Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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1 January 1948: Railways in Britain were nationalised: the...
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1 January 1948
Railways in Britain were nationalised: the Big Four railways were merged as national property under the Transport Act, as British Rail
.
Day, John R. The Story of London’s Underground. London Transport, 1974.
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Allen, G. Freeman. Railways: Past, Present and Future. Orbis Publishing, 1982.
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Bruno, Leonard. On the Move: A Chronology of Advances in Transportation. Gale Research, 1993.
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“Railways Act 1993”. Railways Archive, 2004–2014.
5 November 1993: The Railways Act initiated the privatization...
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5 November 1993
The Railways Act initiated the privatization of British Rail
, after rather less than fifty years in state or public ownership. Shares were offered in the new Railtrack
in 1996.
Prescott, John. “On Track or Off the Rails?”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, 2001–2002, pp. 41-2.
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“Railways Act 1993”. Railways Archive, 2004–2014.
17 October 2000: A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire...
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17 October 2000
A train crash at Hatfield in Hertfordshire killed a number of people, and revealed that Railtrack
, the private company entrusted with upkeep of the railways, had been grossly neglectful.
Prescott, John. “On Track or Off the Rails?”. The Ship, Vol.
