Table of Contents

1 Introduction 6
2 The Pioneers 8
3 The Lines 14
4 Financing the Underground 54
5 Underground Management 64
6 Trains and Tunnels 70
7 The Underground at War 82
8 Underground Art, Architecture, Poetry and Maths 92
9 Metroland and its Family 102
10 Accidents and Tragedies 108
11 Underground Curiosities 116
12 Index 138

About the Author

Stephen Halliday is a historian specialising in British and industrial history. He is an authority on the history of London, with a special interest in the great engineering works. He is the author of Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: London Underground. He contributes articles and reviews to magazines such as Literary Review, Times Higher Education, BBC History and History Today.

Stephen lives in Cambridge.