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Book Synopsis Railways of Oxford by : Laurence Waters
Download or read book Railways of Oxford written by Laurence Waters and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western’s opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the railway locally, including the London and North Western ‘Buckinghamshire Railway’ from Bletchley, together with the five local branch lines. The opening of the Great Western / Great Central joint line in 1900 opened up regional travel across the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, the construction of a new junction at Oxford North created a direct link from the Great Western to the London Midland & Scottish Railway branch to Bletchley and beyond. These two junctions turned Oxford into a major railway center, bringing a considerable increase in both passenger and freight traffic. Today, Oxford is as busy as ever, with passenger services to London operated by Great Western Railway and Chiltern Trains, and by Cross Country Trains the South and the North of England.
Book Synopsis Railways of Oxford by : Laurence Waters
Download or read book Railways of Oxford written by Laurence Waters and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative history of the railways of Oxford and how they transformed the United Kingdom, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. In Railways of Oxford, historian Laurence Waters looks at the development of services and operations from Great Western’s opening of the Oxford Railway in 1844 through to the present day. This volume covers the development of the railway locally, including the London and North Western ‘Buckinghamshire Railway’ from Bletchley, together with the five local branch lines. The opening of the Great Western / Great Central joint line in 1900 opened up regional travel across the United Kingdom. During the Second World War, the construction of a new junction at Oxford North created a direct link from the Great Western to the London Midland & Scottish Railway branch to Bletchley and beyond. These two junctions turned Oxford into a major railway center, bringing a considerable increase in both passenger and freight traffic. Today, Oxford is as busy as ever, with passenger services to London operated by Great Western Railway and Chiltern Trains, and by Cross Country Trains the South and the North of England.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s by : Jack Simmons
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to British Railway History from 1603 to the 1990s written by Jack Simmons and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first encyclopedia to chart the progress of Britain's railway development. It begins with primitive 17th-century wagonways, fully considers the eras of horse, steam, diesel, and electric traction, and then charts the change from private to public ownership. Finally, it describes in detail the privatizations of the late 1990s. Over six hundred entries by eighty-eight expert contributors provide a comprehensive and unique reference to all aspects of railways.
Book Synopsis Oxford, Bletchley & Bedford Line Through Time by : Stanley C. Jenkins
Download or read book Oxford, Bletchley & Bedford Line Through Time written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-06-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Oxford to Bletchley Line has changed and developed over the last century.
Book Synopsis Oxfordshire Railways Through Time by : Stanley C. Jenkins
Download or read book Oxfordshire Railways Through Time written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxfordshire Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Book Synopsis Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: The Railway Children by : Edith Nesbit
Download or read book Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 3: The Railway Children written by Edith Nesbit and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-12-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suitable for younger learners Word count 9,295
Download or read book Going East written by K. C. Close and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2023-11-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the railway route from Oxford to Cambridge, from its beginnings through partial closure to the present day plans to reopen it as an East-West line.
Book Synopsis Exploring Indian Railways by : Bill Aitken
Download or read book Exploring Indian Railways written by Bill Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a humourous and well-written account of Bill Aitken's experiences of Indian Railways. Covering every imaginable aspect of the railways' history and current practice, the book combines interesting anecdotes and technical detail to shed light on the railway's vital contribution to Indian culture and the economy.
Book Synopsis Princes Risborough-Thame-Oxford Railway by : Richard Lingard
Download or read book Princes Risborough-Thame-Oxford Railway written by Richard Lingard and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wheels to Disaster! by : Peter R. Lewis
Download or read book Wheels to Disaster! written by Peter R. Lewis and published by History PressLtd. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of railways in Britain came in the 1830s as a result of the needs of industry and of a public eager for the novelty and cheapness of rail travel. These early railways were beset by accidents caused by collisions and mechanical failure, and the 1870s produced more disasters than any other decade before or since. On Christmas Eve in 1874 the worst accident in the history of the GWR occurred at Shipton-on-Cherwell when the 10 A.M. from London Paddington to Birkenhead derailed, killing 34 passengers. The fracture of a single tire was enough to cause this catastrophe due to the lack of continuous braking and inadequate communication between the driver and passengers. The authors detail the history surrounding this tragic event using the accounts of eyewitnesses, archive newspaper articles, and reports.
Book Synopsis Great Railway Journeys: London to Oxford and London to Cambridge by : Roger Mason
Download or read book Great Railway Journeys: London to Oxford and London to Cambridge written by Roger Mason and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating journey from the capital to Britain's two most famous railway towns - Oxford and Cambridge.
Book Synopsis The "Springhill and Oxford" Railway by : Berth I. Scott
Download or read book The "Springhill and Oxford" Railway written by Berth I. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway Through Time by : Stanley C. Jenkins
Download or read book Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway Through Time written by Stanley C. Jenkins and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Book Synopsis Railways and Culture in Britain by : Ian Carter
Download or read book Railways and Culture in Britain written by Ian Carter and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 19th-century steam railway epitomized modernity's relentlessly onrushing advance. Ian Carter delves into the cultural impact of the train. Why, for example, did Britain possess no great railway novel? He compares fiction and images by canonical British figures (Turner, Dickens, Arnold Bennett) with selected French and Russian competitors: Tolstoy, Zola, Monet, Manet. He argues that while high cultural work on the British steam railway is thin, British popular culture did not ignore it. Detailed discussions of comic fiction, crime fiction, and cartoons reveal a popular fascination with railways tumbling from vast (and hitherto unexplored) stores of critically overlooked genres.
Book Synopsis Wales and Western Region Railways by : Brian Reading
Download or read book Wales and Western Region Railways written by Brian Reading and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning previously unpublished photographs documenting the end of steam railways of the G.W.R.
Book Synopsis Oxford to Cambridge Railway by : Bill Simpson
Download or read book Oxford to Cambridge Railway written by Bill Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Commissioners of Railways by : Great Britain Commissioners of Railways
Download or read book Report of the Commissioners of Railways written by Great Britain Commissioners of Railways and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
