Mapping Modernity

9. English and Scotch Railways

25 October 2023

Exponentially growing UK rail network

Charles Cheffins’ map shows a nation at full speed by showing existing railway lines in black, indicating lines under construction in red and projecting lines in blue.

Ch.F. Cheffins, Map of the English and Scotch Railways, London 1845. Coll. S/T U.1h.72, 71.5 x 72 cm.