Book description
Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit?
Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's 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. Blending reportage, humour and personal encounters, Andrew
Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social history of London's
underground railway system (which despite its name, is in fact
fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a highly
enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need to know
about the Tube. Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical
Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's
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. Blending reportage, humour and personal
encounters, Andrew Martin embarks on a wonderfully engaging social
history of London's underground railway system (which despite its name,
is in fact fifty-five per cent overground). Underground, Overground is a
highly enjoyable, witty and informative history of everything you need
to know about the Tube.
