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For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone trying to get anywhere before 1914, the process of checking the timetable, buying a ticket and taking a seat, was central to their work and leisure activities. However, how people travelled in 1830 had changed radically by the time of the First World War, and the basic services of the early railway been replaced by comfort and complexity. David Turner tells this story; from the development of the stations, passenger carriages, waiting rooms, and tickets, through to the more unfamiliar aspects of smoking and 'ladies only' compartments, excursion trains, passenger's accident insurance and the dangers of crime and accidents. This introduction to Victorian railway travel describes how many features of people's journeys reflected the world in which they were living; and while many were unique to the period, others we would recognise in our railway journeys today.
TOC: Introduction / The Beginning of Journeys / The Carriage and its Development / Inside the Carriage / The Perils of Railway Travel / Destinations, For Work and Pleasure / Conclusion
作者简介David Turner is a PhD student at the University of York and the National Railway Museum's Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, studying Victorian railway management between 1870-1914. He is the author of the TurnipRail railway history blog.
目录?Introduction / The Station Experience / The Train / Inside the Carriage / The Perils of Railway Travel / Travel for Work and Leisure / Conclusion / Further Reading and Places to Visit / Index
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This is yet another small and slender book from Shire Publications providing an introduction to a cultural or historical topic, in this case railway travel during Victorian and Edwardian times. At 6x8 inches and 56 pages including index, one can't expect an exhaustive treatment, but this volume gives an adequate first look at the subject. The book's chapters outline, in order, the railway station, the trains themselves, life aboard a carriage, dangers of travel, and social history of rail travel for commuting to work and as a leisure activity. The author's text is straightforward and illuminating, and several illustrations add bits of engaging information. Again, don't come here for an in-depth examination, but to get the gist of what it was like to ride the rails in the 19th Century, this book gets the job done, and done well.
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