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Taking the Train : Two Centuries of Railway Travel by Anthony Burton is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<b>A history of railway travel from improved railway advancements to firsthand passenger encounters.</b><br><br>The book looks at rail travel from the passenger's point of view, beginning when a coach drawn by horses, rumbled down the newly laid tracks linking Swansea to Mumbles in 1807 and takes the reader right up to the present day. It was not long after that first service opened in Wales that the first steam passenger trains began to operate. The story broadens out from the first inter-city
Who reads Taking the Train : Two Centuries of Railway Travel?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anthony Burton
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Transport
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781399036740
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Transportation, History, Technology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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