Railway & Transport

The first edition of this map was printed in 1932 but the introduction of Beck's diagram in 1933 did not obviate the need for geographically accura...

This was the first official London Underground passenger map to be printed since spring 1943, at least partly due to paper shortages. When printed ...

Underground Railways of London What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London Condition & Materials Summer 1925 issue of...

Metropolitan Goods Conference Map of Collection & Delivery Boundary This map is a variant of the London plan typically issued with Kelly’s Dire...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Manor House Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, w...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

This is an LNER colliery map covering the midlands and north of England and Wales ('Collieries in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lancashir...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Uxbridge Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

The guide seems to have been aimed at an American audience, with several pages devoted to converting prices in pounds, shillings and pence into dol...

This Central London Railway map is similar in style to the UERL common design which had been in circulation since 1908, although with a chocolate r...

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour Lewis (1900-1966)...

Published in March 1935, this is a commercially available map showing the operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board, a...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth century. First published in 1933, Beck remained dire...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Paddington Praed Street Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second ...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

The introduction of Beck's diagram did not obviate the need for geographically accurate maps, which pinpointed the location of Underground stations...

Cheffins’s Map of the English & Scotch Railways Cheffins’s Map of the Railways in England & Scotland, accurately delineating all the lines ...

This map attempts full integration of bus and coach routes, tramways, the Underground and main-line railways, and is possibly the first issue showi...

In 1933 the Met became part of the LPTB. Here though, the Tube and other railways fade into the background. The emphasis is on work/life balance, c...