"TheOneKEA" wrote in message
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There are open days at Neasden?

I think I've seen copies of Down the Tube before; this one might be
worth buying.

It's a good read, concentrating mainly on the people behind the
Underground, rather than the technology. It certainly brings out a lot
of examples of how today's dysfunctional Underground has its origins in
the unplanned, chaotic origins, often driven by the personal rivalries
of the likes of Watkin and Forbes. It's also a reminder of just how
quickly the Victorians and Edwardians could build new lines, all using
only private finance, despite the lack of today's technologies (of
course, they wouldn't have built them at all if they had to comply with
today's health and safety standards).