INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VIII
3. ILLUSTRATIONS X
4. PLANS X
5. INTRODUCTION XII
6. CHAPTER 1 BEFORE THE RAILWAYS 1
7. CHAPTER 2 THE FIRST THREE LINES: LONDON & BIRMINGHAM; BEDFORD; DUNSTABLE 4
8. CHAPTER 3 THE GREAT NORTHERN 13
9. CHAPTER 4 THE MIDLAND COMES SOUTH 24
10. CHAPTER 5 LUTON DUNSTABLE & WELWYN; BEDFORD & CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY 30
11. CHAPTER 6 THE MIDLAND REACHES LONDON; BEDFORD & NORTHAMPTON 40
12. CHAPTER 7 SCHEMES THAT FAILED 44
13. CHAPTER 8 RAILWAY OPENINGS 53
14. CHAPTER 9 CONTRACTORS AND NAVVIES 65
15. CHAPTER 10 TRAVELLING BY RAIL 71
16. CHAPTER 11 ACCIDENTS 86
17. CHAPTER 12 RAILWAYS AND RAILWAYMEN 97
18. CHAPTER 13 CRIME 102
19. CHAPTER 14 THE RAILWAY AGE - A SUMMARY 106
20. APPENDIXES
21. Appendix A Timetables for L.N.W.R. and branches 117
22. Appendix B Timetables for M.R. and branches 120
23. Appendix C Timetables for G.N.R. and branches 128
24. Appendix D Railways in Bedfordshire for which Plans were deposited, but which were never built 134
25. Appendix E Excursions 135
26. Appendix F Railway Accidents: Extracts from the Coroner’s Inquest Book for Bedfordshire, 1854-86 136
27. Appendix G Summary of Bedfordshire lines 137
28. INDEX OF NAMES 139
29. INDEX OF SUBJECTS 143