Map; Pocket District Railway map, Fifth Edition 1895

This is a geographic style railway map on linen and card with a hard back folder, issued by the District Railway. It is the fourth version of this fifth edition map. The map shows the geographic features of the central London area with the District Railway line overprinted with thick red lines, the Metropolitan Railway overprinted in thinner red lines and other railway lines overprinted in blue. Railway company names are printed alongside the lines which they operate, if lines are operated by more than one company the line is printed using two colours, red and blue. On this version of the fifth edition map the District Railway title has been printed three times, on the section between Ealing and Earls Court, on the section between East Putney & Earls Court, and alongside the inner circle. On the District Railway the company name is printed in blue and station names are printed in red. Stations are marked as squares and where a station is served by the District or Metropolitan Railways and another railway company, the station is marked by a red and blue square. Extensions on the District Railway are marked by a broken red line as with the extension between Mill Hill Park and South Acton Sations. The extension between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon is now complete and there is a map insert in the top left hand corner which shows the complete line between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon. The inner circle is now a completed line, as is the extension to Whitechapel and the section at Earls Court. Extensions on other railways are marked by a blue broken line and there are extensions marked between Paddington and the Docks, and from Blackfriars to Bermondsey. The section of the extension to the Docks which went to Barbican Station is no longer shown. The line from Wandsworth Station to Wimbledon is now open and there is a new line shown between Monument and Stockwell, with a further extension to Clapham Common. Barnsbury Station has been renamed Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Station. Omnibus routes are represented by a line of dots on this map, and tramways are not included. Geographical features such as roads, parks and the River Thames are included in detail on the map and printed in various colours, places of interest are marked in red or pink, and Earls Court is highlighted in blue. This map has a black border, which is broken in several places in order to include some stations, and arrows are used to indicate stations which are beyond the area covered by the map. The title is printed at the top of the map with the text 5th Edition printed on either side. There is a reference key at the bottom, the reverse is blank, and there is a compass pointer in the top left hand corner. This map folds into a green coloured linen folder, which has a list of stations served by the Metropolitan District Railway on the inside and information about through tickets, there is an advert for the District Railway on the back cover and illustrations of Westminster, St Pauls, The Monument, Cleopatras Needle, Richmond and Windsor on the front cover.