Author: Christian Wolmar

Reissued in a new paperback package to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.'I can think of few better ways to while away ...

The authoritative and fascinating history of the rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail'Wolmar's book is impeccably organised and makes a fa...

From Britain's most popular railway historian, a concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world. The arrival ...

The epic story of the British construction of the railways in India, as told by Britain''''s bestselling transport historian.''''Christian Wolmar i...

The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. Crossrail, first conceived just after t...

We all use some form of transport almost every day of our lives. It is one of the most important factors in determining the economic wellbeing of a...

The arrival of the railways in the first half of the nineteenth century and their subsequent spread across every one of the world''s continents, ac...

'Fascinating' 'Books of the Year', Financial Times'London's twelve great rail termini are the epic survivors of the Victorian age... Wolmar brings ...

Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the north...

India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambitio...

London's underground railways are an expression of the spread and diversity of the most international of capitals. Indeed, for many Londoners, the ...