Commuters Collection

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. 'In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

Arriving from the suburbs, Chicago, Ill. c1907. Creator: Unknown
Arriving from the suburbs, Chicago, Ill. c1907

Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Alvey Augustus Adee, Assistant Secretary of State, 1914. US politician, Washington, DC

Street corner, 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Street corner, 7th Street and Florida Avenue, N.W

Waiting for the street car at 7th and Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Waiting for the street car at 7th and Florida Avenue, N.W

Morning Commute on the Nile. Creator: Viet Chu
Morning Commute on the Nile

In the thick of the Traffic by the Mansion House, 1910. Creator: Unknown
In the thick of the Traffic by the Mansion House, 1910. A man wearing roller skates, with open top omnibuses behind, in the City of London....certain of the roller-skates are very suitable for city

Trafalgar Square with Underground entrance and Admiralty Arch behind, London, 1913. Bowler-hatted office workers by the entrance to the tube at Trafalgar Square

People rushing to get on a trolley bus at 7. 05 am, Tooting Broadway, London, April 1912
People rushing to get on a trolley bus at 7.05 am, Tooting Broadway, London, April 1912. Early-morning commuters catch a trolley bus to Charing Cross

Long queue of people at Blackfriars Tramway shelter, London, 1912. People waiting to board trams near Blackfriars Bridge at 1.25 pm

Queue of people at Blackfriars Tramway shelter, London, 1912. People waiting to board trams near Blackfriars Bridge at 2.05 pm. To the left of the trams is the River Thames

Passengers for the river bus service on the footbridge to London Bridge Pier, London, c1905

The 3 Browns book d for Brighton, and only one place, c1830; showing an overcrowded Brighton coach about to leave the Belle Sauvage Inn, Ludgate Hill

Interior of an Eighth Avenue subway carriage, New York, USA, early 1930s

Feet of passengers on the New York subway, USA, early 1930s

Commuters from New Jersey crossing West Street from the Hoboken ferry, New York, USA, early 1930s. On the way to their jobs in Manhattan

Rail commuters, New York, USA, c1920s-c1930s

In the morning, work as usual. After a big raid, the way to the office is knee-deep in rubble. Londoners unemotionally pick their way through it, c1940 (1942). From Frontline 1940-1941

Morning rush hour, London Bridge, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish and Paterson
Morning rush hour, London Bridge, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

London Bridge rush hour, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Tottenham Court Road tube station escalators, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Liverpool Street Station at nine o clock in the morning, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Central Hall, Euston Station, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Central Hall, Euston Station, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Entrance to a Metro station, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
Entrance to a Metro station, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

Electric multiple unit train, Moscow, USSR, 1920s. This type of train is known as an Elektrichka in Russia. First introduced in the 1920s, they operate suburban and commuter services

The Workmens Train, 1872. This picture shows steam trains at Gower Street station on the Metropolitan (underground) railway which opened in 1863. Workers hurry to catch their morning train to work

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