Trams and Trolleybuses

Oliver Green (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

64 Seiten

2018
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78442-248-6 (ISBN)

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From the horse-drawn trams of the nineteenth century to the larger electric models of the early twentieth, this reliable form of public transport revolutionised town travel by making it affordable enough for working people to use. From the 1930s, the rise of the trolleybus, which also picked up power from overhead cables but ran without expensive tracks, looked set to supersede the tram – but ultimately, by the 1950s, both fell victim to motor buses and private cars. However, since the 1980s the environmental benefits of light rail have encouraged a growing comeback for trams on our crowded and polluted city streets. Using beautiful contemporary photographs, this is the fascinating story of the rise, fall and revival of this everyday, yet sometimes controversial, mode of urban transport.

Oliver Green is a museums consultant and writer. Former Head Curator of the London Transport Museum, he is the author of a number of books relating to London transport history, and transport art, including The Tube and Discovering London's Railway Stations for Shire. Oliver is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Horse and Rail
Steam and Cable
Going Electric
Through War and Peace
From Blitz to Closure
Light Rail Renaissance
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.03.2018
Reihe/Serie	Shire Library
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 210 mm
Gewicht	153 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Nutzfahrzeuge
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-78442-248-7 / 1784422487
ISBN-13	978-1-78442-248-6 / 9781784422486
Zustand	Neuware