Rail Rover: East Midlands Rover - Softcover

Jackson, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445690160 ISBN 13: 9781445690162

Publisher: Amberley Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

In this book, the author takes full advantage of the diversity on offer as a regular user of this rail ticket. It offers the choice of three of the country’s main lines stretching north to south across the ticket’s boundaries (West Coast, Midland and East Coast) and a wide variety of other railway lines in between. With Milton Keynes at its southern edge and north to Sheffield and Doncaster, from Staffordshire on the West Coast Main Line eastwards to Lincolnshire and South Humberside, it is an area rich in contrasts. The rover user is spoilt for choice of passenger train operators. Express services are provided by Virgin’s Pendolinos and LNER’s Class 91s and, soon, state-of-the-art Azumas, among others. These are complemented by a wide variety of both diesel and electric local services ensuring every day’s journey is different. The area is also one of the busiest for observing the country’s freight train movements, with many of the country’s acknowledged freight hotspots falling in this rover ticket’s area.

About this title

About the Author

John Jackson, a lifelong transport enthusiast, opted for early retirement at the turn of the Millennium – and swapped the rat race for the rail tracks. Since then, he has travelled extensively on the British rail network with his camera as a constant companion. He continues to compile a photographic collection reflecting the UK rail industry that already extends to tens of thousands of images. He also has an interest in the history of his local county of Bedfordshire and John and his wife Jenny, together with their trusty cameras, have spent hundreds of hours meandering around their home county visiting each one of the parishes in the county, recording the churches.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1445690160
• ISBN 13: 9781445690162
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96