British Rail
eBook - ePub

British Rail

The Nation's Railway

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

British Rail

The Nation's Railway

About this book

British Rail was a success. British Rail is a contentious company, as controversial as Dr Beeching and his axe. However, this examination of BR's passenger services shows just how vital the organisation was. It successfully carried millions of commuters to and from their jobs every day; organised its trunk route services to yield a profit under the brand name 'Inter-City'; and pioneered world-beating research and technological development through its own research centre and engineering subsidiary. It transformed the railway system of Britain from a post-Second World War state of collapse into a modern, technologically advanced railway. And it did all this despite being starved of cash and being subjected to the whims of ever-fickle politicians. British Rail: The Nation's Railway is a story, expertly weaved by Tanya Jackson, of how all this was achieved against the odds. Complemented by stunning black-and-white and colour images, this is certainly a volume that no rail enthusiast should be without.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Towards National Integration
  7. 2 Some Sort of an Organisation
  8. 3 Old-Time Passenger Services and Comforts
  9. 4 Reformation I: ‘Modernisation’
  10. 5 Reformation II: A New Creed
  11. 6 In Search of an Identity
  12. 7 Speed with Comfort: A Technological Revolution
  13. 8 The Social Railway and the Commercial Railway
  14. 9 Serving the Public Right
  15. 10 The London Problem
  16. 11 A Golden Age?
  17. 12 The Safety Case
  18. 13 Disintegration
  19. 14 What did BR do for us?
  20. Glossary
  21. Notes
  22. Plate Section (Mono)
  23. Plate Section (Color)
  24. Copyright