London Underground tube map - c1912
Apologies for the fuzzy nature of this - the map is 'tipped in'to a very tightly bound guide book and I didn't want to damage either map or book. However - some interesting stuff tucked away on this late 1911 or early 1912 map - dated from the guide and also the Bank - Liverpool St section of the Central shown as under construction : this was to open in 1912. As usual with maps of this period there's the usual selection of now closed (such as Brompton Rd) and renamed (Dover St - now Green Park) stations, along with lines and services now long lost. This includes the Hammersmith curve that is seen showing a Metropolitan (H&C) route through Turnham Green to Kew & Richmond. One fine touch is the banner - "London UndergrounD Railways", an early use of the system name, even though at this date many of the railways shown (such as the City & South London Railway and the Central London Railways) were independent companies who had agreed to market the system with the Underground Electric Railways to better manage competition and connectivity. That said, within just over a year, in 1913, the two aforementioned companies were formally taken over by the UERL whose lines were better known as the London Electric Railways. The map is even 'plainer' than the previous 1911 version as afr as I can see as even less 'background' topographical information is shown.
London Underground tube map - c1912
Apologies for the fuzzy nature of this - the map is 'tipped in'to a very tightly bound guide book and I didn't want to damage either map or book. However - some interesting stuff tucked away on this late 1911 or early 1912 map - dated from the guide and also the Bank - Liverpool St section of the Central shown as under construction : this was to open in 1912. As usual with maps of this period there's the usual selection of now closed (such as Brompton Rd) and renamed (Dover St - now Green Park) stations, along with lines and services now long lost. This includes the Hammersmith curve that is seen showing a Metropolitan (H&C) route through Turnham Green to Kew & Richmond. One fine touch is the banner - "London UndergrounD Railways", an early use of the system name, even though at this date many of the railways shown (such as the City & South London Railway and the Central London Railways) were independent companies who had agreed to market the system with the Underground Electric Railways to better manage competition and connectivity. That said, within just over a year, in 1913, the two aforementioned companies were formally taken over by the UERL whose lines were better known as the London Electric Railways. The map is even 'plainer' than the previous 1911 version as afr as I can see as even less 'background' topographical information is shown.