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Underground, overground, a passenger's history of the Tube, Andrew Martin

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Underground, overground, a passenger's history of the Tube, Andrew Martin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Underground, overground
Responsibility statement
Andrew Martin
Sub title
a passenger's history of the Tube
Summary
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from Kings Cross to Kings Cross on the Circle line?The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations.Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. It is iconic, recognised the world over, and loved and despised by Londoners in equal measure
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