Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel
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travelled in 1830 had changed radically by the time of the First World War, and the basic services of the early railway been replaced by comfort and complexity.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 thi…
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- ISBN: 978-0-7478-1150-3
- EAN: 9780747811503
- Produktnummer: 13573055
- Verlag: Shire Pubn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 56 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.9 cm x D0.7 cm 129 g
- Gewicht: 129
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