George Bradshaw (2) (1801–1853)

The presentation and short historical introduction to this 1907 railway map are very good indeed but the map itself is a little disappointing. The print quality is poor and, if this is the best reproduction of an original map that was poor in quality, the modern-day publisher should say so. For example, the detailed for Liverpool seems smudged. Nevertheless, the map does give an overview of the railway system in the UK at just about the peak of railway building, when route mileage totalled around 23,000 (with an actual track mileage of around 54,000) including Ireland. It would have been helpful for comparison to have included a simple one-page A5 map showing the UK railway system of 2011 (the date of the publication).… (mere)