Commuters Collection

Catching the 5: 15 at Liverpool Street by Grace Golden
Scene inside Liverpool Street Station in the City of London showing commuters and travelling swarming around the station concourse and platforms as they rush to catch trains to NE London suburbs

Leaving the Underground
Way Out - commuters walking up the steep steps leading out of Westminster underground station, central London, England

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1912
The scene from the Waterloo Railway Station platform, London. Date: 1912

Scene on a London Underground Station. Date: 1966

Walking across London Bridge 1950s
Commuters walking across London Bridge

Great Central Railway - Marylebone Station. The newspaper headlines on the left give a perfect date for this photograph of May 1906 as they detail the British victory in the Bambatha (Bambaata)

Adelaide, Australia - The Railway Station Date: 1913

Suburban railway station under snow
Commuters waiting on a snowy suburban station platform. Date: circa 1950s

Suburban station under snow, South London
A South London railway station, with passengers waiting on a snowy platform. Date: circa 1960s

South London railway station under snow
Commuters wait for their train on a snowy South London railway platform. Date: circa 1960s

Londoners travelling to work amid wartime delays 1939
Londoners photographed as they travel after experiencing delays due to air raid warnings. The Sphere describes " three hours suburban traffic" but reports that " by 9.30 and 10 a.am

Crystal Palace Railway Station, London 1862
Crowds at Crystal Palace Railway Station, London. Date: 1862

Paddington Station - London 1890
Platform scene at the Paddington Railway Station, London. Date: 1890

South Eastern & South Coast Railway Station - London Bridge
The exterior of the South Eastern & South Coast Railway Station building, London Bridge, 1846 Date: 1846

Paddington, Great Western Railway Station, London 1843
The exterior of the Great Western Railway terminus, Paddington Station, London. Date: 1843

London Bridge, terminus 1843
London Bridge Terminus of the South-Eastern, Greenwich, Brighton, and Croydon Railways, Date: 1843

Kings Cross railway station, London
Arrival of steam engine in Kings Cross, railway station, London. Date: 19th century

Cartoon, Sanitary and insanitary matters
Larger figure representing the industries surrounding the River Thames like the soup boiling factory where bones were used and the knackers yard where injured animals were taken to be slaughtered

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

3rd Class Carriage, seats for 5 persons 1860s
Cramped 3rd class train with people practically sitting on one anothers laps. Date: 1860s

Cartoon, four relaxed gentlemen commuters hold a discussion in a smoking compartment of a train. One puts aside his paper in order to listen more intently. Date: 1893

Second class passengers going home for Christmas 1859
Crowed Second class passengers on their way home for Christmas. Date: 1859

VICTORIA STATION 1907
Evening commuters rush to get home via Victoria Station, London Date: 1907

Popular Fiction Illustrated - The Eternal City by Hall Caine. Businessmen head on their regular train commute from the suburbs (or beyond) into London eyes-front, expressions-fixed

Parliamentary train, interior of third class 1862
Crowded less affluent passengers seated on a busy Parliamentary train in third class at 7 o clock in the morning. 1862

Incidents including train-wrecking: General Strike 1926
Several scenes in England including: Liverpool Street Station crowds of commuters trying to get to work. Vandalism in Northumberland where fish-plates and bolts had been removed from the rails

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

London takes to the roads, General Strike 1926
Photographs showing Londoners finding all sorts of ways to commute to and from work during the 1926 general strike in Britain. May 1926

Joys of To-day 1. Sardine-time on the tube by Studdy
Cartoon by George Studdy, part of a series depicting the various trails and discomforts of life on the home front during the First World War

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Great railway strike, trekking to business 1919
When the railway strike first happened Londoners used other means of transportation, buses and trams to find their way to town, needless to say they could not cope with the amount of commuters

Great railway strike, london commuters 1919
Londoners having a lift on the back of a horse-van. 1919

Rail Strike, queing for the tram-car 1919
Hundreds of commuters in london queing patiently for the already over utilsed tram-car. October 1919

General Strrike 1926: Request for lift
The official request that drivers of cars in which there was a spare seat should pick up any pedestrian who needed a lift was well responded to. May 1926

Great railway strike, available tram-car 1919
Crowd of London commuters waiting patiently for the next available tram-car, during the Great railway strike of 1919. October 1919

Great railway strike, crownded car 1919
RAIL STRIKE Londoners caught out by the sudden rail strike cram into whatever means of transport they can find: here seen overloading a motorcar Date: October 1919

New York, USA - The New Port Authority Bus Terminal, 41st Street and 8th Avenue - situated one block from Times Square Date: 1950

Northern entrance to Waterloo Station - Memorial Arch dedicated to the Employees of the london & South Western Railway Company who gave their lives during the First World War - unveiled by Queen Mary

The Buses were not affected by the Strike by H. M. Bateman
A fabulous cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a multitude of people trying to chaotically squeeze onto a bus - a comment on the bus strikes affecting Britain in 1919. Date: 1919

Arrival of the Theatre Train at Victoria Station, 1914
Theatre-goers from the suburbs exit Victoria Station amid office workers and commuters ready to take a taxi in search of dinner before going to see a play or musical in Londons West End in 1914

Present Day Types - the Straphanger by Arthur Watts
A gentleman in a top hat and smoking a pipe tries to keep his balance on a London Underground train by hanging onto one of the overhead straps whille holding his umbrella

National Coal Strike, 1912
National Coal Strike of 1912. A man inspects an important notice of a coal strike which has closed Cannon Street Station, London. Date: 1912

Piling Onto a London Bus
A mad scramble to get onto a London Routemaster bus, which is offering a 25p Fare Deal. But will there be enough seats for everyone? Date: circa 1980

Keep Fit - Running for the Train
Keep Fit - Take a walk every morning! Three portly city gent having to scramble to make their morning train into the city. Date: 1943

General Strike 1926

London / Cheapside 1930S
A busy scene outside the Express Dairy Company, Cheapside, London, England. Date: 1930s

EARLs COURT 1968
Rush Hour in the Earls Court area of London. Date: 1968

London Commuters
London commuters, most of them men in suits, walking over a bridge during the rush hour. Date: late 1970s

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