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The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City For Ever
by Christian Wolmar.
Atlantic, 351 pp., £17.99, November 2004,1 84354 022 3 Show More
by Christian Wolmar.
Atlantic, 351 pp., £17.99, November 2004,
“... prewar, internationally admired LT was notable for being allowed by the government to do what Gordon Brown’s Treasury forbids Transport for London to do in the 21st century: issue bonds and solicit credit underwritten by the government, which means that loans can be obtained more cheaply. Wolmar runs briskly through the history of the Underground ... ”