway termini, from Paddington, through King's Cross, to Victoria. Ranging from the earliest stations to the latest restorations and ongoing developments, this beautifully illustrated book examines both their legacy and their future.

Author : John Betjeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Railroad stations
ISBN : 1854142542

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London's Historic Railway Stations by John Betjeman Pdf

Author : Samuel Rea
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 133206583X

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The Railways Terminating in London by Samuel Rea Pdf

Excerpt from The Railways Terminating in London: With a Description of the Terminal Stations, and the Underground Railways In the spring of 1887 the author had occasion to visit England, and being impressed with the great development of the railway system in the city of London, especially the terminal facilities and arrangements, he studied them on the ground, and he also examined into the financial condition of the representative railways of England; and the following pages are the result of his studies and observations. The purpose of this review is to present a short account of the railways having their termini in London; an authentic statement of their mileage; their financial condition at the present time, with some reference to their history; the amount of their revenue as derived from passenger and freight traffic and from miscellaneous sources; the number of passengers conveyed annually by them; and the proportion per cent, of working expenditure to gross receipts. Also a description of the metropolitan terminal stations of these various railways, and a narrative, with a brief history, of the Metropolitan Railways, which are better known as the Underground Railways. To make the subject clearly and easily understood, the very best maps obtainable for the purpose have been secured and made part of the review. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jeffrey Richards,John MacDonald MacKenzie,John M. MacKenzie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015031769907

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The Railway Station by Jeffrey Richards,John MacDonald MacKenzie,John M. MacKenzie Pdf

This delightful and wide-ranging compendium' (Books and Bookmen) captures the mystique of railway stations by crossing the disciplines of history, literature, art, and architecture in a sweeping global survey unique in its scope.

Author : David Bownes,Chris Nix,Siddy Holloway,Sam Mullins
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300245790

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Hidden London by David Bownes,Chris Nix,Siddy Holloway,Sam Mullins Pdf

Travel under the streets of London with this lavishly illustrated exploration of abandoned, modified, and reused Underground tunnels, stations, and architecture.

Author : Paul Dobraszczyk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351562089

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"Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain " by Paul Dobraszczyk Pdf

Vilified by leading architectural modernists and Victorian critics alike, mass-produced architectural ornament in iron has received little sustained study since the 1960s; yet it proliferated in Britain in the half century after the building of the Crystal Palace in 1851 - a time when some architects, engineers, manufacturers, and theorists believed that the fusion of iron and ornament would reconcile art and technology and create a new, modern architectural language. Comprehensively illustrated and richly researched, Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain presents the most sustained study to date of the development of mechanised architectural ornament in iron in nineteenth-century architecture, its reception and theorisation by architects, critics and engineers, and the contexts in which it flourished, including industrial buildings, retail and seaside architecture, railway stations, buildings for export and exhibition, and street furniture. Appealing to architects, conservationists, historians and students of nineteenth-century visual culture and the built environment, this book offers new ways of understanding the notion of modernity in Victorian architecture by questioning and re-evaluating both Victorian and modernist understandings of the ideological split between historicism and functionalism, and ornament and structure.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : UIUC:30112106910273

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Preservation and Reuse of Railway Stations of Historic Or Architectural Merit by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce Pdf

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781627887786

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Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals by Brian Solomon Pdf

From the railway's beginnings, the station building, itself, had civic importance greater than ordinary structures. Let historian Brian Solomon show you how beautifully it filled that role. Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals is a unique book about some of the finest, most interesting, and most famous railway stations. Contemporary photographs, historic images, and postcard views provide an in-depth look at the architectural gems that dot the railroad landscape. The railway station has a special role in people's lives. Stations have served as the gateway to the world's great cities and the point of contact for remote towns. The inherent nature of the station is different from that of other buildings; it is an entrance, an exit, a place to rest, and a stop along the way. It can be the first thing a traveler sees and the last memory of a favorite city. Facing both the street and the tracks, the station is naturally a point of departure and a face of the city it serves. Brian Solomon, one of today's most accomplished railway historians, leads you through a one-of-a-kind exploration of the history and architecture of depots, stations, and terminals.

Author : Mark Casson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191570414

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The World's First Railway System by Mark Casson Pdf

The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done. It reveals how weaknesses in regulation and defects in government policy resulted in enormous inefficiency in the Victorian system that Britain lives with today. British railway companies developed into powerful regional monopolies, which then contested each other's territories. When denied access to existing lines in rival territories, they built duplicate lines instead. Plans for an integrated national system, sponsored by William Gladstone, were blocked by Members of Parliament because of a perceived conflict with the local interests they represented. Each town wanted more railways than its neighbours, and so too many lines were built. The costs of these surplus lines led ultimately to higher fares and freight charges, which impaired the performance of the economy. The book will be the definitive source of reference for those interested in the economic history of the British railway system. It makes use of a major new historical source, deposited railway plans, integrates transport and local history through its regional analysis of the railway system, and provides a comprehensive, classified bibliography.