Bradshaw's Guide Surrey & Sussex Railways

London, Brighton and South coast - Volume 11

Simon Jeffs, John Christopher (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2014 | Annotated edition
Amberley Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4456-4040-2 (ISBN)

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Bradshaw’s Guide provides a fascinating account of Victorian railway travel in the south-east of England. For the first time it is presented in a highly readable form in this new annotated volume, fully illustrated throughout with old and new colour images.

The LBSCR was the main route connecting London with Brighton and the pleasures of the South Coast resorts. In this latest volume Bradshaw takes us on the journey and, via the numerous branch lines, also explores the coastal lines, westwards to Chichester and eastwards, on the Brighton and Lewes branch to Eastbourne, St Leonards and Hastings. The network of branch lines within Surrey and Sussex reaches a number of destinations including Croydon, Redhill, Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Epsom, East Grinstead, Horsham, Uckfield and Battle, and in the north of Surrey the LSWR loop takes in Richmond and Kew.

‘Seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.’ Punch, in praise of Bradshaw’s publications.

Bradshaw’s guide was published in 1863, not that long after most of the railway network had been completed. It gives the reader a unique insight into the world of the Victorian railways and goes beyond the engineering aspects to record the sights to be seen in the towns and cities encountered along the way. Local author and railway expert Simon Jeffs accompanies Bradshaw’s original text with contemporary images and many new colour photographs of the same journeys today.

Simon Jeffs is a member of the Southern Electric Group and has co-authored a recent history of the Brighton Belle service. He lives in Eastbourne. John Christopher has written and edited a number of books on Engineering, Military History and Railway and Road Transport, specializing in the life and works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and being the series editor for Amberley’s Bradshaw’s Guides series. He has also appeared in Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys television series. In between writing books, he is a balloon pilot and Land Rover fan. He lives in Gloucestershire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Bradshaw's Guide ; 11
Zusatzinfo	150 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Chalford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 234 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
ISBN-10	1-4456-4040-6 / 1445640406
ISBN-13	978-1-4456-4040-2 / 9781445640402
Zustand	Neuware