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Railway lines in and around London

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Alex Mihai

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Hello, is there a complex map showing all the railway lines in and around London? I mean the unused and freight-only lines as well, because I can only find the map including lines that have passenger traffic. Thank you!
 
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Carto metro is ok as a free resource but Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas knocks the spots off it and is worth every penny.
 

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Carto metro is ok as a free resource but Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas knocks the spots off it and is worth every penny.
What does that include, out of curiosity? Between Carto Metro and Quail maps I feel like I've got enough to be going on with, but does that provide anything in addition to these?
 

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What does that include, out of curiosity? Between Carto Metro and Quail maps I feel like I've got enough to be going on with, but does that provide anything in addition to these?
Dates and descriptions of everything. Close ups of complex areas. Then and now comparisons. Cross referencing. Depends how much you want to know and how much new stuff you want to discover. Some of the quail maps are well out of date.

Between carto metro and quail though you've got plenty to be getting on with and certainly loads of detail. Brown's atlas just takes it that bit deeper. Note the glaring lack of detail anywhere in Zone one on Carto Metro. Most of the good stuff is completely missing.
 

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Dates and descriptions of everything. Close ups of complex areas. Then and now comparisons. Cross referencing. Depends how much you want to know and how much new stuff you want to discover. Some of the quail maps are well out of date.

Between carto metro and quail though you've got plenty to be getting on with and certainly loads of detail. Brown's atlas just takes it that bit deeper. Note the glaring lack of detail anywhere in Zone one on Carto Metro. Most of the good stuff is completely missing.

Especially so for the Southern Quail (book 5) which was last published over 10 years ago
 

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I have the 4th edition of Joe Brown's London Railway Atlas and I agree that it is excellent.
 

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If you want all the historical lines then try at http://www.railmaponline.com/UKIEMap.php You can see where all the original lines went by zooming in on an area.
That is a seriously impressive site. I just checked an area of South Wales that I know well and found not only all the colliary lines that I had walked not long after they closed but also all the old plateways and narrow guage tramways. The only fault was that the colliary lines were show as owned by the LNER.
 

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Just to confirm the new London Midland Edition of Quail is out in January. See web site for full details. Some other updated Editions to follow in 2019
 

Alex Mihai

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Thank you for your information guys. I am now considering ordering the London Rail Atlas (5th edition) as well as the Rail Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland (15th edition). Given the latter of the two will be in stock from 2019 and that I live outside the UK, would it be alright to order them off Amazon? I would basically receive the London one and the other one in 2019, when it will be in stock.

Later edit: I ended up ordering from Book Depository the two I mentioned above and also the 2019 EMUs, DMUs, Locos, Coaches Pocket Books and the UK Metro and Light Rail Systems book. Looking forward to receiving them as I always enjoy the railway system and the rolling stock in the UK.
 
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