Routledge Revivals: The Atlas of British Railway History (1985)

Informationen zum Autor Michael Freeman, Derek Aldcroft Zusammenfassung First published in 1985, this Atlas uses over 50 specially drawn maps to trace the rise and fall of the railways’ fortunes. Financial and operating statistics are clearly presented in diagrammatic form and provide a wealth of information on railway history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; PART ONE 1. Precursors 2. Birth 3. Pioneers 1: Stockton and Darlington 4. Pioneers 2: Liverpool and Manchester 5. A Network Created 6. Railway Mania 7. The Railway System by 1850 8. The Broad Gauge 9. Social Benefits 10. Railways in the Landscape PART TWO 11. The Network Matures: 1850-1875 12. The Growth of Traffic 13. The Locomotive Stable 14. Network Intensification: 1875-1914 15. The Race to the North 16. Railways and Towns 17. Railway Pricing 18. Traffic Density: 1901 19. Edwardian Zenith PART THREE 20. World War One 21. The Railways in 1921 22. The Grouping: 1923 23. Steam Power at its Zenith 24. A New Age in Passenger Services 25. Southern Electric 26. Road Competition: The Railway Response 27. Railway Air Services 28. The Railways in 1938 PART FOUR 29. World War Two 30. The Big Four in Twilight 31. Nationalisation 32. Modernisation 33. Air and Road Competition 34. The Beeching Era 35. Into a New Age… Or Lingering Decline? 36. Now They Are Closed… Now They Are Open; Acknowledgements

Product details

• Authors: Derek Aldcroft, Michael Freeman, Michael Aldcroft Freeman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138566330
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56633-0
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; History, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Transport industries, Trains & railways: general interest, Historical maps and atlases, Historical maps & atlases, Trains and railways: general interest, Railway transport industries