Collection

Passengers inside double decker train at Charing Cross, London

Made:
1949-11-01 in United Kingdom
photographer:
Unknown
and
Unknown
and
Passengers inside double decker train at Charing Cross, London A photograph of passengers inside a double-decker train at Charing Cross station, London

Passengers inside double decker train at Charing Cross, London A photograph of passengers inside a double-decker train at Charing Cross station, London

A photograph of passengers inside a double-decker train at Charing Cross station, London, taken in November 1949 by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald.

The train was designed by Oliver V S Bullied (1882-1970) in the hope of relieving train overcrowding, it ran until 1971.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/12720
type:
photograph
taxonomy:
  • object genre
  • image
copyright:
National Science and Media Museum

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