The Tube Station to Station on the London Underground (Shire General) by OliverGreen Hardcover, 120 Pages, Published 2012 by Shire Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-7478-1227-2, ISBN: 0-7478-1227-6
"From Norman Foster's remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London's tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales will be boosted even further by the much-loved network's 150th anniversary in 2013."
Rails in the Road A History of Tramways in Britain and Ireland by OliverGreen Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Pen And Sword Transport ISBN-13: 978-1-4738-2223-8, ISBN: 1-4738-2223-8
"There have been passenger tramways in Britain for 150 years, but it is a rollercoaster story of rise, decline and a steady return. Trams have come and gone, been loved and hated, popular and derided, considered both wildly futuristic and hopelessly outdated by politicians, planners and the public alike. Horse trams, introduced from the USA in the 1860s, were the first cheap form of public transport on city streets. Electric systems were ..."
London's Underground(1st Edition) The Story of the Tube by OliverGreen, Benjamin Graham Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by White Lion Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-4013-1, ISBN: 0-7112-4013-2
"It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below its busy streets and across its leafy suburbs. The distinctive roundel, colour-coded maps and Johnston typeface have become design classics, recognised and imitated worldwide.Opening in 1863, the first sections were operated by steam engines, yet throughout its long history the Tube has b ..."
"London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue to function daily as busy stations for the travellers of the twenty-first century. This book provides the railway enthu ..."
The London Underground(8th Edition) An Illustrated History by OliverGreen, London Transport Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1987 by Ian Allan Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7110-1720-7, ISBN: 0-7110-1720-4
"a brief account of how, where and why the growth took place of the first underground railway"
""London Transport Posters" celebrates a century of outstanding graphic design commissioned by the Underground, London Transport, and its present-day successor, Transport for London. This book explores the organisation's pioneering role as Britain's greatest patron of poster art, a unique role developed in the early twentieth century under the visionary leadership of Frank Pick. The selected artworks and posters, many published here for ..."
Moving Metropolis(Updated) A History of London's Transport Since 1800 by Sheila Taylor, OliverGreen Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2003 by Laurence King Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-85669-326-4, ISBN: 1-85669-326-0
"This title presents the entire history of public transport in London from its beginnings in the early 19th century. Comprehensively illustrated, it covers all the main phases of the public transport system: early water transport, horse buses and trams, the steam underground, modern electric underground and buses. The book is organized chronologically, each chapter containing an illustrated opening essay, numerous images with extensive c ..."
London Buses by OliverGreen Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2019 by Amberley Publishing, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-1-4456-9103-9, ISBN: 1-4456-9103-5
"The red double-decker bus is part of London's personality, and is famous all round the world as an icon of a great city. Tracing nearly 200 years of history this book places the classic Routemaster in its context."
"This book skips all the mumbo jumbo and gives you exactly what it promises to give: 100 delicious recipes that can help you lose weight and stay healthy."
"In 2013 London Underground, the world's first underground railway, marks its 150th anniversary. This new, lavishly illustrated history is the official anniversary publication of the London Underground, drawing on previously unseen sources and images to celebrate the crucial role of the tube in the creation and everyday life of modern London. London Underground experts David Bownes, Oliver Green and Sam Mullins have a lifelong passion ..."
"The growth of London over the last 200 years has been closely linked with the expansion of its public transport services, facilitating both its dramatic increase in size to become the largest city in the world in Victorian times, and its later suburban growth up to the mid-20th century, when it was curbed by green belt legislation. This work covers the entire history of public transport in London, from its beginnings in the early 19th c ..."
"The London Transport Museum, or LT Museum based in Covent Garden, London, seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of Britain's capital city. The majority of the museum's exhibits originated in the collection of London Transport, but, since the creation of Transport for London (TfL) in 2000, the remit of the museum has expanded to cover all aspects of transportation in the city.
The museum operates from two sites within Lon ..."
"London's famous Underground trains and red double decker buses are as familiar a sight as Piccadilly Circus and Big Ben. It is impossible to imagine he capital without them. 1983 is the Golden Jubilee year of London Transport: the 50th anniversary of the merging of many small transport undertakings into the world's largest urban transport authority, which now carries over five million passengers each working day. This unique book - lavi ..."
"The title contains an obvious irony: the posters on the London Underground have always been an excellent example of public art, free and accessible to the lumpen proletariat who, as art critic Anthony Blunt pointed out, "are lured into liking the poster before they realise that it is just the kind of thing which they loathe in the exhibition gallery…" Sugaring the medicine came to be a defining characteristic of Underground adverti ..."
"The title contains an obvious irony: the posters on the London Underground have always been an excellent example of public art, free and accessible to the lumpen proletariat who, as art critic Anthony Blunt pointed out, "are lured into liking the poster before they realise that it is just the kind of thing which they loathe in the exhibition gallery…" Sugaring the medicine came to be a defining characteristic of Underground advertising, ..."
London's Underground The Story of the Tube by OliverGreen 290 Pages, Published 2023 by Frances Lincoln ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-9329-8, ISBN: 0-7112-9329-5
"... Transport 2007) Barker, T.C. and Robbins, Michael A History of London Transport Vols 1 and 2 (Allen & Unwin 1963 and 1974) Bownes, David and Green, Oliver (eds) London Transport Posters (Lund Humphries 2008) Bownes, David, Green, Oliver ..."
"... Green, Oliver and Graham, Benjamin, London's Underground: The Story of the Tube (White Lion Publishing, 2019). Bradley, Simon, The Railways: Nation, Network & People (Profile Books, 2015). Powell, Kenneth, St Pancras, London (Manhattan ..."