Why a Booktrail?
Go underground and see London’s veins….
Underground to Everywhere
Why a Booktrail?
Go underground and see London’s veins….
What you need to know before your trail
London’s Underground is one of the best-known and most distinctive aspects of the city. Since Victorian times, this remarkable feat of engineering has made an extraordinary contribution to the economy of the capital and played a vital role in the daily life of generations of Londoners.
But when you do really take the time to sit and think about what a remarkable feat of engineering this is and how many people’s lives depend upon it?
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This history of the Underground celebrates the vision and determination of the Victorian Pioneers who conceived this revolutionary transport system.
The book records the scandal, disappointments, and disasters that have punctuated the story and the careers of the gifted, dedicated, sometimes corrupt individuals that have shaped its history.
“It was once prosed that trains could travel in tunnels to the very heart of the capital and carry willing commuters out to the sylvan glades of the suburbs
“The London Underground systems is one of the great wonders of the world. Londoners take it for granted”
It also gives a fascinating insight into the neglected, often unseen aspects of this subterranean system – the dense network of tunnels, shafts and chambers that have been created beneath the city streets. The most remarkable fact perhaps is that some stations were used as air raid shelter and for storage purposes.
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D) London - Earls Court
E) London - Arnos Grove station
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Underground to Everywhere
Destination: London Author/Guide: Stephen Halliday Departure Time: 1829 – present day
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