# London Underground Book Recommendation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567 "2003-03-19T15:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rivit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@rivit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/1 "2003-03-19T15:50:28Z")
Can anyone recommend a good book on the history of London’s Underground? I tried looking on Amazon and found one called London Under London, which covers the Underground, but I was hoping for one devoted exclusively to the Underground, rather than just having a section or two about it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/2 "2003-03-19T15:57:28Z")
I can’t recommend a specific book, but [[the London Transport Museum website]](http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/cgi-bin/shop.cgi?cmd=category&category_id=2&customer_ID=1LvkhAAA736552137489) has a large range for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Doris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Sir\_Doris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Doris)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/3 "2003-03-19T16:20:01Z")
I don’t know any books, but there are plenty of enthusiast web sites, many of which look pretty comprehensive to me. [This site](http://www.londonrailways.net/links.htm) has plenty of links, some of which cover the history of the underground. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/4 "2003-03-19T17:19:42Z")
Isn’t that a political movement? Try looking for **Underground Railways of the World** by O.S. Nock for a start. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/5 "2003-03-19T17:58:50Z")
You might try this [webring](http://c.webring.com/hub?ring=londonundergoun1&id=5&hub) too. Full of tube sites. [Abandoned Stations](http://www.abandonedstations.co.uk/) has the pictures of … I’ll leave you to guess. For more detail, [click here](http://www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/). ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/6 "2003-03-19T18:21:56Z")
A better site is [http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/](http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/) which has everything anyone could possibly want to know about the tube. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-underground-book-recommendation/162567/7 "2003-03-20T16:09:36Z")
I really enjoyed a book about the changes made to the poster / map of the Underground: “Mr. Beck’s Underground Map” by Ken Garland from 1994. It’s more about style and design etc., but some useful Underground info as well.