The Nationalisation of British Transport
Author : Michael R. Bonavia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 1987-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349087939
Author : Michael R. Bonavia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 1987-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1349087939
Author : Robert Millward
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2002-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521892568
In this 1998 book, experts in British industrial history analyse the causes of nationalisation in the 1940s.
Author : Philip Bagwell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 28,76 MB
Release : 2006-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781852855901
Highlighting long term themes in Britain's transport history, this book looks at the dilemmas facing modern society and suggests several possible solutions. It covers all the major forms of transport, from the horse to the aeroplane, setting them in their historical context.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 15,38 MB
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1788540247
The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. Crossrail, first conceived just after the Second World War in the era of Attlee and Churchill, has cost more than £15bn and is expected to serve 200 million passengers annually. From Reading and Heathrow in the west, the Elizabeth line will extend to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including 42 kilometres of new tunnels dug under central London. The author sets out the complex and highly political reasons for Crossrail's lengthy gestation, tracing the troubled progress of the concept from the rejection of the first Crossrail bill in the 1990s through the tortuous parliamentary processes that led to the passing of the Crossrail Act of 2008. He also recounts in detail the construction of this astonishing new railway, describing how immense tunnel-boring machines cut through a subterranean world of rock and mud with unparalleled accuracy that ensured none of the buildings overhead were affected. A shrewdly incisive observer of postwar transport policy, Wolmar pays due credit to the remarkable achievement of Crossrail, while analysing in clear-eyed fashion the many setbacks it encountered en route to completion. With a new afterword to mark the opening of Crossrail in 2022.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Kemsing Publishing Limited
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 1908555017
Author : Philip Bagwell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781852852634
British transport, 1750-2000.
Author : Richard Tuck
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509542299
Liberal left orthodoxy holds that Brexit is a disastrous coup, orchestrated by the hard right and fuelled by xenophobia, which will break up the Union and turn what’s left of Britain into a neoliberal dystopia. Richard Tuck’s ongoing commentary on the Brexit crisis demolishes this narrative. He argues that by opposing Brexit and throwing its lot in with a liberal constitutional order tailor-made for the interests of global capitalists, the Left has made a major error. It has tied itself into a framework designed to frustrate its own radical policies. Brexit therefore actually represents a golden opportunity for socialists to implement the kind of economic agenda they have long since advocated. Sadly, however, many of them have lost faith in the kind of popular revolution that the majoritarian British constitution is peculiarly well-placed to deliver and have succumbed instead to defeatism and the cultural politics of virtue-signalling. Another approach is, however, still possible. Combining brilliant contemporary political insights with a profound grasp of the ironies of modern history, this book is essential for anyone who wants a clear-sighted assessment of the momentous underlying issues brought to the surface by Brexit.
Author : John Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781138738249
This title was first published in 2000. This work looks at the privatization of British Rail. It covers the competition for franchises and the regulation of those franchises. The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent to which the promotion of competition was an appropriate policy goal in the privatization of British rail. The book examines the rail system as a whole and looks at the prospects for the future.
Author : Malcolm Clegg
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 25,81 MB
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 139909548X
This book traces the history of the British Transport Police, the National Police Force responsible for policing the railways of England, Scotland and Wales. The roots of the Force go back almost 200 years, starting with the development of the railways during the Nineteenth Century. Hundreds of railway companies were founded and although mergers and amalgamations took place, by the end of the century, well over 100 railway companies were operating, most of which employed railway policemen. The first railway policemen were recruited to work on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1826. Other railway companies quickly followed and by the 1850s, railway policemen with their smart uniforms and top hats were a common sight on Britain’s railways. During the Twentieth Century, railway companies continued to merge before being nationalized in 1948. The following year, the British Transport Commission (BTC) was created to oversee not only the newly nationalized railway network, but also the nation’s docks, shipping, inland waterways, road transport, road haulage and other companies. Also in 1949, the British Transport Commission Police (BTC Police) was created to take over the policing of these newly nationalized institutions. All the former railway, dock and canal police forces were then absorbed into the new BTC Police Force. The BTC was abolished in 1962, having incurred serious financial losses. The BTC Police was renamed the British Transport Police in 1963 and has continued to operate ever since. It no longer polices the docks, harbors and canals for reasons outlined in this book.
Author : Christian Wolmar
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2008-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1848872615
Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most impressive engineering achievements in history. The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways' vital role in changing the face of Britain. Fire and Steam celebrates the vision and determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system and the navvies who cut through the land to enable a country-wide network to emerge. The rise of the steam train allowed goods and people to circulate around Britain as never before, stimulating the growth of towns and industry, as well many of the facets of modern life, from fish and chips to professional football. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways' magnificent contribution in two world wars, the checkered history of British Rail, and the buoyant future of the train, Fire and Steam examines the social and economical importance of the railway and how it helped to form the Britain of today.