1st Edition
A History of London Transport The Nineteenth Century
508 Pages
by
Routledge
508 Pages
by
Routledge
This is not merely the story of the origins of the world's largest urban passenger transport system: it is also, as it must be, the story of the growth of London itself from teh early days of the nineteenth century.
This volume traces the developmen down to 1900 of every kind of public transport which either produced the great expansion of London in this period, or took up the... Read more
1. The origins of the Omnibus
2. The ascendancy of the Omnibus and the first London railways
3. The early years of the London General Omnibus Company
4. The first climax
(i) The coming of the underground railway
5. The first climax
(ii) Railways over the river and the extension of the underground
6. Horse tramways
7. Late Victorian London
(i) The railways
8. Later Victorian London
(ii) The Roads
9. Labour
10. The search for a new form of traction
Biography
T.C. Baker, Michael Robbins
