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In 1955 the railway was controlled by thousands of men in small buildings beside the track, each pulling a frame of heavy levers that moved signals and points…
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In 1960 the weather was measured by people. Somebody walked out to a white wooden box on legs every hour of every day, read four thermometers, emptied a…
Arriving by train differs from every other mode in one respect: you are deposited in a city centre, on foot, with your luggage, in a building that contains most of…
Almost everything below is about managing a small moving room shared with strangers for nine hours. Get these right and it is the best way to travel there is. Here…
These are working transport systems rather than fairground rides, most of them over a century old, and several remain the only practical way to reach where they go. Here are…
The great railway stations were built to impress, at a moment when rail travel was new and cities were competing to announce their arrival. Most airports have never attempted anything…