A01=David Bathurst
Author_David Bathurst
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Chichester
colonel stephens
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local history
Phillimore
tramway
West Sussex
Product details
- ISBN 9780850338393
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 185 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1992
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Selsey tramway was one of the most remarkable country railways in England. Less than eight miles long, it boasted no fewer than 11 stations. It used antiquated engines and petrol railbuses and had an unenviable record of unpunctuality. For most of its life it ran with no legality as a railway at all. Yet in its 38 years it became a much-loved institution that brought ‘proper’ public transport to the peninsula for the first time. After describing its origins, the author recounts the life of its engineer, Colonel Stephens, which explains much of the line’s eccentricity.
