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Detailed yet accessible look at various "lost" railroads that once crossed London. The author, a distinguished transportation journalist, analyses abandoned routes such as London Transport's Acton Town to South acton branch, the British Railway's Hammersmith and Chiswick branch, the former London, Chatham and Dover's route to the Crystal Palace High Level as well as lines that were proposed but never built: the Metropolitan District's Outer Circle scheme, Chalmers Kearney's tube proposals, and Colonel Holmes Stephens's Southern Light Railway. The author alos looks to the future, outlining proposals that would increase the viability of London's existing rail network: the Friends of North London Route, the British Railway schemes for cross-London traffic, Shoreditch-Dalton tube service, the use of London and Blackwall tracks east of Stepney for the River Line. With black and white photos, maps, and index. 139 pages.
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- PublisherBOOK CLUB ASSOCIATES
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 1125869216
- ISBN 13 9781125869215
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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