From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes Great Railway .

From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes Great Railway Maps of the World, a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive history of the greatest railway maps, and the story behind them. The history of the railway is the history of Britain - and France, and America, and Japan, and Russia, among many others. Few other subjects can envelop such a heady mixture of design, history, geography and - more often than not - usefulness. It& well worth alighting on&.ISBN:978-0-241-95408-9.

From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes Great Railway . Mark Ovenden is a British writer and broadcaster whose previous books include Transit Maps of the World and Paris Underground: The Maps, Stations and Designs of the Metro. He lives in Paris, France. Books by Mark Ovenden

Mark Ovenden is a transport historian, broadcaster, design consultant, and the author of the bestselling Transit Maps of the World. Ovenden does what no other design history book has ever done.

Mark Ovenden is a transport historian, broadcaster, design consultant, and the author of the bestselling Transit Maps of the World. He currently resides in London. Transit Maps of the World is a must-have.

it is a glorious celebration of the pioneering history - and romance - of the railways Sunday Times Travel Books of the Year 2011 On a lighter note, I also hugely enjoyed poring over Mark Ovenden's Great Railway Maps of the World, beautifully produced and illustrated with posters and photographs.

From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the . Mark Ovenden is a British writer and broadcaster His previous books are Metro Maps of the World, Paris Metro Style and London Underground by Design. Mark Ovenden is a British writer and broadcaster. His previous books are Metro Maps of the World, Paris Metro Style and London Underground by Design.

From my London Underground Tube Diary - Taken from the Penguin book "Transit Maps of the World" by Mark Ovenden. World Metro Map by Mark Ovenden. From my London Underground Tube Diary - Taken from the Penguin book "Transit Maps of the World" by Mark Ovenden.

Ovenden notes that as the railways grew designers were encouraged to give their imaginations wings. Or paws: there’s the pointer with its tail stretching over Duluth and its snout in Olympia advertising the Northern Pacific Railway Company; or the alligator with its tail in Jacksonville and its left foreleg reaching to Chicago. On one page alone there are posters, from between 1907 and 1911, claiming the most interesting route to Scotland (with a Black Grouse holding a ribbon in its beak saying the cock o’ the North ); a rather sinister clown pointing to a map of the north-east coast around Whitby and Scarborough announcing England’s ‘Playground’ ; and a lion proudly looking.

The book was supported by the UITP, the international association of transport operators, and by the London Transport Museum.

From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes Great . Sunday Times Travel Books of the Year 2011). If you love railways or know someone who does. this is the book for you". Robert Elms, BBC London)

From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes Great Railway Maps of the World, a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive history of the greatest railway maps, and the story behind them. Robert Elms, BBC London). At the age of seven, he travelled alone ten miles on the London Underground, armed only with a map.