The Metropolitan Line

Author : Mike Horne
Publisher : Capital Transport
ISBN 13 : 9781854142757
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Metropolitan Line written by Mike Horne and published by Capital Transport. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name 'Metropolitan Line' was one of several adopted in early July 1933 by the newly formed London Passenger Transport Board. At that time line names tended to reflect historical ownership, so it is no surprise to find the name 'Metropolitan Line' representing the bulk of the services hitherto operated by the newly-defunct Metropolitan Railway.

Author : MIKE. HORNE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781854144256
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book LONDON'S DISTRICT RAILWAY written by MIKE. HORNE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Edward Lee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Metropolitan Line written by Charles Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Luke Agbaimoni
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750994378
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Tube Mapper Project written by Luke Agbaimoni and published by History Press. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual exploration of the London Tube network, focusing on our shared and overlooked moments of recognition

Author : Clive Foxell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752453965
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Metropolitan Line written by Clive Foxell and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metropolitan Railway can claim to have had an influence on the evolution of our railway system out of all proportion to its tracks reaching just forty-seven miles from London. However it was the world's first underground passenger railway, built in 1863 to ease the traffic congestion of a growing London and thus creating the first metro system. Embraced by the notorious Victorian entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin as part of his ultimately unsuccessful ambition to link Manchester and Paris by rail, the Metropolitan decided to use Watkin's land to create the iconic 'Metro-land', an Arcadian form of suburbia embracing affordable housing with easy commuting to London. The brand soon became accepted as the generic description of a lifestyle and by the end of the First World War Metro-land represented the appealing factors of aspiration and affordability. This fascinating history of London's first tube line and the people involved in its evolution brings us up to date with the latest plans for this idiosyncratic railway in line with the coming 2012 Olympics. Featuring many previously unpublished photographs, it is a must for all railway enthusiasts and social historians.

Author : John Rogers
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0007557183
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City written by John Rogers and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches.

Author : Bruce Katz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815721528
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Metropolitan Revolution written by Bruce Katz and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the US, cities and metropolitan areas are facing huge economic and competitive challenges that Washington won't, or can't, solve. The good news is that networks of metropolitan leaders – mayors, business and labor leaders, educators, and philanthropists – are stepping up and powering the nation forward. These state and local leaders are doing the hard work to grow more jobs and make their communities more prosperous, and they're investing in infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority, and equipping workers with the skills they need. In The Metropolitan Revolution, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley highlight success stories and the people behind them. · New York City: Efforts are under way to diversify the city's vast economy · Portland: Is selling the "sustainability" solutions it has perfected to other cities around the world · Northeast Ohio: Groups are using industrial-age skills to invent new twenty-first-century materials, tools, and processes · Houston: Modern settlement house helps immigrants climb the employment ladder · Miami: Innovators are forging strong ties with Brazil and other nations · Denver and Los Angeles: Leaders are breaking political barriers and building world-class metropolises · Boston and Detroit: Innovation districts are hatching ideas to power these economies for the next century The lessons in this book can help other cities meet their challenges. Change is happening, and every community in the country can benefit. Change happens where we live, and if leaders won't do it, citizens should demand it. The Metropolitan Revolution was the 2013 Foreword Reviews Bronze winner for Political Science.

Author : John R. Stilgoe
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300034813
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Metropolitan Corridor written by John R. Stilgoe and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and delightfully illustrated account of the impact of railroads on the American built environment and on American culture from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the 1930's.

Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1848872534
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Subterranean Railway written by Christian Wolmar and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the Victorian era, London's Underground has had played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners. Christian Wolmar celebrates the vision and determination of the 19th-century pioneers who made the world's first, and still the largest, underground passenger railway: one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the Underground's contribution to 20th-century industrial design and its role during two world wars, the story comes right up to the present with its sleek, driverless trains, and the wrangles over the future of the system. This book reveals London's hidden wonder in all its glory, and shows how the railway beneath the streets helped create the city we know today.

Author : Charles L. Ballard
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738538105
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System written by Charles L. Ballard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System features never-before-published photographs documenting the final years of this streetcar system, from 1940 to 1957. Chartered as the Third Avenue Railroad Company in 1853, the system provided streetcar service on Third Avenue from Ann Street to 61st Street. The line eventually extended north to Harlem and across 125th Street and, in its heyday, north of Manhattan into the Bronx and northern Westchester County. Individual lines, such as the Yonkers Railroad, the Westchester Electric Railroad, the Queensborough Bridge Railway Company, and the Union Railway, are featured in this book. Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System recalls the bygone street scenes of Manhattan, as well as some of the carbarns and work cars and the car-scrapping yard employed by the system.