Lost Railways of Middlesex - Couverture souple

Hall, Mr Mike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853068020 ISBN 13 : 9781853068027

Editeur : Countryside Books, 2003

Synopsis

This illustrated and meticulously researched book takes you back to the golden age of railways in Middlesex – the story of their construction, their heyday and ultimately, the reasons for their closure.

The history of the railway network in Middlesex began in 1837 with the opening of the line from Euston to Birmingham, passing through Harrow. At this time much of the county was covered with farms, market gardens and orchards. 

For a while many of the new passenger routes prospered. The branch line from Highgate through Muswell Hill to Alexandra Palace carried nearly 94,000 people on Whit Monday 1875! Some of these lines live on but many do not and today only an overgrown trackbed testifies to their once-thriving existence. 

In this book, Mike Hall brings the history of the area's railways vividly to life. Modern photographs accompany those taken when the railways were open and bustling. These, together with specially drawn maps, will help enthusiasts to explore what has survived from the heyday of the railway age. 

CONTENTS

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The Slow Way to Staines
  The Staines & West Drayton Railway
• 2. Unfinished at Uxbridge 
  West Drayton to Vine Street and northwards from Uxbridge High Street
• 3. Kempton and Feltham Memories
  Kempton Park Pumping Station to Hampton Waterworks
  Kempton Park station
  Red flags and freight at Feltham
• 4. Brunel's Last Line
  Southall to Brentford Dock
• 5. Lines Around South Acton
  A silly way to get to Hammersmith
  'The Tea Run'
  Old Kew Junction
• 6. Around Shepherd's Bush
  Addison Road to Richmond via Hammersmith Grove
  Latimer Road to Shepherd's Bush
• 7. On the Met in Middlesex 
  Metroland's ghost stations
• 8. Exhibition Traffic
  'We're going to Wember-lee!' 
  Wood Lane
• 9. The Hotelier's Line
  Stanmore via Belmont
• 10. Lost Stations on the Piccadilly Line
  Indecision at Hounslow
  Osterley, Northfields, Park Royal and north-east to Cockfosters
• 11. Ally Pally Palaver
  The Great Northern route from Finsbury Park 
  An electric pioneer
  To the Palace Gates by GER
• 12. Taking the Pig to Edgware
  Finsbury Park to Edgware ... and beyond
• 13. Enfield Oddments 
  Goods trains in general
  The Churchbury Loop
  Angel Road to Lower Edmonton
  Wood Green to Enfield
• 14. Never-Never Lines
• 15. Requiem for Broad Street
  The NLR line via Dalston Junction - the 'Happy Afterthought'
• Conclusion
• Opening and Final Closure Dates of Lines to Regular Passenger Traffic
• Bibliography
• Index

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Countryside Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853068020
• ISBN 13: 9781853068027
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible