Name: Taking the Train: Two Centuries of Railway Travel (en Inglés)
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Author: Burton, Anthony
ISBN: 9781399036702

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Taking the Train: Two Centuries of Railway Travel (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Anthony Burton

Editorial

Pen and Sword Transport

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

184

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781399036702

Categorías

Siglo xix, c. 1800-c. 1899
Fotografía y fotógrafos
Historia general y del mundo
Trenes y ferrocarriles: interés general

Taking the Train: Two Centuries of Railway Travel (en Inglés)

Anthony Burton (Autor) · Pen and Sword Transport · Tapa Dura

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The book looks at rail travel from the passenger's point of view, beginning when a coach drawn by horses, rumbled down the newly laid tracks linking Swansea to Mumbles in 1807 and takes the reader right up to the present day. It was not long after that first service opened in Wales that the first steam passenger trains began to operate. The story broadens out from the first inter-city line connecting Liverpool to Manchester to spread first around Britain and eventually spread across the world. The book paints vivid pictures of how travel seemed to passengers in different countries, drawing on many first-hand accounts. The early days offered little in comfort - third class passengers had to make do with carriages that were simply open trucks. Gradually conditions improved and eventually there was an age of luxury travel epitomised by the famous Orient Express. Every aspect of rail travel is looked at, from tragic tales of fatal accidents to the role of railway travel in films and books. This lively account of the pioneering days and what many regard as the golden age of rail travel will be welcomed by anyone who enjoys taking the train.