Mark Ovenden

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Mark Ovenden (born 20 June 1963, London, UK) is an author who specialises in the subject of graphic design, cartography and architecture in public transport, with an emphasis on the underground railway.

See also Mark Ovenden (sportscaster).

His first book Metro Maps of the World is a comprehensive guide to the diagrams, plans and maps of every Subway, U-bahn, Underground and Metro system. The book has 700 images ranging from photos of the systems to rare and historical maps and every available current official plan. Now in its second edition with Dutch language version released Autumn 2006 and other editions in the pipeline, the book was supported by the international association of transport operators the UITP and London's Transport Museum

The author is currently preparing two new books, one about the evolution of the Paris Metro, the other about the wider aspects of graphic design on public transport systems.

Mark Ovenden was previously a journalist and radio producer who has also worked in TV for such broadcasters as; Kiss 102, Kiss 100, BBC Radio Five, BBC Radio 1, Planet 24, BBC Two, Ministry of Sound, LBC, and MTV. At Atlantic 252 he co-presented a record review show with Chris Coco

[edit] Works

Metro Maps of the World, Capital Transport, London, 2003. ISBN 1-85414-288-7
The Paris Metro Map, with Peter B Lloyd, due 2007

[edit] References

Underground Railways yesterday-today-tomorrow, Walter J Hinkel, Karl Treiber, Gerhard Valenta, Helmut Liebsch, Schmid Verlag, Vienna2004
metro, the story of the underground railway, David Bennett, Mitchel Beazley, London 2004
Telling the passenger where to get off, Andrew Dow, Capital Transport 2005
Underground Maps After Beck, Maxwell J. Roberts, Capital Transport 2005
The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever, Christian Wolmar, Atlantic Books, London 2005