The Moving Metropolis: A History of London's Transport Since 1800 - Hardcover

Over the past two centuries, the city of London has grown at an incredible rate. This growth has been closely linked with the expansion of its public transport services, facilitating its dramatic urban expansion in the Victorian era and its later suburban expansion up to the mid-twentieth century. The Moving Metropolis is the first work to cover the entire history of public transport in London. Filled with contemporary and vintage photographs, sketches, plans, and engravings, it brings to life every significant phase, from early water transport, horse buses, trolleys, and the steam underground up to the tube and the colorful double-decker buses that have made getting around London’s famously haphazard streets both an adventure and a pleasure.

The book is organized chronologically, with each chapter containing an illustrated opening essay, hundreds of images highlighted by extensive captions, and sidebars that focus on intriguing themes. In addition to illustrations of vehicles, stations, and waiting rooms, there are contemporary photographs and engravings of the construction and operation of the transport network, its innovative and artfully designed posters, and the personalities and structures that lend the system—and its history—its remarkable character. The wealth of visual and textual material in this generous volume amply demonstrates how intimately intertwined are the history of London and its public transport.

· First complete history of the London transport
· 1,200 illustrations
· An exciting read for anyone interested in the history of London