Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides

Bibliography

[Last modified: 2014-10-07]

Many of these books have been used - directly or indirectly - as sources for these Guides. This list does not distinguish these books from the others listed.

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Notation

General guides

• Underground: Official Handbook, by Piers Connor,
  1988, Capital Transport Publishing, P80mc, ISBN 0-904711-99-4.

London's Underground, by John Glover, 10th ed., 2003, Ian Allan, H160@, ISBN 0-7110-2930-5.

General histories

• Rails through the Clay, by Desmond F. Croome and Alan A. Jackson,
  2nd ed., 1993, Capital Transport Publishing, H574m, ISBN 1-85414-151-1.
  Covers the "tube" lines only.

A History of London Transport, by T.C. Barker and Michael Robbins, Vol 1: The Nineteenth Century 1963, George Allen & Unwin, H412p, pre-ISBN but retroactively assigned ISBN 0-04-385002-2; republished 1976, HarperCollins, P414p, ISBN 0-04-385066-9; republished 2006, Routledge, H412p, ISBN 0-415-41820-8. Vol 2: The Twentieth Century to 1970 1974, George Allen & Unwin, H554p, ISBN 0-04-385063-4; republished 1976, George Allen & Unwin, P550p, ISBN 0-04-385077-9. Includes all forms of transport in London, but in detail only up to 1947; 1948-1970 is covered in a summary chapter. Despite the titles, the boundary between the volumes lies in the 1890s.

• The Story of London's Underground, by John R. Day,
  1971, London Transport, P190p, SBN (sic) 85329-016-4.

• The London Underground: An illustrated history, by Oliver Green,
  1987, Ian Allan, P80m, ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.

• The Age of the Electric Train, by J.C. Gillham,
  1988, Ian Allan, H208m, ISBN 0-7110-1392-6.
  Covers all electric railways in Britain, not just the Underground.

• A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Volume 3, Greater London, by H.P. White,
  1987, David & Charles, H237p, ISBN 0-946537-39-9.
  Covers all railways in the London area.

London's Local Railways, by Alan A. Jackson, 1999, Capital Transport, H@m, ISBN 1-85414-209-7.

Subterranean City: Beneath the Streets of London, by Anthony Clayton, 2000, Historical Publications Ltd., H192c, ISBN 0-948667-69-9 .

Underground to Everywhere, by Stephen Halliday, 2001, Sutton Publishing, H248mk, ISBN 0-7509-2585-X.

Underground: How the Tube Shaped London, by David Bownes, Oliver Green, & Sam Mullins, 2012, Allen Lane, H286c, ISBN 978-1-846-14462-2.

Histories of specific lines or companies

Bakerloo Line

• Sixty Years of the Bakerloo, by Charles E. Lee,
  1966, London Transport, P24p, no ISBN.

• A Short History of the Bakerloo Line, by M.A.C. Horne,
  1990, Douglas Rose & Nebulous Books, P56m, ISBN 1-870354-05-2.

The Bakerloo Line, by Mike Horne, 2001, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-248-8.

• Also see the Jubilee Line.

Central Line

• Seventy Years of the Central,
  1970?, London Transport, @, SBN 85329-013-X.

• The Central Line, a Brief History, by Charles E. Lee,
  1973?, London Transport, P32p, ISBN 0-85329-055-5.

• A Short History of the Central Line, by M.A.C. Horne,
  1987, Douglas Rose & Nebulous Books, P56m, ISBN 1-870354-01-X.

The Twopenny Tube, by J. Graeme Bruce and Desmond F. Croome, 1996, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-186-4.

Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan Lines

• The Metropolitan Line, a Brief History, by Charles E. Lee,
  1972, London Transport, P32p, ISBN 0-85329-033-4.

• The West London Joint Railways, by J.B. Atkinson,
  1984, Ian Allan, H128m, ISBN 0-7110-1381-0.

• London's Metropolitan Railway, by Alan A. Jackson,
  1986, David & Charles, H416p, ISBN 0-7153-8839-8.

The Circle Line, by Desmond F. Croome, 2003, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-267-4. Includes the Hammersmith & City Line.

The Metropolitan Line, by Mike Horne, 2003, Capital Transport, P96mc, ISBN 1-85414-275-5.

Croydon Tramlink

• Tramlink Official Handbook, by Michael Steward, John Gent, and Colin Stannard,
  2000, Capital Transport, P64c, ISBN 1-85414-222-4.

District Line

• 100 Years of the District,
  1968?, London Transport, @.

• The District Line, a Brief History, by Charles E. Lee,
  1973, London Transport, P36p, ISBN 0-85329-050-4.

• Going Green, by Piers Connor,
  1993, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-157-0.

Docklands Light Railway

• Stepney's Own Railway, by J.E. Connor,
  1987, Connor & Butler, P128m, ISBN 0-947699-08-2.
  Mostly about the London & Blackwall Railway, whose trackbed the DLR reused.

East London Line

• The East London Line and the Thames Tunnel, by Charles E. Lee,
  1976, London Transport, P24p, ISBN 0-85329-068-7.

• East London Line, by Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith,
  1996, Middleton Press, H96m, ISBN 0-873793-80-4.

Jubilee Line

The Jubilee Line, by Mike A.C. Horne, 2000, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-220-8.

• Also see the Bakerloo Line.

Northern Line

• Sixty Years of the Northern,
  1967?, London Transport, @.

• The Northern Line, a Brief History, by Charles E. Lee,
  1973, London Transport, P32p, ISBN 0-85329-044-X.

• A Short History of the Northern Line, by M.A.C. Horne,
  1987, Douglas Rose & Nebulous Books, P48m, ISBN 1-870354-00-1.

• The City & South London Railway, by T.S. Lascelles,
  1987 (reprint of 1955 edition), The Oakwood Press, P48m, ISBN 0-85361-360-5.

• Northern Wastes, by Jim Blake and Jonathan James,
  1987, North London Transport Society, P48m, ISBN 0-946383-04-9.
  This ISBN was found by an online search. The ISBN in my copy of the book is not valid.

The Northern Line, by Mike Horne and Bob Bayman, 1999, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-208-9.

By Tube Beyond Edgware, by Tony Beard, 2002, Capital Transport, H136mc, ISBN 1-85414-246-1.

Piccadilly Line

• Sixty Years of the Piccadilly,
  1966?, London Transport, @.

The Piccadilly Line, by Desmond Croome, 1998, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-192-9.

Victoria Line

• The Story of the Victoria Line, by John Day,
  1970, London Transport, @, SBN 85329-018-0.

• A Short History of the Victoria Line, by M.A.C. Horne,
  1988, Douglas Rose & Nebulous Books, P56m, ISBN 1-870354-02-8.

The Victoria Line, by Mike Horne, 2004, Capital Transport, P80mc, ISBN 1-85414-281-X.

Maps and Atlases

Railway Track Diagrams, volume 5 (Southern and TfL), by Quail, 3rd ed., 2008, TRACKmaps, P64, ISBN 0-954986-64-4.

The London Underground, a Diagrammatic History, by Douglas Rose, 8th ed., Douglas Rose, fold-out colour diagram, ISBN 1-85414-315-8.

Railway Clearing House Atlas of London 1935, 2001, Ian Allan, H60 including 45 coloured diagrams, ISBN 0-7110-2789-7.

Stations

• London's Underground Stations: A Social and Architectural Study, written and illustrated by Laurence Menear,
  1983, Midas and also 1985, Baton Transport, ISBN 0-85936-124-1.

• London Underground Stations, by David Leboff,
  1994, Ian Allan, P160m, ISBN 0-7110-2226-7.

London's Disused Underground Stations, by J.E. Connor, 1st ed., 1999, Connor & Butler, P68m, ISBN 0-947699-29-5; 2nd ed., 2001, Capital Transport, H128m, ISBN 1-85414-250-X. The two editions are very different and so both are listed.

• The Directory of Railway Stations, by R.V.J. Butt,
  1995, Patrick Stephens Limited, H296m, ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
  A complete list of every passenger station that has existed in the British Isles, with opening and closing dates and name changes.

Specialized histories

• Reconstructing London's Underground, by H. Follenfant,
  1974, London Transport, H184p, ISBN 0-85329-039-3.
  Civil engineering on the Underground from 1920 to 1973.

No Need to Ask!, by David Leboff and Tim Demuth, 1999, Capital Transport, H80c, ISBN 1-85414-215-1. Underground maps up to 1933.

Mr Beck's Underground Map, by Ken Garland, 1994, Capital Transport, H80c, ISBN 1-85414-168-6. Diagrammatic maps of the Underground by Harry Beck (used from 1933 to 1959).

Underground Maps After Beck, by Maxwell Roberts, 2005, Capital Transport, H112c, ISBN 1-85414-286-0. Diagrammatic maps of the Underground from 1961 onwards.

• Moving People from Street to Platform
  2000, Elevator World Inc., H80m, ISBN 1-886536-25-2.
  A brief history of escalators on the London Underground.

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