Download or read book London s Underground Since 1985 written by Jim Blake and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JIM BLAKE's second volume of his photographs featuring the London Underground cover the period from 1985, shortly after the Thatcher regime's destruction of London Transport and its re-birth as London Underground Ltd., to 2021 when the Northern Line gained its new branch from Kennington to Battersea Power Station. This was a turbulent time in the system's history, encompassing the withdrawal of the last pre-war passenger rolling stock (in 1988) and then the abolition of two-person operated trains at the beginning of 2000. With the exception of the Waterloo & City Line, which was transferred from British Rail to London Underground in the 1990s, all Underground lines are covered together with the rolling stock operating them. Jim's photographs concentrate on the older types. What is very striking in them is how the system seemed to be going downhill rapidly during the Thatcher years when this survey begins - plagued by the curse of graffiti and liberally littered thanks to cuts in staff who once dealt with such problems. Fortunately, since Transport for London's takeover of the Underground from 2000 onwards, things in that respect have markedly improved, trains and stations are much cleaner and therefore welcoming to passengers. The contrast between the late 1980s/early 1990s and today's Underground is very clear in Jim's photographs featured here, most previously unpublished. It is unfortunate that further improvements, not to mention long-planned extensions to the system, continue to be frustrated by government spending restrictions at the time of writing.

Download or read book London Underground written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book London s Underground written by Oliver Green and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with TFL, this is a comprehensive guide to the London Underground, combining a historical overview, illustrations and newly commissioned photography.

Download or read book The Transport Revolution 1770 1985 written by Dr Philip Bagwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1988-09-15 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated version of this classic book which includes an examination of transport developments since 1974, and particularly those of the Thatcher era.

Download or read book A New Fares Contract for London written by Tony Grayling and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book London Business Travel Culture written by Nicolae Sfetcu and published by Nicolae Sfetcu. This book was released on 2014-08-10 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision 1.1 London is the most important political, financial, cultural and artistic center of the United Kingdom, and one of the most important cities of the world. In London there are many institutions and corporate headquarters of global importance; many important buildings: palaces, museums, theaters, concert halls, airports, railway stations, numerous embassies and consulates. London is a huge engine of the world economy. City is the largest financial center of London, home to banks, securities companies, insurance companies, law and accounting. A second financial district is developing, Canary Wharf. More than half of the top 100 British companies have their headquarters in central London and more than 70% in the metropolitan area of London. 31% of the world monetary transactions take place in London. Here are selling and buying more dollars than in New York, and more euros than in all other European cities. Tourism is one of the most important industries of the United Kingdom; over 350,000 people worked in tourism in 2003 only in London. With a number of universities, colleges and schools, London has a population of about 378,000 students, making it an important center of research and development.

Download or read book London Underground written by David Ashford and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying an unusually wide variety of material, ranging from the Victorian triple-decker novel, to Modernist art and architecture, to Pop music and graffiti, this book suggests that the tube-network is a transitional form, linking the alienated spaces of Victorian England to the virtual spaces of our contemporary consumer-capitalism.

Download or read book Electrifying the Underground written by Graeme Gleaves and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of electric traction transformed London's fledgling underground system from a limited number of sub-surface lines into the network of deep-level tunnels we know today.

Download or read book Paranormal London written by Neil Arnold and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With almost 2,000 years of continuous habitation, it is no surprise that the city of London can boast a fascinating array of strange events and paranormal occurrences. From sightings of big cats such as the Southwark Puma and the Cricklewood Lynx to the terrifying tales of the Highgate Vampire and Spring-Heeled Jack, along with stories of mermaids, dragons, fairies and alien encounters, this enthralling volume draws together a bizarre and intriguing collection of first-hand accounts and long-forgotten archive reports from the capital's history. Richly illustrated with over sixty photographs, Paranormal London will invite the reader to view the city in a whole new light and will delight all those interested in the mysteries of the paranormal.

Download or read book Planning London written by James Simmie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the problems and practices of planning in London. The authors address the question of what contributions the land-use planning system has made and could make to resolving decrepit public transport, congestion, noise, dirt, crime, poverty, begging, homelessness. They analyse these conflicts in terms of history, jobs, housing, transport and the quality of the environment - and considers future options.

Download or read book Working the London Underground written by Ben Pedroche and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Used extensively and somewhat taken for granted by millions of commuters and tourists every day, the London Underground has long been a part of our national heritage and way of life. It was the first underground railway in the world, and is now central to lives of millions of Londoners. Here Ben Pedroche explores the realities of building the railway from the beginning, 150 years ago, exploring this dangerous, back-breaking job and how it culminated in the rail system we see today. He works his way through the construction and working history of this iconic system, until reaching modern day, including stories from London Underground workers and their real-life experiences. Backed up with sixty stunning archive and modern photographs, this is a book that anyone interested in the London Underground or London history cannot do without.

Download or read book The Crisis of London written by Andy Thornley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is in a mess, with homelessness, poverty, unemployment, transport problems and environmental problems. This book looks at what has gone wrong, exploring policy directions that could make the city a more humane and livable place.

Download or read book Telematics in Rural Areas Parameters of Success of the British Teleworking and Telecottages Concept written by Wolfgang Rid and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2000-12-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Die vorliegende Arbeit kann in das Rahmenthema Möglichkeiten der modernen Telematik für die Entwicklung ländlicher Räume eingeordnet werden, zu dem schon viel publiziert wurde. Die Themen Telearbeit und Telezentren wurden dabei unter mehreren Gesichtspunkten wissenschaftlich bearbeitet, die Bandbreite der Untersuchungen reicht von Arbeiten über die allgemeine Bedeutung von Telezentren für die Regionalentwicklung bis hin zu Analysen über die Arbeits- und Organisationsstrukturen von Telearbeit und Telezentren aus organisationspsychologischer Sicht. Während allerdings bei den meisten wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zu diesem Thema die theoretischen Einflüsse von Telearbeit und Telezentren auf den ländlichen Arbeitsmarkt im Mittelpunkt des Interesses stehen, ist es Ziel dieser Arbeit, die Diskussion über den Sinn oder Unsinn von Telearbeit und deren Beitrag zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung ländlicher Regionen auf eine solide empirische Basis zu stellen. Dazu werden case studies von Telezentren durchgeführt, die auf eine bereits mehrjährige praktische Erfahrung zurückblicken können. Als Ergebnis wird zuerst eine klare Typisierung von Formen von Telezentren entwickelt, denen dann typische geographische und interne Parameter des Erfolges zugewiesen werden konnten. Als Untersuchungsgebiet wurde Großbritannien gewählt, da dort europaweit einige der ersten Telezentren errichtet wurden und sich daher bereits ein großer Erfahrungsschatz zum Thema Telezentren und Telearbeit angesammelt hat. Das ist von umso höherer Bedeutung, als der Erfolg von Telezentren erst nach einem gewissen Zeitraum abzuschätzen ist, nachdem Kinderkrankheiten bekannt geworden sind und sich erfolgreiche bzw. weniger erfolgreiche Strategien eines Telezentrums herausbilden konnten. Da eine Typisierung von Telezentren und die geographischen und internen Erfolgsparameter eines Telezentrums bisher in der Literatur wenig behandelt worden sind, betritt diese Arbeit relatives Neuland und muss daher eher in die Tiefe gehen als in die Breite . Eine quantitative Untersuchung zu diesem Themenbereich wäre wegen der unzureichenden Vorkenntnisse über das Untersuchungsobjekt von geringem Wert. Daher stützt sich der empirische Teil dieser Arbeit auf Methoden der qualitativen Sozialforschung. Um sich dem Untersuchungsziel zu nähern, wurden fünf Fallstudien durchgeführt, wofür fünf britische Telezentren nach einem zielgerichteten und begründeten Auswahlverfahren ausgewählt [...]

Download or read book ECMT Round Tables Delinquency and Vandalism in Public Transport Report of the Seventy Seventh Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 8 9 October 1987 written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1989-04-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts of vandalism or violence and the defacing of facilities are increasing in public transport systems. This report provides an analysis of the social and psychological causes which is a prerequisite to formulate corrective measures.

Download or read book Buses in the Border Towns of London Country 1969 2019 South of the Thames written by Malcolm Batten and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2024-03-30 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express services linked the country towns to London and in most cases across to other country towns the other side of the metropolis. This country area extended north as far as Hitchin, east to Brentwood, south to Crawley and west to Windsor. But what of the towns at the edge of the country area? Here the green London Transport buses would meet the bus companies whose operations extended across the rest of the counties of Berkshire, Surrey, Kent etc. In some cases the town was at a node where more than one company worked in. Elsewhere, such as at Guildford there were local independent operators who had a share in the town services. It would all change from 1970 when the London Transport Country Area was transferred to the National Bus Company to form a new company named London Country Bus Services. This would later be split into four separate companies. Deregulation in 1985 and privatisation in the 1990s led to further changes in the names and ownership of bus companies. Consolidation since then has seen the emergence of national bus groups – Stagecoach, First Group, Arriva and Go-Ahead replacing the old names and liveries. But retrenchment by these companies has given an opportunity for new independent companies to fill the gaps. This book takes the form of an anti-clockwise tour around the perimeter of the London Country area, south of the Thames featuring a number of key towns starting at Slough and Windsor and ending at Gravesend, illustrating some of the many changes to bus companies that have occurred.

Download or read book Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering written by Coleman O'Flaherty and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering' is a comprehensive textbook on the relevant principles and practice. It includes sections on transport policy and planning, traffic surveys and accident investigation, road design for capacity and safety, and traffic management. Clearly written and illustrated, the book is ideal reading for students of transport, transport planning, traffic engineering and road design.

Download or read book City Centre Planning and Public Transport written by Barry J. Simpson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1988 the central issue of this book is city centre decline and the potential of adequate planning and transport for halting and reversing this decline. A highly topical international study, it examines the effects of public transport policies on the central areas of several British cities and those in the former West Germany and France. A series on in-depth case studies deals with the structure of central and local government and the operation of town and transport planning in each country. The book discusses the principles, legislation and practice of physical planning in city centres. It will be of interest to those concerned with urban and transport planning.