British Rail
The rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail, from \"the greatest expert on British trains\" Christian Wolmar
You think you know British Rail.
Stale sandwiches, inefficiency, and violent yellow carriages- we haven't looked kindly on the last of our state-owned organizations to be privatized.
But through its 50-year lifetime, British Rail transformed our transport system, and for a time provided one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.
Born into postwar austerity, impoverished, and exploited by a hostile press, British Rail became a punchline, dismissed and swept away by Conservative government.
Now, Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on public loss in a time of privatization. British Rail is ripe for a new history.
Author: Christian Wolmar
Format: Paperback, 416 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 312 g
Published: 2023, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Trains & Railways: General Interest
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The rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail, from \"the greatest expert on British trains\" Christian Wolmar
You think you know British Rail.
Stale sandwiches, inefficiency, and violent yellow carriages- we haven't looked kindly on the last of our state-owned organizations to be privatized.
But through its 50-year lifetime, British Rail transformed our transport system, and for a time provided one of the fastest regular rail services in the world.
Born into postwar austerity, impoverished, and exploited by a hostile press, British Rail became a punchline, dismissed and swept away by Conservative government.
Now, Christian Wolmar provides a new perspective on public loss in a time of privatization. British Rail is ripe for a new history.
British Rail