The Story of Crossrail
$61.77
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2018
Summary
Crossrail: An Engineering Marvel of the 21st Century
The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain’s bestselling railway writer.
Crossrail, first conceived just after the Second World War in the era of Attlee and Churchill, has cost more than £15bn and is expected to serve 200 million passengers annually. From Reading and Heathrow in the west, the Elizabeth line will extend to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including 42 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788540254 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788540255 |
| Author: | Christian Wolmar |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Head of Zeus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 595g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 30mm |
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There will surely be lessons from Crossrail to suggest how the work might have been done even more efficiently and quickly * Financial Times *PRAISE FOR CHRISTIAN WOLMAR:‘An excellent history of the London Underground’ The Times on The Subterranean Railway.‘A lucid and engaging account of the far-reaching effects that trains have had upon society’ The Railway & Canal Historical Society on Railways.‘A wonderful account of how our railways came to be’ Jon Snow on Fire and Steam.‘A marvellously informative, entertaining and rightly partisan book’ * Sunday Times, on Fire and Steam *
About The Author
Christian Wolmar
Christian Wolmar is an award-winning journalist and the author of a series of books on transport history including Fire & Steam, Railways & the Raj and Railways. He writes regularly for various newspapers and magazines, and has a regular column in Rail magazine.
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