Plan of the Metropolitan Railway of Paris - plan du Chemin de fer Métropolitan de Paris : Revised October 1904 : Royal Commission on London Traffic : Volume 5 - maps & diagrams : HMSO : London : 1906
The mighty Royal Commission on London Traffic that was set up to report on "the means of locomotion and transport" in the Metropolis and to report on the better organisation, development and inter-connections between the various methods of mechanical transport. The Commission was pertinent given the rapid shift to electric operation of tramways at the time as well as the many, opposing, plans for additional deep level tube lines. Volume 5 contains dozens of plans and maps illustrating the current situation in London, relating to congestion, population, workplaces as well as the contemporary transport network and proposals. The information comes from a variety of sources who were asked to give evidence to the Commission.
This plan of the Paris Metro was referred to by J. H. Lukach of the Traction & Power Securities Company and supplied to the Commission by none other than M. Fulgence Bienvenüe, the man usually referred to as the "Le Père du Métro" (Father of the Metro) and whose titles in the structure of Paris transport is shown in his title. The plan shows the Parisian system, the extensions underway and those proposed. The Commission would have noted that there was a stronger degree of central control as to the planning of the Paris system as against London.
Plan of the Metropolitan Railway of Paris - plan du Chemin de fer Métropolitan de Paris : Revised October 1904 : Royal Commission on London Traffic : Volume 5 - maps & diagrams : HMSO : London : 1906
The mighty Royal Commission on London Traffic that was set up to report on "the means of locomotion and transport" in the Metropolis and to report on the better organisation, development and inter-connections between the various methods of mechanical transport. The Commission was pertinent given the rapid shift to electric operation of tramways at the time as well as the many, opposing, plans for additional deep level tube lines. Volume 5 contains dozens of plans and maps illustrating the current situation in London, relating to congestion, population, workplaces as well as the contemporary transport network and proposals. The information comes from a variety of sources who were asked to give evidence to the Commission.
This plan of the Paris Metro was referred to by J. H. Lukach of the Traction & Power Securities Company and supplied to the Commission by none other than M. Fulgence Bienvenüe, the man usually referred to as the "Le Père du Métro" (Father of the Metro) and whose titles in the structure of Paris transport is shown in his title. The plan shows the Parisian system, the extensions underway and those proposed. The Commission would have noted that there was a stronger degree of central control as to the planning of the Paris system as against London.