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To the Sea by Train: The Golden Age of Railway Travel Kindle Edition

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'HUGELY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE' EVENING STANDARD
'A FEAST OF ANECDOTAGE' SUNDAY TIMES

Throughout the twentieth century, the seaside service posters of Britain's railways promised fresh air and frivolity to millions of urban dwellers with the phrase: 'To the sea by train'. A staple of modern British life, the seaside getaway was intertwined with the train, in whose compartments holidaymakers were shunted from smog-choked cities to sandy coves.

With his signature wit and anecdotal style, Andrew Martin captures an era defined by its railways: from the development of Brighton and Scarborough into pleasure resorts, and the introduction of bank holidays and two-day weekends, to the advent of cheap flights and the British coast's subsequent decline. Humorous and evocative, To the Sea by Train takes a charming tour through Britain's most beloved pastime.

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Andrew Martin grew up in Yorkshire (see his book, Yorkshire - There and Back) and drifted into writing after qualifying as a barrister. He is the award-winning author of about thirty books - both fiction and non-fiction, the latter usually historical crime. Some of his books are about trains, including his series of historical crime novels featuring the railwayman, Jim Stringer. The tenth in that series, Powder Smoke, was published in 2021.

His non-fiction railway books include Underground Overground, Night Trains, Seats of London and Metropolitain. His non-railway novels include Soot, The Winker and (written as AJ Martin) The Night in Venice, forthcoming from Weidenfeld in July 2024. He writes a Substack called Reading on Trains.

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