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In this episode we conclude our look at London’s Transport in the 1930s with a look at the legacy of this era and a glance at what occurred following the Second World War.
Part of the research for this episode stems from work written by Simon in pursuit of their MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due.
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Our roundtable with History Indoors can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7NtsEiadM
Ela talks Jersey Railways with Gareth Dennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7OnwVwiXnQ&t=3890s
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Abercrombie, Patrick. Greater London Plan. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1945.
Asher, Wayne. Rings Around London: Orbital Motorways and the Battle for Homes before Roads. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 2018.
Blake, Jim, and Jonathan James. Northern Wastes. Palmers Green: North London Transport Society, 1989.
David, Gareth. Croydon Tramlink: A Definitive History. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport, 2020.
Day, John. The Story of the Victoria Line. London: London Transport, 1969.
Forman, Jay. ‘What Happened to London’s Trams’. Jay Forman Youtube Channel, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji3C_PjJonM.
Fowler, James. ‘How History Challenges Current Thinking on Hybridity: The Effects of Hybridity on London’s Transport 1933–1948’. In Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services, edited by Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Luca Gnan, Alessandro Hinna, and Fabio Monteduro, 7–28. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
Fowler, James. London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905-1948. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Fowler, James. Strategy and Managed Decline: London Transport 1948-1987. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
Glover, John. Rails Across London. Manchester: Crecy Publishing Ltd, 2018.
Gourvish, Terence. British Railways 1948-73: A Business History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Harley, Robert. Lord Ashfield’s Trams: How London Lost a World Class Tramway System. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 2015.
Harris, Sim. London Transport a Brief History. Dunstable: Railhub, 2011.
Horne, Mike. The Jubilee Line. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2000.
Horne, Mike The Victoria Line. London: Douglas Rose, 1988.
James, Jonathan. London Underground: The Northern Line. Stamford: Key Books, 2023.
Lee, Charles. The Bakerloo Line: A Brief History. London: London Transport, 1973.
Oakley, E. R., and C. L. Withey. Improving London’s Trams 1932-7. Broxborurne: LRTA Publications, 1988.
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We'd hoped to get this episode out last Monday but due to one of my rats falling ill I've been unexpectdly occupied the last week so we're a little late. In this episode we are discusing the advertising of the underground, and railways in general, during the 1920s and 30s as they saught to maintain their market against the rise of the motor car. This episode follows nicely on from our last two with Emily and Paul on the branding of London Transport. To see the visuals for this episode head over to our youtube video here: https://youtu.be/IzljC7TIIlc Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due. Follow our Twitter: www.twitter.com/railstonowhere Support the Podcast through our Patreon and get bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and more: www.patreon.com/railstonowhere Thanks to our wonderful Patreons who help make Rails to Nowhere happen and especial thanks to our £10 patreon ValkyrieLeamons. Follow Simon at: www.twitter.com/reddragontweets Our roundtable with History Indoors can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7NtsEiadMEla talks Jersey Railways with Gareth Dennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7OnwVwiXnQ&t=3890s Music: Cassette by Infraction https://inaudio.org/track/cassette-synthwave/used under Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 (CC BY 3.0 BibliographyAshford, David. London Underground: A Cultural Geography. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013.Barman, Christian. The Man Who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick by Christian Barman. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979.Barnicoat, John. Posters: A Concise History. Thames and Hudson, 1986.Beaumont, Matthew, and Micheal Freeman. ‘Introduction: Tracks to Modernity’. In The Railway and Modernity: Time, Space and the Machine Ensemble, edited by Matthew Beaumont and Micheal Freeman, 13–43. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007.Carter, Ian. Railways and Culture in Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009.Church, Roy. ‘Mass Marketing Motor Cars in Britain before 1950: The Missing Dimension’. In Rise and Fall of Mass Marketing, 36–57. London: Routledge, 2015.Cole, Beverley, and Richard Durack. Railway Posters 1923-1947. London: Laurance King Publishing, 1992.Dendy Marshall, C.F., and R.W. Kidner. History of the Southern Railway. Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1963.Divall, Colin. ‘Civilising Velocity: Masculinity and the Marketing of Britain’s Passenger Trains, 1921-1939’. Journal of Transport History 32, no. 2 (2011): 164–91.Flood, Catherine. ‘Pictorial Posters in Britain at the Turn of the Twentieth Century’. 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The Overhaul of Underground Rolling Stock. London: London Passenger Transport Board, 1937.London Transport Museum. London By Design: The Iconic Transport Designs That Shaped Our City. London: Ebury Press, 2016.‘Metroland’. BBC, 1973.Metropolitan Railway. Metro-Land (1924 Edition). Edited by London Transport Museum. 2004 Facsi. London: Southbank Publishing, 2004.Middleton, Allan. It’s Quicker by Rail: The History of LNER Advertising. Stroud: Tempus, 2002.‘Railways and Publicity: How the Railways Promoted Their Services’. Railway Wonders of The World Vol2, 1935. https://railwaywondersoftheworld.com/publicity.html.Rieger, Bernard. ‘“Fast Couples”: Technology, Gender and Modernity in Britain and Germany during the Nineteen-Thirties’. Historical Research 76, no. 193 (2003): 364–88.Rieger, Bernard. Technology and the Culture of Modernity in Britain and Germany 1890-1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.Roope, Caroline. The History of the London Underground Map. 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Join Simon, Emily and Paul for the second instalment of their discussion of the branding and corperate design of London Trasport that emerged in the first half of the 20th Century and still defines London's image to this day Follow the podcast on Twitter, www.twitter.com/railstonowhere and Instagram www.instagram.com/railstonowhere Follow Roundel Round We Go on Twitter www.twitter.com/RoundelRoundPod and Instagram www.instagram.com/roundelroundpod/ Our roundtable with History Indoors can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7NtsEiadM Ela talks Jersey Railways with Gareth Dennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7OnwVwiXnQ&t=3890s Thanks to our wonderful Patreons who help make Rails to Nowhere happen and especial thanks to our £10 patreon ValkyrieLeamons. Follow Simon at: www.twitter.com/reddragontweets Music: Cassette by Infraction https://inaudio.org/track/cassette-synthwave/used under Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) Bibliography avalible for free on patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/96041961
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In this episode Simon is joined by Emily and Paul from Roundel Round We Go as they kick off what's ended up as two episodes on the branding and design of London Transport Follow the podcast on Twitter, www.twitter.com/railstonowhere and Instagram www.instagram.com/railstonowhere Follow Roundel Round We Go on Twitter www.twitter.com/RoundelRoundPod and Instagram www.instagram.com/roundelroundpod/ Follow Simon at: www.twitter.com/reddragontweets Our roundtable with History Indoors can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7NtsEiadM Ela talks Jersey Railways with Gareth Dennis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7OnwVwiXnQ&t=3890s Support the Podcast through our Patreon and get bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and more: www.patreon.com/railstonowhere Thanks to our wonderful Patreons who help make Rails to Nowhere happen and especial thanks to our £10 patreon ValkyrieLeamons. Music: Cassette by Infraction https://inaudio.org/track/cassette-synthwave/used under Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) Bibliography avalible for free on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/96041961
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Show notes
In this episode we are back on the road as we talk about how the LPTB sought to adapt its Tram and bus systems to the changing needs of London over this period.
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Harley, Robert. LCC Electric Tramways. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 2002.
———. Lord Ashfield’s Trams: How London Lost a World Class Tramway System. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 2015.
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Law, Michael John. ‘“The Car Indispensable”: The Hidden Influence of the Car in Inter-War Suburban London’. Journal of Historical Geography 38 (2012): 424–33.
Law, Michael John. The Experience of Suburban Modernity: How Private Transport Changed Interwar London. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014.
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LPTB. ‘Third Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1936’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1936. LT000237/024. TfL Corporate Archive.
Oakley, E. R., and C. L. Withey. Improving London’s Trams 1932-7. Broxborurne: LRTA Publications, 1988.
Tennant, Kevin D. ‘The Vulnerability Paradox: The Illusion of Permanence in the UK Public Transport Industry’. In Transport and Its Place in History: Making the Connections, edited by David Turner, 53–76. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020.
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Wright, Daniel. ‘Country Strong, Part 2 (the London Country Bus Garages of Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, UK)’. The Beauty of Transport, 2015. https://thebeautyoftransport.com/2015/01/14/country-strong-part-2-the-london-country-bus-garages-of-wallis-gilbert-and-partners-uk/.
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Show Notes
In this episode Simon and Ela are talking all things Underground as we move into the expansion of the LT network during the 1930s. Known as the “New Works Programme” this set of works was the principle project of the LPTB during its existence and would see the Underground become, for the first time an integrated network and reach its arms out into even more of London’s suburbs.
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Abbott, Joshua. Tube Station Anthology 1924-1961. Art Deco Magpie, 2022.
Badsey-Ellis, Antony. The Hampstead Tube: A History of the First 100 Years. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2007.
Baker, Michael. London Transport in the 1930s. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2007.
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Barman, Christian. The Man Who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick by Christian Barman. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979.
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Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.
Horne, Mike. The Piccadilly Tube: A History of the First 100 Year. Harrow: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2007.
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———. ‘Estimated Traffic and Financial Results of Proposed Extension from Edgware to Elstree’. Northern Extension - London And North Eastern Railway Company and Northern Line. London, 1934. LT000254/405. TfL Corporate Archive.
———. ‘First Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1934’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1934. LT000146/001. TfL Corporate Archive.
———. ‘Fourth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1937’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1937. LT001011/004. TfL Corporate Archive.
———. ‘Frank Pick: Correspondence, Minutes and Memoranda Concerning Development Proposals’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1940 1935. LT000475. TfL Corporate Archive.
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———. ‘Second Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1935’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1935. LT001011/002. TfL Corporate Archive.
———. ‘Third Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1936’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1936. LT000237/024. TfL Corporate Archive.
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Show Notes
In this episode we continue our look at the outcomes of Simon’s dissertation research as we discuss the changing shape of suburban development between the 1890s and the 1930s. The 1930s semi is a classic part of the suburban image of London, but how did this housing format come to dominate and why is it so inextricably tied with the rise of the motor car and what challenges did it present London Transport for serving these areas?
Part of the research for this episode stems from Simon dissertation, submitted in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner and Dr Kevin Tenant in writing that dissertation is due.
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Abercrombie, Patrick. Greater London Plan. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1945.
Asher, Wayne. Rings Around London: Orbital Motorways and the Battle for Homes before Roads. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 2018.
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Jackson, Alan. London’s Metroland. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2006.
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Law, Michael John. The Experience of Suburban Modernity: How Private Transport Changed Interwar London. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014.
London Passenger Transport Board. ‘Fourth Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1937’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1937. LT001011/004. TfL Corporate Archive.
London Passenger Transport Board. ‘Road Transport in Relation to Railway Development (In Connection with Survey Carried out by Mr J. P. Thomas)’. Frank Pick: Correspondence, Minutes and Memoranda Concerning Development Proposals. London Passenger Transport Board, 1940. LT000475. TfL Corporate Archive.
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Watson, Henry. Street Traffic Flow. Cheep Edit. London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1935.
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Show Notes In this episode we continue our look at the outcomes of Simon’s dissertation research as we discuss the changing shape of suburban development between the 1890s and the 1930s. Today we discus the origins of suburbia in the Victorian era as we discus the start of commuter railways and the birth of the commuter as a part of British urban life. Part of the research for this episode stems from Simon dissertation, submitted in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner and Dr Kevin Tenant in writing that dissertation is due. Follow our Twitter: www.twitter.com/railstonowhere Follow Simon at: www.twitter.com/reddragontweets Support the Podcast through our Patreon and get bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and more: www.patreon.com/railstonowhere Thanks to our wonderful Patreons who help make Rails to Nowhere happen and especial thanks to our £10 patreon ValkyrieLeamons. Bibliography Abernethy, Simon T. ‘Opening up the Suburbs: Workmen’s Trains in London 1860-1914’. Urban History 42, no. 1 (2014): 70–88.Amos, Dave. ‘How Do Cities Grow?’, 2018. https://youtu.be/HO0BZqQ42Ic.Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.Board Of Trade. ‘Light Railways Act: Walthamstow & District Light Railway Order 1903’, 1903. MT 58/181. National Archive.Borley, H. V. Chronology of London Railways. Railway & Canal Historical Society, n.d.Catford, Nick. ‘Lea Bridge’. Disused Stations, 2017. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/lea_bridge/index.shtml.Connor, J. E. London Suburban Railways: Liverpool Street to Chingford. Midhurst: Middleton Press, 2003.Daimond, J. A People’s History of Walthamstow. Stroud: The History Press, 2018.Diamond, James. A People’s History of Walthamstow. Stroud: The History Press, 2018.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Greenwich District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10171880/cube/TOT_POP.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Kingston upon Thames District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10057360/cube/TOT_POP.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Waltham Forest District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through Time, 2018. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056720/cube/TOT_POP.GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. ‘Waltham Forest District through Time | Population Statistics | Total Population’. A Vision of Britain Through time. Accessed 18 February 2022. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10056720/cube/TOT_POP.Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.Heller, Michael. ‘Suburbia, Marketing and Stakeholders: Developing Ilford, Essex, 1880-1914’. Urban History 41, no. 1 (2014): 62–80.Hylton, Stuart. What The Railways Did For Us: The Making of Modern Britain. 2nd ed. Stroud: Amberley, 2016.Jackson, Alan. London’s Local Railways. 2nd ed. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1999.Kellett, John R. The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities. London: Routledge, 1969.Lewis, Jim. London’s Lea Valley: Britain’s Best Kept Secret. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 1995.London Borough of Waltham Forest. ‘The History of Walthamstow’. In The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of Essex, edited by W. R. Powell, 6:240–317. London: Victoria County History, 1979.Mander, David. Walthamstow Past. London: Historical Publications Ltd., 2001.Pole, Felix J. C., and James Milne. ‘The Economics of Passenger Traffic’. In Modern Railway Administration. Vol. 2, 85–164. London: The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, 1925.Pond, C. C. The Walthamstow and Chingford Railway. 2nd ed. Walthamstow: Walthamstow Historical Society, 2003.Shaw-Taylor, Leigh, and Xuesheng You. ‘The Development of the Railway Network in Britain 1825-19111’. Accessed 2 February 2023. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/onlineatlas/railways.pdf.Simmons, Jack. The Railway in Town and Country. 1830 - 1914. London: Faber & Faber, 2008..Tweedie, William. The History of Walthamstow: It’s Past Present and Future. Walthamstow: William Tweedie, 1861.Webb, Simon. Commuters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2016.
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In this episode Simon and Ela discuss the "farther of London Underground" Charles Tyson Yerkes Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/railstonowhereFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/railstonowhere/ Music: Cassette by Infraction https://inaudio.org/track/cassette-synthwave/ used under Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) Garry Kenors 25KV Book PDF https://ocs4rail.com/Bibliography
Badsey-Ellis, Antony. ‘Building and Financing the District Railway’. In 150 Years of the District, 4–15. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
———. London’s Lost Tube Schemes. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2005.
———. The Hampstead Tube: A History of the First 100 Years. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2007.
Barker, Theo. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970. 2 vols. Allen & Unwin, 1974.
———. ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.
Barman, Christian. The Man Who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick by Christian Barman. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979.
Cain, P.J. ‘Railways, 1870-1914: The Maturity of the Private System’. In Transport in Victorian Britain, edited by Micheal J. Freeman and Derek H. Aldcroft, 92–133. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1988.
Channon, Geoffrey. Railways in Britain and the United States, 1830-1940 : Studies in Economic and Business History. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
Connor, Piers. Going Green: The Story of the District Line. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 1994.
Crafts, Nicolas, Timothy Leunig, and Abay Mulatu. ‘Were British Railway Companies Well Managed in the Early Twentieth Century?’ Economic History Review 64, no. 1 (2008): 842–66.
Crame, Thomas. ‘Signalling on the District’. In 150 Years of the District, 64–67. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
Croome, Desmond, and Alan Jackson. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London’s Tube Railways. 2nd Edition. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1993.
Franch, John. Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Green, Oliver. ‘Appearance Values: Frank Pick and the Art of London Transport’. In London Transport Posters: A Century of Art and Design, edited by David Bownes and Oliver Green, 37–62. Aldershot: Lund Humphries, 2008.
Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.
Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume I: Nineteenth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
———. The Piccadilly Tube: A History of the First 100 Year. Harrow: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2007.
Jackson, Alan. London’s Metropolitan Railway. London: David and Charles, 1986.
Kenton, Will. ‘Robber Barons’. Investopedia, 2018. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/robberbarons.asp.
Mitchell, Brian, David Chambers, and Nick Crafts. ‘How Good Was the Profitability of British Railways, 1870-1912?’ The Economic History Review 64, no. 3 (2011): 798–831.
Murphy, Simon. ‘The American Father of the London Underground – Charles Tyson Yerkes’. The American Magazine, 2019. https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ft-Charles-Tyson-Yerkes-London-Underground.
Sherwood, Tim. Charles Tyson Yerkes: The Traction King of London. Stroud: The History Press, 2008.
Stack, Martin, and Myles P. Gartland. ‘Path Creation, Path Dependency, and Alternative Theories of the Firm’. Journal of Economic Issues 37, no. 2 (2003): 487–94.
Turner, David. ‘Managing the “Royal Road”: The London & South Western Railway 1870-1911’, 2013.
Wolmar, Christian. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.
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Simon is joined once again by guest Aaron to discuss the emergence of the Internal Combustion engine as a means of powering road vehicles. This small invention would herald in the era of the motor car and while we often thing of that being a post WWII phenomenon in this episode Simon explains how the origins of car mania are traced back to the 1800s.
Part of the research for this episode stems from Simon dissertation, submitted in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner and Dr Kevin Tenant in writing that dissertation is due.
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Bibliography
‘A Brief History of the Internal Combustion Engine’, 2019. https://www.tuev-nord.de/explore/en/remembers/a-brief-history-of-the-internal-combustion-engine/.
Bagwell, Philip. The Transport Revolution. London: Routledge, 1988.
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
British Pathe. ‘London Traffic Scenes (1930)’. British Pathe YouTube Channel, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAGBfm9uBso.
———. ‘Traffic Scenes in London (1930-1939)’. British Pathe YouTube Channel, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaElyhAF00.
His Majesty’s Government. ‘History of Road Safety, The Highway Code and the Driving Test’. www.gov.uk, 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/history-of-road-safety-and-the-driving-test/history-of-road-safety-the-highway-code-and-the-driving-test.
Law, Michael John. ‘“The Car Indispensable”: The Hidden Influence of the Car in Inter-War Suburban London’. Journal of Historical Geography 38 (2012): 424–33.
———. The Experience of Suburban Modernity: How Private Transport Changed Interwar London. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2014.
Priolead, John. ‘The Chronicle of the Car: Poor Men’s Cars’. Illustrated London News. July 1929.
‘The First British Petrol Motor Car’. Accessed 4 February 2023. http://www.knowledgeoflondon.com/fredbremermotorcar.html.
The Marquis De Chasseloup-Laubat. ‘A Short History of the Motor Car’, 1902. https://sites.google.com/site/motormiscellany/cars-other-vehicles/a-short-history-of-the-motor-car.
London Transport Museum. ‘The Motor Bus Revolution’, 6 February 2023. https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/transport/motor-bus-revolution-1900-1914.
Unknown. ‘Biggest Jam Ever: Traffic Blocks at Uxbridge’. Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette. May 1937.
Webb, Simon. Commuters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2016.
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Join Simon and guest Aaron as they continue Rails to Nowhere's look at Simon’s dissertation research as we discuss the passage of the London Passenger Transport Act. Following on from the passage of the Railway Act 1921 the London Passenger Transport Act 1933 would be the next major step on the road to full nationalisation of the railways in 1948.
Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due.
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Bibliography
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
Barker, Theo. A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970. 2 vols. Allen & Unwin, 1974.
———. ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.
Barman, Christian. The Man Who Built London Transport: A Biography of Frank Pick by Christian Barman. Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1979.
Croome, Desmond, and Alan Jackson. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London’s Tube Railways. 2nd Edition. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1993.
Fowler, James. London Transport: A Hybrid in History 1905-1948. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
Franch, John. Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Glazier, Ken. London Buses Before the War. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1995.
Grieves, Keith. ‘Sir Eric Geddes, Llyod George and the Transport Problem, 1918-1921’. Journal of Transport History 13, no. 1 (1992): 23–42.
Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.
Hey, Kevin. ‘Regulating London’s Bus Services 1919-1924: A Reappraisal’. The London Journal 34, no. 1 (2009): 17–32.
Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume I: Nineteenth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
———. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume II: Twentieth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport, 2019.
Jackson, Alan. London’s Metropolitan Railway. London: David and Charles, 1986.
Maggs, Colin G. Great Britain’s Railways: A New History. Stroud: Amberley, 2018.
Martin, Andrew. Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube. London: Profile Books, 2013.
Murphy, Simon. ‘The American Father of the London Underground – Charles Tyson Yerkes’. The American Magazine, 2019. https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ft-Charles-Tyson-Yerkes-London-Underground.
Peter, Cline. ‘Eric Geddes and the “Experiment” with Business in Government’. In Essays in Anti-Labour History: Response to the Rise of Labour in Britain, edited by Kenneth Brown, 74–104. Palgrave MacMillan, 1974.
Sherwood, Tim. Charles Tyson Yerkes: The Traction King of London. Stroud: The History Press, 2008.
Wolmar, Christian. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.
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Show Notes
In this episode we start our look at Simon's disseration work on London Transport policy in the 1930s. We start of with a look back at the context behind our later discussions as we talk about the early London Underground and the decisions which laid the fondations for the system.
Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in writing that essay is also due.
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Bibliography
Abercrombie, Patrick. Greater London Plan. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1945.
Badsey-Ellis, Antony. London’s Lost Tube Schemes. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2005.
Badsey-Ellis, Antony. The Hampstead Tube: A History of the First 100 Years. Harrow: Capital Transport, 2007.
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
Barker, Theo. ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin, 1974.
Board Of Trade. ‘Light Railways Act: Walthamstow & District Light Railway Order 1903’, 1903. MT 58/181. National Archive.
Casson, Mark. ‘The Determinants of Local Population Growth: A Study of Oxfordshire in the Nineteenth Century’. Explorations in Economic History 50, no. 1 (2013): 28–45.
Catford, Nick. ‘Lea Bridge’. Disused Stations, 2017. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/l/lea_bridge/index.shtml.
Connor, Piers. ‘The American Influence’. In 150 Years of the District, 22–29. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
Croome, Desmond, and Alan Jackson. Rails Through the Clay: A History of London’s Tube Railways. 2nd Edition. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1993.
Franch, John. Robber Baron: The Life of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Halliday, Stephen. Underground to Everywhere: London’s Underground in the Life of the Capital. Stroud: The History Press, 1996.
Hawkes, Irene. A History of the Metropolitan Railway & Metro-Land. Manchester: Oxford Publishing Co, 2018.
Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume I: Nineteenth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2018.
Horne, Mike. London’s District Railway A History of the Metropolitan District Railway: Volume II: Twentieth Century. Crowthorne: Capital Transport, 2019.
Horne, Mike. The Piccadilly Tube: A History of the First 100 Year. Harrow: Capital Transport Publishing Ltd., 2007.
Hylton, Stuart. What The Railways Did For Us: The Making of Modern Britain. 2nd ed. Stroud: Amberley, 2016.
Jackson, Alan. London’s Local Railways. 2nd ed. Harrow Weald: Capital Transport, 1999.
Jackson, Alan. London’s Metropolitan Railway. London: David and Charles, 1986.
Kellett, John R. The Impact of Railways on Victorian Cities. London: Routledge, 1969.
Levinson, David. ‘The Orderliness Hypothesis’. The Journal of Transport History 29, no. 1 (2008): 98–114.
London Passenger Transport Board. ‘Third Annual Report and Statement of Accounts and Statistics for the Year Ended 30 June 1936’. London Passenger Transport Board, 1936. LT000237/024. TfL Corporate Archive.
Long, David. London’s Underground: Architecture, Design and History. Stroud: The History Press, 2011.
Martin, Andrew. Underground, Overground: A Passenger’s History of the Tube. London: Profile Books, 2013.
Murphy, Simon. ‘The American Father of the London Underground – Charles Tyson Yerkes’. The American Magazine, 2019. https://www.theamerican.co.uk/pr/ft-Charles-Tyson-Yerkes-London-Underground.
Scott, Peter. The Making of the Modern British Home: The Suburban Semi and Family Life between the Wars. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Shaw-Taylor, Leigh, and Xuesheng You. ‘The Development of the Railway Network in Britain 1825-19111’. Accessed 2 February 2023. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/onlineatlas/railways.pdf.
Sherwood, Tim. Charles Tyson Yerkes: The Traction King of London. Stroud: The History Press, 2008.
Simmons, Jack. The Railway in Town and Country. 1830 - 1914. London: Faber & Faber, 2008.
Simmons, Jack, and Gordon Biddle, eds. The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to The 1990s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Webb, Simon. Commuters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword History, 2016.
Wolmar, Christian. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. London: Atlantic Books, 2005.
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In this unlocked patreon Bonus episode Simon and Ela discus Historiography and its importance to Historical study, and get distracted from discusing the Historiography of BR.
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In this episode Simon and Ela take their last look at the History of British Rail and innovation. Looking at the Thatcher and Major years todays conversation covers Pacers, Sprinters, and yet more signalling. Yet again we find that BR was a hive of technology and innovation stymie by the policies thrust upon it by the UK government.
Part of the research for this episode stems from an essay written by Simon in pursuit of his MA in Railway Studies from the University of York, so an acknowledgement of the support from Dr David Turner in Simon’s work for that course.
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Gareth Dennis Talks Alternative APT History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJEeolcZaA
Bibliography
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
Barnett, Roger. ‘British Rail’s InterCity 125 and 225’. Built Environment 19 (1993): 163–83.
Charmley, John. The History of Conservative Politics Since 1830. Edited by Jeremy Black. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008.
Cowley, Philip, and John Garry. ‘The British Conservatives and Europe: The Choosing of John Major’. British Journal of Political Sciences 28, no. 3 (1998): 473–99.
Damazer, Mark. The Major Years. BBC 1, 1999.
Davies, Sir David. ‘Automatic Train Protection for the Railway Network in Britain - A Study’. The Royal Academy of Engineering, 2000.
Gareth Dennis and Kevin Tennent. ‘RailNatter | Episode 62: Pacers Were Bad and Saved Nothing (with Dr Kevin Tennent)’. Gareth Dennis You Tube, 19 May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQKtc5bnHg.
Gourvish, Terence. British Rail, 1974-97: From Integration to Privatisation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Green, Chris, and Mike Vincent. The Network South East Story. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co, 2014.
Green, Miranda. ‘Why Did We Sell off the Railways? | FT Feature’. Financial Times Youtube Channel, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6V-HDbX9A8.
Harris, Robin. The Conservatives: A History. Kindle. London: Bantam Press, 2011.
Jackson, Tanya. British Rail: The Nations Railway. Stroud: The History Press, 2014.
Kevin Tennent and David Turner. ‘The Transport Tavern: Trams & Pacers, with Kevin Tennent’. Dr David Turner You Tube Channel, 18 May 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvAe62mdpPE&list=PLeKnFHihTV5rj6FLgNoLcqRwQoXSs5YsI&index=13&t=2773s.
Kichenside, Geoffrey, and Alan Williams. Two Centuries of Railway Signalling. 2nd ed. Addlestone: Oxford Publishing Co, 2016.
Marr, Andrew. A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan, 2007.
Parker, David. The Official History of Privatisation Vol II: Popular Capitalism, 1987-1997. London: Tayler & Francis, 2012.
Parker, David. ‘The Privatised Railways: Problems Foreseen’. Public Money & Management 33, no. 5 (2013): 313–19.
Pettitt, Gordon, and Nicholas Comfort. The Regional Railways Story. Addlestone: Oxford Publishing Co, 2015.
Sim Harris. The Railway Dilemma: The Perpetual Problems of Ownership, Costs and Control. Addlestone: Ian Allan, 2016.
Vaughan, Adrian. The Greatest Railway Blunder. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2009.
Wolmar, Christian. On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain’s Railways. London: Aurum Books, 2005.
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Join Simon and Ela for the second in our mini series of episodes looking at British Railways relationship with inovation. In this episode we move on into the swinging sixties, explore the APT and HST and discuse less talked about improvements such as AWS and TOPS.
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Music: ‘Koala’ David Cutter Music - www.davidcuttermusic.com
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Bibliography
Research for this episode was carried out using a number of sources including parts of the National Railway Museum library collection and the national archive. Below are the principle texts used to research this episode.
125 Group. 125 An Enduring Icon. Stroud: Amberley, 2018.
125 Group. Inter-City 125: High Speed Train (1972 Onwards - All Models). Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2019.
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
Barnett, Roger. British Rail’s InterCity 125 and 225. Berkley, 1992.
Clough, David. APT: The Untold Story. Addlestone: Ian Allan, 2016.
Clough, David. The Modernisation Plan: British Railway’s Blueprint for the Future. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2014.
Divall, Colin, and Hiroki Shin. ‘Engineers v. Industrial Designers: The Struggle for Professional Control over the British Rail Mark 2 Coach, c. 1955-1966’. The Journal of Transport History 39, no. 2 (2018): 145–69.
Gilchrist, Alastair. A History of Engineering Research on British Railways. Working Papers in Railway Studies. York, 2006.
Gourvish, Terence. British Railways 1948-73: A Business History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Green, Chris, and Mike Vincent. The Intercity Story: 1964-2012. Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co, 2013.
Jackson, Tanya. British Rail: The Nations Railway. Stroud: The History Press, 2014.
Kichenside, Geoffrey, and Alan Williams. Two Centuries of Railway Signalling. 2nd ed. Addlestone: Oxford Publishing Co, 2016.
Loft, Charles. Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain: Beeching’s Last Trains. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006.
Marr, Andrew. A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan, 2007.
Middleton, William, Rick Morgan, and Roberta Diehl, eds. Encyclopaedia of North American Railroads. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2007.
Nock, Oswald. Two Miles A Minute: The Story Behind the Conception and Operation of Britain’s High Speed and Advanced Passenger Trains. Cambridge: Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1980.
Poole, Stephen. Inside British Rail: Challenges and Progress on the Nationalised Railway 1970s-1990s. Stroud: The History Press, 2018.
Potter, Stephen. ‘Cutting-Edge Technology’. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 1, no. 1 (1989): 99–122.
Potter, Stephen. On the Right Lines? The Limits of Technological Innovation. New York: St Martin’s Press, 1987.
Pyrgidis, Christos. Railway Transportation Systems: Design, Construction and Operation. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016.
Rothwell, R, and P Gardiner. ‘Invention, Innovation, Re-Innovation and the Role of the User: A Case Study of British Hovercraft Development’. Technovation 3 (1985): 167–86.
Simmons, Jack, and Gordon Biddle, eds. The Oxford Companion to British Railway History: From 1603 to The 1990s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Join Simon and Ela for the first in a mini series of episodes looking at British Railways relationship with inovation. In this first episode we look a bit at the pre BR era, the Modernisation Plan, the work BR carried out in the early 1950 and the start of the swinging sixties.
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Research for this episode was carried out using a number of sources including parts of the National Railway Museum library collection and the national archive. Below are the principle texts used to research this episode.
BibliographyBagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. Transport in Britain 1750 - 2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London, 2002.
Bradley, Rodger. ‘British Railways: The 1948 Interchange Trials’. Railway Matters: On Track, n.d. Accessed https://railwaymatters.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/the-1948-interchange-trials_v2.pdf.
British Transport Commission. Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways. London, 1955.
Clough, David. The Modernisation Plan: British Railway’s Blueprint for the Future. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2014.
Gourvish, Terence. British Railways 1948-73: A Business History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Jackson, Tanya. British Rail: The Nations Railway. Stroud: The History Press, 2014.
Kichenside, Geoffrey, and Alan Williams. Two Centuries of Railway Signalling. 2nd ed. Addlestone: Oxford Publishing Co, 2016.
Loft, Charles. Government, the Railways and the Modernization of Britain: Beeching’s Last Trains. Abingdon: Routledge, 2006.
Marr, Andrew. A History of Modern Britain. London: Macmillan, 2007.
Primary Sources:Her Majesties Government. ‘Railway Act 1921’ (1921).
Her Majesties Government. ‘Transport Act 1947’ (1947).
British Transport Commission. Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways. London, 1954.
British Transport Commission. Modernisation of British Railways: The System of Electrification for British Railways. London, 1956.
British Transport Commission. Re-appraisal of the Plan or the Modernisation and Re-equipment of British Railways. London, 1959.
A special note of thanks to www.railwaysarchive.co.uk for their wonderful work in digitising the documents referenced in this episode.
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This month Ela has been in charge of the research for our episode and they have against all the odds of missing documents and holes in the literature produced a fantastic first look at this facinating train. Follow us on twitter: www.twitter.com/railstonowhereFind us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/railstonowhere/ Support our Patreon for bonus episodes, behind the scenes content and more: www.patreon.com/railstonowhere Music: ‘Koala’ David Cutter Music - www.davidcuttermusic.com Research for this episode was carried out using a number of sources including parts of the National Railway Museum library collection and the national archive. Below are the principle texts used to research this episode. BibliographyBritish Transport Films, Belief in the Future, 1976, British Film InstituteClough, David N., APT: The Untold Story, First published (Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, 2016)Connor, Piers, ‘Basic Railway Signalling’ (Railway Technical Website, 2017) <http://www.railway-technical.com/signalling/infopaper-6-basic-railway.pdf> [accessed 18 August 2021]‘French Set New Rail Speed Record’, 3 April 2007 <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6521295.stm> [accessed 12 August 2021]Igarashi’, T, T Sato’, Y Harima’, and T Uchimura, ‘Digital Automatic Train Control System for the Shinkansen Lines of East Japan Railway Company’, Computers in Railways VIII, 10‘Japan’s Maglev Train Breaks World Speed Record with 600km/h Test Run’, The Guardian, 2015 <http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/21/japans-maglev-train-notches-up-new-world-speed-record-in-test-run> [accessed 12 August 2021]Nock, O. S., Two Miles a Minute: The Story behind the Conception and Operation of Britain’s High Speed and Advanced Passenger Trains (Cambridge, Eng: P. Stephens, 1980)Williams, L. H, APT, a Promise Unfulfilled (London: I. Allen, 1985)
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Welcome to the first bonus episode of Rails to Nowhere where Simon and Ela are discusing the man behind the Railway Act 1921. Ordinarly a Patreon only feature this months bonus episode is coming to the public feed as well to give you a taste of what you can get as a thank you for joining our patreon.
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Music: ‘Koala’ David Cutter Music - www.davidcuttermusic.com
Research for this episode was carried out using a number of sources including parts of the National Railway Museum library collection. Below are the principle texts used to research this episode.
Bibliography
Acworth, W. M. 1920. Historical Sketch of State Railway Ownership. London: John Murry.
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. 2002. Transport in Britain 1750-2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London.
Barker, Theo, and Dorian Gerhold. 1993. The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990. London: Studies in Economic and Social History.
Bonavia, M. R., and T. C. Barker. 1978. Railway Policy Between the Wars. London: City of London Polytechnic.
Cline, Peter K. 1974. “Eric Geddes and the 'Experiment' with Businessmen in Government, 1915-1922.” In Essays in Anti-Labour History: Responses to the Rise of Labour in Britain, edited by Kenneth D. Brown, 74-104. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Emil Davies, A. 1908. The Nationalization of Railways. London: Adam and Charles Black.
Grieves, Keith. 1989. Sir Eric Geddes: Business and Government in War and Peace. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Hylton, Stuart. 2016. What the Railways did for us. Stroud: Amberley.
Phillips, Christopher. Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War. London, University of London Press, 2020.
Robbins, Michael. 1998. The Railway Age. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Webb, Simon. 2016. Commutters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
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In this episode of Rails to Nowhere, join Simon and Ela as they take a deep dive into the Railway Act 1921, the context around it and the potential learning points we can take away and apply to the modern age.
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Music: ‘Koala’ David Cutter Music - www.davidcuttermusic.com
Research for this episode was carried out using a number of sources including parts of the National Railway Museum library collection. Below are the principle texts used to research this episode.
Bibliography
Acworth, W. M. 1920. Historical Sketch of State Railway Ownership. London: John Murry.
Bagwell, Philip, and Peter Lyth. 2002. Transport in Britain 1750-2000: From Canal Lock to Gridlock. London: Hambledon & London.
Barker, Theo, and Dorian Gerhold. 1993. The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990. London: Studies in Economic and Social History.
Cline, Peter K. 1974. “Eric Geddes and the 'Experiment' with Businessmen in Government, 1915-1922.” In Essays in Anti-Labour History: Responses to the Rise of Labour in Britain, edited by Kenneth D. Brown, 74-104. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Emil Davies, A. 1908. The Nationalization of Railways. London: Adam and Charles Black.
Grieves, Keith. 1989. Sir Eric Geddes: Business and Government in War and Peace. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Hylton, Stuart. 2016. What the Railways did for us. Stroud: Amberley.
Phillips, Christopher. Civilian Specialists at War: Britain's Transport Experts and the First World War. London, University of London Press, 2020.
Robbins, Michael. 1998. The Railway Age. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Webb, Simon. 2016. Commutters: The History of a British Way of Life. Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
