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Book Review: Building The London Tubes.
https://londonreconnections.com/book-review-building-the-london-tubes/
We have rarely done reviews of books. Fairly recently an opportunity presented itself to review a book on the subject of how Tube lines in London were constructed. The book in question is ‘Building The London Tubes’ by Antony Badsey-Ellis and it was published in October 2025 by Capital Transport.
