London's Public Transport Systems in 1900

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Arthur H. Beavan cast a critical eye over London's public transport systems in Imperial London, published in 1901:

Eight out of the nine great railway lines of England (the North-Eastern Railway terminates at York) terminate on the borders of an irregular oval, represented on the map by what is popularly known as the "Underground," with which system only three have direct passenger communication by means of subways.

Although these termini appear to be outside of, and distant from, Central London, they are - taking the wider view of Greater London - not inconveniently distributed for the general good, and if ever the dream of a vast Exchange Station in the heart of Modern Babylon were realized, it would only be by the acquisition of so gigantic an area and by the concentration of so mighty a volume of traffic, that London, already pretty well congested in this respect, would quickly expire of locomotive apoplexy.

Foremost amongst the nine lines- indeed the premier of British railways in length, though not in age - is the Great Western, serving the whole of the west of England over some 2576 miles.

Next: Locomotive London in 1900: The Great Western Railway: Paddington Station.