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It is with great sadness that I inform you that M.A.C. Horne FCILT (who wrote as Mike Horne) and who was a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, died this morning (26 March 2020) of a heart attack (not connected with COVID-19).

 

Following in his father's footsteps, Mike joined the Metropolitan Police for whom he worked in their forensic laboratory. He later became a railway Area Manager with London Transport. Latterly he became a noted transport author and researcher and had the most encyclopaedic knowledge of a wide range of subjects, especially (but not limited to) transport. He had recently published the 2nd volume of his history of the District Railway, produced to celebrate the railway's 150th anniversary in 2018.

 

He will be missed by many and our thoughts are with his family and friends. We have no information regarding Mike’s funeral which will obviously be impacted by the current restrictions resulting from the pandemic but will pass on detail as appropriate.

 

His books included:

The Victoria Line - A short history (1988) ISBN 1 870354 02 8

The Northern Line (second edn 1999) ISBN 1 85414 208 9

The Jubilee Line (2000) ISBN 1 85414 220 8

The Bakerloo Line (second edn 2001) ISBN 1 85414 248 8

The Metropolitan Line (2003) ISBN 1 85414 275 5

The Victoria Line (second edition 2004) ISBN 1 85414 281 X

The District Line (2006) ISBN 1 85414 292 5

The Piccadilly Tube - A History of the First Hundred Years (2007) ISBN 978 1 85414 305 1 (Hardback)

London’s District Railway: A History of the Metropolitan District Railway. (2018)[1][2] ISBN 978-1-85414-425-6

The Last Link - The First 30 Years of the Hampstead Railway ISBN 978 0 9507416 6 6

150 Years of the The Hammersmith & City Railway Published jointly with London Underground Ltd

The Aldwych Branch of the Piccadilly Line (with Antony Badsey-Ellis). Capital Transport 2009 ISBN 978 1 85414 321 1

 

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