1876 Metropolitan District Railway Map
Metropolitan District Railway Map c.1876
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper map, map of London on verso. Attached to guide book.
Earliest known pocket-sized map published by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR - later known as simply the ‘District Railway’). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
The proposed Inner Circle Completion Line is shown in Blue (financial difficulties saw this line take 8 years to open). The District Railway terminates at Hammersmith with an extension towards Shaftesbury Road shown in dashed line (opened 1877).Also shown as authorised is the Metropolitan & South Western Railway which never proceeded.
Metropolitan District Railway Map c.1876
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper map, map of London on verso. Attached to guide book.
Earliest known pocket-sized map published by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR - later known as simply the ‘District Railway’). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
The proposed Inner Circle Completion Line is shown in Blue (financial difficulties saw this line take 8 years to open). The District Railway terminates at Hammersmith with an extension towards Shaftesbury Road shown in dashed line (opened 1877).Also shown as authorised is the Metropolitan & South Western Railway which never proceeded.
Metropolitan District Railway Map c.1876
Lithograph on paper. Two-colour lithograph (with blue overprint for Inner Circle Completion line). Folded paper map, map of London on verso. Attached to guide book.
Earliest known pocket-sized map published by the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR - later known as simply the ‘District Railway’). This two-colour map paper format would be used by the DR right up until 1927.
The proposed Inner Circle Completion Line is shown in Blue (financial difficulties saw this line take 8 years to open). The District Railway terminates at Hammersmith with an extension towards Shaftesbury Road shown in dashed line (opened 1877).Also shown as authorised is the Metropolitan & South Western Railway which never proceeded.