"The Railways - Nation, Network and People"

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To anyone who's not read it, I commend the above marvellous book by Simon Bradley (Profile Books 2016), which I'd never heard of until I chanced upon it on the "returns" shelf in the library. 551 engrossing pages of railway and social history plus notes, sources and whatnot, written in an authoritative but engaging style, and yours for £9.99 (according to the outside back cover).   Where else would I have learned the origin of the term "commuter"?