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Here you can find a series of fact sheets, maps and other resources for you to download. Together they set out the history and context of the the development of the passenger transport, the electric train, mass urban and inter urban transport and the environmental benefits of electric traction.

Factsheets

Factsheet 1: Electric Railways - The Pioneers

Factsheet 1: Electric traction - the pioneers

Factsheet 1 examines the early visionaries of electric traction and the gradual replacement of horse drawn urban transit systems by electrically powered trams and trains.

 Download Factsheet 1 here

 

 

 

London Underground and electric traction

Factsheet 2: The London Underground and electric traction

Factsheet 2 examines the development of the earliest underground system and the importance of electric traction to its success as a mass passenger transit system.

 Download Factsheet 2 here

 

 

 

Southern Railway - a short history

Factsheet 3: The Southern Railway - a history

Factsheet 3 examines the history and development of the Southern Railway, established in the 1923 Grouping, and its impact on passenger movement in the London suburbs.

 Download Factsheet 3 here

 

 

 

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Factsheet 4: The electric tram

Factsheet 4 examines the developement of the electrically powered tram in London, the largest operating centre for trams in Britain.

 Download Factsheet 4 here

 

 

 

 

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Factsheet 5: The pros and cons of electric trams

Factsheet 5 examines the benefits and dis-benefits of introducing the modern electric tram as an urban transit system.

 Download Factsheet 5 here 

 

 
 
 
 
Maps 

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Map 1: England's Railway System, 1900

 Download Map 1 here

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 2: London's Electric Railway System, 1903

 Download Map 2 here

 

 

 

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Map 3: Railways of Kent, 1903

 Download Map 3 here

 

 

 

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Map 4: East London's Railway System, 1915

 Download Map 4 here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 5: London and Continental Railway Connections, 1900

 Download Map 5 here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 6: Main Railway Lines of The British Isles, 1934

 Download Map 6 here

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 7: Brighton & Hove, Showing the Location of the Station, 1936

 Download Map 7 here

 

 

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Map 8: Map of Southampton Harbour Showing Rail Links, 1937

 Download Map 8 here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 9: Map of Dover Harbour Showing Rail Links, 1936

 Download Map 9 here 

 

 

 

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Map 10: London's Underground Railway System, c.1950

 Download Map 10 here 

 

 

 

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Map 11: Map of England's Manufacturing Centres, 1900

 Download Map 11 here

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 12: Map of England's Industrial and Congested Areas, 1936

 Download Map 12 here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 13: Map of Roads in South East England, 1936

 Download Map 13 here 

 

 

 

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Map 14: Great Britain, Plan of the Motorways, 1963

 Download Map 14 here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Map 15: Map of Navigable Waterways of England, 1934

 Download Map 15 here