A History of British Rail Engineering Limited
eBook - ePub

A History of British Rail Engineering Limited

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

A History of British Rail Engineering Limited

About this book

BREL, the pioneering subsidiary of British Railways, revolutionized rail technology and manufacturing from 1970 to 1992, leaving a lasting legacy on Britain's railways. In 1970, British Railways Board established a new subsidiary company to take over the design, manufacture and maintenance of its rolling stock. British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) was born. The company drove a new era of rail technology and this new company history tells the dazzling story of BREL from its humble beginnings up until its sale in 1992 during the controversial privatisation of Britain's railways. The company's work in designing the iconic new trains that would take Britain's railways into a new era is examined alongside its relationship with subcontractors and private manufacturers, as well as its tumultuous relationship with British Railways Board. BREL's struggles to deal with the legacy of the outdated and obsolete stock and infrastructure it inherited are examined in the light of new research. BREL's little known success as an international exporter of British designed and manufactured trains is explored fully. The company's heyday as a leading-edge technology manufacturer and its relationship with British Railways Research Division left not only a history of iconic trains but a legacy which is still with us on today's modern railway.

Information

Publisher
Pen and Sword Transport
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781399066372
Subtopic
Business History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 British Railways Engineering Before BREL
  8. Chapter 2 The Creation of An ‘Independent’ Railway Works
  9. Chapter 3 The First Year of BREL: 1970
  10. Chapter 4 BREL and BRE-Metro Limited
  11. Chapter 5 The Early Seventies: 1971–74
  12. Chapter 6 Industrial Disruption and Supply Issues: 1975 and 1976
  13. Chapter 7 Industrial Relations and Rail Decline: 1977–79
  14. Chapter 8 Into the 1980s
  15. Chapter 9 Hard Times
  16. Chapter 10 Contraction and Reorganisation
  17. Chapter 11 The Road to Privatisation
  18. Chapter 12 Engineering and Maintenance: The divestment of BREL 1986 to 1988
  19. Chapter 13 1988, New Owners and the end of BREL
  20. Bibliography

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