Download or read book The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated title from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Buckinghamshire's branch lines.
Download or read book The Branch Lines of Oxfordshire written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated title from acknowledged railway expert Colin G. Maggs, presenting the story of Oxfordshire's branch lines.
Download or read book The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire written by Colin Gordon Maggs and published by . This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire gives the reader a marvellous wide-ranging view of over 100 years of rail travel in this area of Britain during an era of rapid change. The county's branch lines show a remarkable diversity – they include the Great Western Railway, the Great Central Railway, the London & North Western Railway and the Metropolitan Railway, while the Midland Railway just entered the northernmost tip of the county. Branches varied in character from the sleepy rural Brill line, closed in 1935, to the highly efficient Chesham branch which is now electrified. Colin Maggs offers a thoroughly researched account of Buckinghamshire's main railway routes and he looks at, and illustrates, each branch line in detail. The book is fascinating reading for railway enthusiasts, modellers and local historians. Buckinghamshire has two former main lines, now relegated to branch status, while the former Bourne End to Marlow branch, once a sub-branch from the High Wycombe to Maidenhead line, can now only be reached from Maidenhead. There are two freight-only branches, both serving the Recycling Group's Waste Terminal at Calvert, and there is a movement afoot to reopen the Bicester Town to Bletchley line. This lively and carefully researched account provides a wide-ranging view of over a century's travel on the county's railways. The Branch Lines of Buckinghamshire is comprehensively illustrated with over 150 photographs and will appeal strongly to enthusiasts and modellers alike.
Download or read book History and Topography of Buckinghamshire written by James Joseph Sheahan and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World s First Railway System written by Mark Casson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British railway network was a monument to Victorian private enterprise. Its masterpieces of civil engineering were emulated around the world. But its performance was controversial: praised for promoting a high density of lines, it was also criticised for wasteful duplication of routes. This is the first history of the British railway system written from a modern economic perspective. It uses conterfactual analysis to construct an alternaive network to represent the most efficient alternative rail network that could have been constructed given what was known at the time - the first time this has been done. It reveals how weaknesses in regulation and defects in government policy resulted in enormous inefficiency in the Victorian system that Britain lives with today. British railway companies developed into powerful regional monopolies, which then contested each other's territories. When denied access to existing lines in rival territories, they built duplicate lines instead. Plans for an integrated national system, sponsored by William Gladstone, were blocked by Members of Parliament because of a perceived conflict with the local interests they represented. Each town wanted more railways than its neighbours, and so too many lines were built. The costs of these surplus lines led ultimately to higher fares and freight charges, which impaired the performance of the economy. The book will be the definitive source of reference for those interested in the economic history of the British railway system. It makes use of a major new historical source, deposited railway plans, integrates transport and local history through its regional analysis of the railway system, and provides a comprehensive, classified bibliography.
Download or read book The Railway Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buckinghamshire written by Nikolaus Pevsner and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1994-03-11 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London, with its important early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon. The Saxon Church at Wing, the exquisite seventeenth-century Winslow Hall, and Slough's twentieth-century factories all contribute to Buckinghamshire's rich inheritance. In this new edition, the unspoilt centres of small towns, like Amersham and Buckingham, are revisited and Milton Keynes, Britain's last and most ambitious New Town, is explained and explored. The rich diversity of rural buildings, built of stone, brick, timber, and even earth, is investigated with scholarship and discrimination. This accessible and comprehensive guide is prefaced by an illuminating introduction and has many excellent illustrations, plans and maps.
Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Directory of the Railway Companies of Great Britain written by Donald J. Grant and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain is a record of all the companies who sought to build a railway in Great Britain, both successful and unsuccessful. The Directory contains a full list of every company that obtained an Act of Parliament for the construction of a railway. If a railway was built without an Act of Parliament and played a part in the greater picture of Great Britain’s railway system, it is also included, which gives a fascinating glimpse into Great Britain’s colourful public transportation history. Readers will learn about each railway’s origin, opening, route, gauge and growth and its amalgamation with others, and find out which grouping company it finally ended up in. In an interesting additional section, the routes that unfinished railways and railways that never came to fruition would have taken are also included. The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain has been meticulously researched, and as a result includes all railways, built or not, in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and Scottish Islands. Also included are brief descriptions of the most pertinent Acts relating to railways in Great Britain, providing readers with an insight into the complicated legal processes involved in the creation of a railway. The Directory of British Railway Companies of Great Britain is an all-in-one, easy to access and invaluable reference source. It will appeal to historians and transportation enthusiasts alike, as well as those who have always wondered how Great Britain’s railways came to be.
Download or read book The Railway register and record of public enterprise for railways mines patents and inventions ed by H Clarke Including in vols 4 5 The Railway portfolio 1846 1847 Jan Mar written by Hyde Clark and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reports from commissioners inspectors and others written by Great Britain House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Railway Shareholder s Manual Or Practical Guide to All the Railways in the World written by Henry Tuck and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Kelly s directory of Berkshire Bucks and Oxon written by Kelly's directories, ltd and published by . This book was released on with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
