Luxury Railway Travel: A Social and Business History

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&“Reads like an extravagant time travel through Britain&’s opulence era where train travel was just as stylish and fanciful as the elite class themselves.&” —Manhattan with a Twist Martyn Pring has carried out considerable research tracing the evolution of British luxury train travel weaving railway, social and travel history threads around a number of Britain&’s mainline routes traditionally associated with glamorous trains. Drawing on contemporary coverage, he chronicles the luxury products and services shaped by railway companies and hospitality businesses for Britain&’s burgeoning upper and middle classes and wealthy overseas visitors, particularly Americans, who demanded more civilized and comfortable rail travel. By Edwardian times, a pleasure-palace industry emerged as entrepreneurs, hotel proprietors, local authorities and railway companies all collaborated developing upscale destinations, building civic amenities, creating sightseeing and leisure pursuits and in place-making initiatives to attract prosperous patrons. Luxury named trains delivered sophisticated and fashionable settings encouraging a golden age of civilized business and leisure travel. Harkening back to the inter-war years, modern luxury train operators now redefine and capture the allure and excitement of dining and train travel experiences. &“Martyn&’s extraordinarily beautiful book is more than a collection of classic railway posters—it describes a way of life that&’s now lost in the mists of the twentieth century . . . As a piece of social history, this book is faultless, and a precious reminder of luxury and class distinction . . . [a] fabulous book. Exceptional.&” —Books Monthly &“A comprehensive account of luxury &‘hotel trains,&’ dining trains and the presentations of heritage railways brings the story to its unexpected conclusion . . . this is a lively take on a neglected topic.&” —BackTrack
Copyright:
2019

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
368 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781526713261
Related ISBNs:
9781526713247
Publisher:
Pen & Sword Books
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Copyrighted By:
Martyn Pring
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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