German Railways - A Study in the Historical Geography of Transport

Originally published in 1979, this volume is an invaluable study of a railway system and its adjustment to changing political-geographical conditions, as well as changes in economic and social geography.

List of contents

Introduction. 1. Some Comparisons with Britain 2. The German Railway Network in its Physical Setting i) Northern Lowlands ii) Central Uplands iii) Southwestern Scarps and Vales iv) Alpine Foreland and Alps 3. Historical Growth of the German Railway Network 4. Particularism and the Railways 5. The Aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War 6. Railways and Strategy 7. The Shift from Private to State Railways 8. Particularism and Railway Operations 9. Railways After the 1914-1918 War 10. Creation of the Deutsche Reichsbahn 11. The Years after 1945 12. Aspects of Traffic and Services 12. Freight Traffic.

About the author

R. E. H. Mellor was Professor of Geography at the University of Aberdeen, U.K.

Summary

Originally published in 1979, this volume is an invaluable study of a railway system and its adjustment to changing political-geographical conditions, as well as changes in economic and social geography.

Product details

• Authors: R. E. H. Mellor, Roy E. H. Mellor, Mellor Roy E. H.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9780367744472
• ISBN: 978-0-367-74447-2
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Routledge Library Edtions: Global Transport Planning
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Germany, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, TRANSPORTATION / General, TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / General, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy, Railway technology, engineering and trades, Railway Technology, Engineering & Trades