Martin Easdown Pier Railways and Tramways review, recensie en informatie boek over treinen en trams op de pieren van Engeland en Ierland. Op 15 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Amberley Publishing het boek over Pier Railways and Tramways. Het boek is geschreven door Martin Easdown.
Martin Easdown Pier Railways and Tramways review en recensie
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Pier Railways and Tramways
- Auteur: Martin Easdown (Engeland)
- Soort boek: spoorwegboek, tramboek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Amberley Publishing
- Verschijnt: 15 augustus 2025
- Omvang: 96 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback
- Prijs: £ 15,99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van het boek over treinen en trams op de Engelse pier
A fascinating survey in photographs of pier railways and tramways around the UK and Ireland through history to the present day.
The nineteenth-century craze for building pleasure piers around the coast of Britain has left a legacy of seaside fun unmatched around the world. Although some of Britain’s piers have succumbed to fire and storm damage over the years, over fifty of these remarkable structures are still standing today. A number were built with railways and tramways to convey holidaymakers to the end of the pier, several of which survive today. These include the longest pier, at Southend-on-Sea, which opened an electric railway in 1890, when the pier was rebuilt to its present extent; the oldest seaside pleasure pier, at Ryde, which has a railway from the pier head that links to the rest of the network on the Isle of Wight; and the Hythe Pier Railway, which takes passengers to and from the ferry link at the end of the pier.
Martin Easdown has been researching Britain’s piers and their railways for many years and presents a photographic survey of them around the UK and Ireland. The photographs show both self-contained pier railways and tramways and pier railways connected to the National Rail Network. As well as the vehicles, pier stations are illustrated, including those that were not actually on the piers but the shore beside them. With many rare and fascinating photographs, this book will be of interest to railway enthusiasts and those nostalgic for the quintessential British seaside holiday.
Martin Easdown is a long-time member of the National Piers Society and one of the acknowledged experts on British piers. He has written extensively on the history of piers and Britain’s seaside in books, magazines and newspapers. He lives in Kent.