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UK Metro & Light Rail Systems

By Robert Pritchard &Alan Yearsley

BEST known for its locomotive and rolling stock books covering British main line operators, Platform 5 is also catering for growing interest in metro and light rail systems with this useful handbook.

Designed in the same clear style as its indispensable annual ‘combined volume’ and European railway stock books, this A5 softback guide lists all passenger-carrying stock of the UK’s 11 public light rail and metro systems – namely London Underground, the Docklands

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