Commuter City: How the Railways Shaped London, David Wragg

Commuter City: How the Railways Shaped London, David Wragg.

A history of the development in and impact of the railways on London, from the earliest short lines up to the current high speed routes. Includes chapters on the railway in both World Wars, focusing on troop transport in the First and with a wider range of topics during the Second World War, including bomb damage to the line, the use of the tube as a bomb shelter and the impact the war had on the overall condition of the railways.

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