London Underground

An expanded edition of one of Shire’s bestselling books, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.The London Underground is a pioneer and an institution. The first underground railway in the world, and incorporating the first ever deep tunnel ‘tube’ lines too, it is at the heart of London life, with millions of commuters and tourists using it every year and its tentacles extending into the suburbs it helped to create.Taking a fresh approach to this well-trodden subject, this is a pocket guide to the most interesting and quirky aspects of the Tube: from acting as a network of life-saving shelters in the Blitz to the unique logistical challenges it poses in the modern day.With well over half of the illustrations in colour, and including many rarely seen photographs, let this book transport you vividly back through years of iconic signage and under-city tunnels.