A History of the Railways of Oxfordshire: The South
Author | : Bill Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781899246069 |
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Author | : Bill Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781899246069 |
Author | : Laurence Waters |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1526740397 |
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.
Author | : Bill Simpson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Locomotives |
ISBN | : 9781899246021 |
Author | : Stanley C. Jenkins |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2013-02-15 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1445629887 |
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Oxfordshire Railways have changed and developed over the last century.
Author | : George Augustus Nokes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1895 |
Genre | : Broad gauge railroads |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Laurence Waters |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2020-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1526740419 |
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.
Author | : Peter Steer |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword Transport |
Total Pages | : 703 |
Release | : 2022-05-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1526778424 |
The Southern Railway between 1923 and 1939 was the only British company to carry out a sustained programme of electrification which became known as the Southern Electric. Unlike many recent projects, each incremental step was completed on time and within budget. This successful project was more impressive as it was achieved during a period of economic stagnation (including the ‘great depression’) and despite government disapproval of the method of electrification. The driving force behind this endeavor was the railway’s general manager, Sir Herbert Walker, but at his side was his electrical engineer, Alfred Raworth, the man one journalist described as an ‘electrification genius’. Alfred Raworth’s career began working with his father the eminent consulting engineer and entrepreneur, John Smith Raworth. Following the collapse of his father’s business Alfred joined the railway industry and devised an ambitious and innovative electrification design. This was discarded when the railways of southern England were ‘grouped’ into the Southern Railway after which he took responsibility for the implementation of the electrification schemes. With Walker’s retirement in 1937, those who continued to support steam traction took the policy lead. A marginalised Raworth retired but was later to witness the fruition of many of his discarded ideas.
Author | : Peter Allen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Broad gauge railroads |
ISBN | : 9780752417189 |
Author | : David Turnock |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351958933 |
Although a great deal has been published on the economic, social and engineering history of nineteenth-century railways, the work of historical geographers has been much less conspicuous. This overview by David Turnock goes a long way towards restoring the balance. It details every important aspect of the railway’s influence on spatial distribution of economic and social change, providing a full account of the nineteenth-century geography of the British Isles seen in the context of the railway. The book reviews and explains the shape of the developing railway network, beginning with the pre-steam railways and connections between existing road and water communications and the new rail lines. The author also discusses the impact of the railways on the patterns of industrial, urban and rural change throughout the century. Throughout, the historical geography of Ireland is treated in equal detail to that of Great Britain.