The Subterranean Railway (42 page)

FURTHER READING

This is a list of books to which I have referred and which are likely to be of interest to the general reader. It is by no means comprehensive.

Anthony Badsey-Ellis, London’s Lost Tube Schemes, Capital, 2005.

Benjamin Baker,
The Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways
, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1885.

Felix Barker,
Edwardian London
, Laurence King, 1995.

T.C. Barker and Michael Robbins,
A History of London Transport
, Volumes 1 and 2, George Allen & Unwin, 1963 and 1974.

Christian Barman,
The Man who built London Transport
, David & Charles, 1979.

John Wolfe Barry,
The City lines and extensions (inner circle completion) of the Metropolitan and District railway
, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1885.

David Bennett, Metro, the story of the underground railway, Mitchell Beazley, 2004.

David Bowness, The Metropolitan Railway, Tempus, 2004.

Simon Bradley, St Pancras Station, Profile, 2007.

J. Graeme Bruce,
Tube Trains Under London
, London Transport, 1968.

J.E. Connor,
Abandoned stations on London’s Underground
, Connor & Butler, 2000.

J.E. Connor,
Stepney’s own railway, a history of the London & Blackwall system
, Connor & Butler, 1984.

Mark D’Arcy and Rory MacLean,
Nightmare, the race to become London’s Mayor
, Politico’s, 2000.

Terry Farrell, Shaping London, the patterns and forms that make the metropolis, Wiley, 2010.

John Franch, Robber Baron, the life of Charles Tyson Yerkes, University of Illinois, 2008.

R. Davies and M.D. Grant,
London and its railways
, Book Club Associates and David & Charles, 1983.

John R. Day and John Reed,
The story of London’s Underground
, Capital Transport, 2001.

Tim Demuth,
The Spread of London’s Underground
, Capital Transport, 2003.

Bernard Donoghue and G.W. Jones,
Herbert Morrison, Portrait of a Politician
, Phoenix Press, 2001.

Hugh Douglas,
The Underground Story
, Robert Hale, 1963.

Dennis Edwards and Ron Pigram,
London’s Underground Suburbs
, Baton Transport, 1986.

Dennis Edwards and Ron Pigram,
The Romance of Metroland
, Baton Transport, 1986.

Andrew Emmerson,
The Underground Pioneers
, Capital Transport, 2000.

Desmond Fennell,
Investigation into the King’s Cross Fire
, HMSO 1988, Cm 499.

Clive Foxell,
The story of the Met and GC joint line
, self-published, 2001.

Jonathan Glancey,
London, Bread and Circuses
, Verso, 2001.

John Glover,
London’s Underground, the world’s premier underground system
, Ian Allan, 1999 (ninth edition).

John Glover,
Principles of London Underground Operations
, Ian Allan, 2000.

John Gregg,
The Shelter of the Tubes
, Capital Transport, 2001.

Stephen Halliday,
Making the Metropolis, creators of Victoria’s London
, Breedon Books, 2003.

Stephen Halliday,
Underground to Everywhere
, Sutton Publishing, 2001.

H.F. Howson,
London’s Underground
, Ian Allan, 1962.

Steve Humphries and Gavin Weightman,
The making of modern London, 1815–1914
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1983.

Steve Humphries and Gavin Weightman,
The making of modern London, 1914–1939
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984.

Steve Humphries and Joanna Mack,
The making of modern London, 1939–1945, London at war
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985.

Mecca Ibrahim, One stop short of Barking, uncovering the London Underground, 2004, New Holland.

Alan A. Jackson,
London’s local railways
, Capital Transport, 1999.

Alan A. Jackson,
London’s Metropolitan Railway
, David & Charles, 1986.

Alan A. Jackson,
London’s termini
, David & Charles, 1985.

Alan A. Jackson,
Semi-detached London
, second edition 1991, Wild Swan Publications.

Alan A. Jackson and Desmond F. Croome,
Rails through Clay
, George Allen & Unwin, 1962.

John Kellett,
The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities
, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969.

Charles Klapper,
London’s lost railways
, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976.

Peter Laurie,
Beneath the City Streets
, Penguin, 1972.

Henry Mayhew,
The shops and companies of London and the trades and manufactories of Great Britain
, Strand Printing and Publishing, 1865.

O.S. Nock,
Underground Railways of the World
, A & C Black, 1973.

Mark Ovenden,
Metro Maps of the World
, Capital Transport, 2003.

Ben Pedroche, Do Not Alight Here, walking London’s lost Underground and railway stations. Capital, 2011.

Ben Pimlott and Nirmala Rao,
Governing London
, Oxford University Press, 2002.

Roy Porter,
A Social History of London
, Penguin, 1994.

Steen Eiler Rasmussen,
London, the Unique City
, MIT Press, 1934.

Sheila Taylor (ed.),
The Moving Metropolis, a history of London’s transport since 1800
, Laurence King, 2002.

Reg Thomas, London’s First Railway, The London & Greenwich, B.T Batsford, 1972.

Richard Trench and Ellis Hillman,
London under London, a subterranean guide
, John Murray, 1985.

H.P. White,
A regional history of the railways of Great Britain
, Vol. 3
Greater London
, David St John Thomas, 1987.

John Withington,
Capital Disasters
, Sutton Publishing, 2003.

Christian Wolmar,
Down the Tube
, Aurum Press, 2002.

Peter Zimonjic, Into the Darkness, an account of 7/7, Vintage, 2008.

The line history pamphlets produced by Capital Transport and written by various authors are very useful. They now cover all the Underground lines and earlier versions for most were produced in the 1970s by London Transport.

Underground News
is a monthly newsletter produced by the London Underground Railway Society with a wealth of information about the system.

INDEX

accidents and disasters

boiler explosions,
ref1

Charing Cross station collapse,
ref1

King’s Cross fire,
ref1

live-rail accidents,
ref1
,
ref2

Moorgate disaster,
ref1

Paris Métro fire,
ref1
,
ref2

tunnel collapses,
ref1

wartime casualties,
ref1
,
ref2

Acton,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

Acton Works,
ref1

Addison Road,
ref1
,
ref2

advertising,
ref1
,
ref2

air raid shelters,
ref1
,
ref2

air temperature, in tunnels,
ref1

Albert Hall,
ref1

Aldersgate Street,
ref1

Aldgate,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9

Aldwych,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

Alexandra, Princess,
ref1

Alexandra Palace,
ref1
,
ref2

all-night services,
ref1

Amersham,
ref1
,
ref2

Angel,
ref1
,
ref2

Antwerp,
ref1

Archway,
ref1

Army and Navy Stores,
ref1

Arnos Grove,
ref1

Arts and Crafts Movement,
ref1

Ashfield, Lord (Albert Stanley),
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9

flair for publicity,
ref1
,
ref2

and London Transport,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

and network integration,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

partnership with Pick,
ref1

and wartime,
ref1
,
ref2

atmospheric railways,
ref1
,
ref2

Austro-Hungarian empire,
ref1

Automatic Train Operation,
ref1

Aylesbury,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

Baker Street,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

and Bakerloo Line,
ref1

Chiltern Court development,
ref1
,
ref2

and electrification,
ref1
,
ref2

and Jubilee Line,
ref1

and Metropolitan Railway,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7

and Underground history,
ref1

Baker Street & Waterloo Railway,
see
Bakerloo Line

Bakerloo Line,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6

construction,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

extensions,
ref1
,
ref2

fares,
ref1

finances,
ref1
,
ref2

flood barriers,
ref1
,
ref2

improvements,
ref1
,
ref2

interchanges,
ref1
,
ref2

and Jubilee Line,
ref1
,
ref2

nickname,
ref1
,
ref2

passenger numbers,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

stations,
ref1
,
ref2

Balham,
ref1
,
ref2

Bank,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

Bank of England,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

Banstead,
ref1

Barbados,
ref1

Barcelona,
ref1

Barking,
ref1
,
ref2

Barlow, Peter,
ref1

Barlow Commission,
ref1

Barn Hill,
ref1

Barnett, Dame Henrietta,
ref1

Battersea,
ref1

Bayswater,
ref1

Beck, Harry,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

Beckton,
ref1

Becontree,
ref1

bedbugs,
ref1

Bedford Park,
ref1

Bedford Park Estate,
ref1

Bell, Col. John,
ref1

Belsize Park,
ref1

Bennett, Arnold,
ref1

Berlin,
ref1
,
ref2

Bermondsey,
ref1

Bethnal Green,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Betjeman, John,
ref1
,
ref2

Bevin, Ernest,
ref1

Beyer, Peacock locomotives,
ref1
,
ref2

Big Wheel,
ref1

Birkenhead,
ref1

Birmingham,
ref1
,
ref2

Birmingham, Bristol & Thames Junction Railway,
ref1

Birmingham New Exchange,
ref1

Bishop’s Road,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Bishopsgate,
ref1
,
ref2

Blackfriars,
ref1
,
ref2

Blackfriars Bridge,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Blake, Charles,
ref1

Blumenfeld, R.D.,
ref1

Blumenthal, J.D.,
ref1

Boer War,
ref1

boiler explosions,
ref1

Bonar Law, Andrew,
ref1

Bond Street,
ref1
,
ref2

booking clerks,
ref1

Borough,
ref1

Bounds Green,
ref1

Bow,
ref1
,
ref2

Bramwell, Frederick,
ref1

Brandon-Thomas, Jevan,
ref1

Brent,
ref1

Brent Valley viaduct,
ref1

Brighton,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

British Empire Exhibition,
ref1

British Freehold Land Company,
ref1

British Museum,
ref1
,
ref2

British Transport Commission (BTC),
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Brixton,
ref1
,
ref2

Broad Street,
ref1
,
ref2

Bromley,
ref1
,
ref2

Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway,
ref1
,
ref2

see also
Piccadilly Line

Brompton Road,
ref1

Brown, Gordon,
ref1
,
ref2

Brunel, Isambard and Marc,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

Buckingham Palace,
ref1

Budapest,
ref1

building societies,
ref1

Burnt Oak,
ref1

bus conductors,
ref1

bus fares,
ref1
,
ref2

bus stops,
ref1

buses (motor),
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8
,
ref9

and London Regional Transport,
ref1

and London Transport,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

and network integration,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

pirate operators,
ref1

see also
omnibuses

Bushey,
ref1

Bushey Heath,
ref1

Byers, Stephen,
ref1

cable railways,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

‘call boys’,
ref1

Camden Town,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6

Campden Hill,
ref1

Canada Water,
ref1

Canary Wharf,
ref1

Cannon Street,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Canons Park,
ref1

Carr, Jonathan,
ref1

Cassel, Ernest,
ref1

Catford,
ref1

Cave, Sir George,
ref1

Cecil Park,
ref1

Central Line

competition with Metropolitan Line,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

construction and opening,
ref1
,
ref2

extensions,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

fares,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

finances,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

gradients,
ref1

hand signals,
ref1

improvements,
ref1

interchanges,
ref1

locomotives,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

parcels service,
ref1

passenger numbers,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4

safety,
ref1

stations,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

travelling conditions,
ref1
,
ref2

Twopenny Tube nickname,
ref1

UERL takeover,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

and wartime,
ref1
,
ref2

working hours,
ref1

workmen’s trains,
ref1

Central London Railway,
see
Central Line

Chalk Hill,
ref1
,
ref2

Chamberlain, Neville,
ref1

Chancery Lane,
ref1

Channel Tunnel,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Chaplin, Charlie,
ref1

Chapman, James,
ref1

Charing Cross,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

flood barriers,
ref1

interchanges,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

and Jubilee Line,
ref1

station collapse,
ref1

terrorist attacks,
ref1

Charing Cross & Waterloo Electric Railway,
ref1

Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway

alternate trains,
ref1

construction and opening,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7
,
ref8

express trains,
ref1

extensions,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

integration into Northern Line,
ref1

interchanges,
ref1

passenger numbers,
ref1

see also
Northern Line

Cheam,
ref1

Chelsea,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Chesham,
ref1

Chicago,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

Chingford,
ref1

Chiswick Park,
ref1

choke damp,
ref1

Chorley Estate,
ref1

Churchill, Winston,
ref1

Circle Line,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7

completion,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5
,
ref6
,
ref7

costs per mile,
ref1

electrification,
ref1

open-air sections,
ref1

opening,
ref1

passenger numbers,
ref1

siding dispute,
ref1

terrorist attacks,
ref1

travelling conditions,
ref1
,
ref2

and wartime,
ref1
,
ref2

circuses,
ref1

City & South London Railway

compared with Central,
ref1

construction,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3
,
ref4
,
ref5

and electric power,
ref1
,
ref2

fares,
ref1
,
ref2

finances,
ref1
,
ref2

integration into Northern Line,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

passenger numbers,
ref1

stations,
ref1
,
ref2

travelling conditions,
ref1
,
ref2

UERL takeover,
ref1
,
ref2
,
ref3

and wartime,
ref1
,
ref2